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An emotional Anthony Joshua gave Oleksandr Usyk credit for beating him Saturday in Saudi Arabia. (AP Foto/Hassan Ammar)
“Usyk is one hell of a fighter. That’s just emotion,” he said. “If you knew my story, you’d understand the passion. I’m not an amateur boxer. I was going to jail and I got bail and I started training.
“It shows the passion we put into this. For this guy to beat me tonight, it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in, so please give him a round of applause as heavyweight champion of world.
“They said that I’m not a 12-round fighter. I ain’t 14 stone, I’m 18 stone, I’m heavy. It’s hard work. This guy here is phenomenal.”
Joshua has now suffered back-to-back defeats against Usyk, with the Ukrainian retaining the WBA (Super), WBO and IBF titles he won in London last September. (BBC Sport)
