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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4328649, member: 289"] Interesting fight. Joshua was much better than I thought he would be. They talked about how he was "changing level" by bending his knees to be in a better defensive position. He's still stationary with no lateral movement. He used his jab and went to the body which really seemed to bother Usyk. I even though Joshua was close to a knockout in the 9th round. But Usyk literally sucked it up and turned the tide in the 10th and looked as if he was going to take out Joshua. Usyk is fine boxer but seems to lack knockout power in the heavyweight division. He used what they called an 'up-jab' effectively, (a combination of an uppercut and jab). I think he realized that those body shots could turn the fight in Joshua's favor and that he needed to pick up the pace to put Anhtony on the defensive and it worked. Joshua may also have lost a lot energy in the 9th. I scored it 116-113 for Usyk. the Judges had it 113-115, 116-113 and 116-112. Joshua had a bizarre post fight display, throwing his belts onto the center of the ring and then giving an emotional tribute to Usyk and his country combined with excerpts from Joshua's own personal life story. What's next? For Joshua, I don't know but he fought well enough to still be a contender. For Usyk, it could be a fight with Fury. But if he has to use an 'up jab' on a 6-6 guy, what will he have to use against a 6-9 guy? I caught the last round of the Zhilei Zhang-Filip Hrgovic fight. [URL="https://syracusefan.com/threads/boxing.155913/page-7#post-4258863"]Boxing[/URL] Two huge guys but Hrgovic had the stamina to go the distance and Zhang did not. He looked as if he couldn't wait for the bell to end the fight. Fury would make short work of either one of them. [/QUOTE]

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