Twitter reacted to Oleksandr Usyk beating Anthony Joshua for the second time in a row to retain his heavyweight titles. Here’s what they had to say.
Oleksandr Usyk bested Anthony Joshua for the second time in a row on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk won the majority share of the heavyweight titles from Joshua in 2021 by unanimous decision. Joshua gave a better performance against Usyk the second time, but it wasn’t good enough to win back his titles.
Usyk controlled the action and outworked the larger Joshua for 12 rounds. The judges scored it a split decision, but two judges had it 116-112, 115-113 for Usyk.
Usyk delivered another high endurance boxing performance, and Joshua was accepting of the loss in a weird way.
After the fight, Joshua hijacked the microphone and went on a rant for several minutes. He praised Usyk and his home country of Ukraine while also praising himself.
No one knew what to make of Joshua’s post-fight speech. It caught the DAZN announcers off guard.
Twitter had a fun time with Joshua’s rant as well. Several memes popped up with a mix of recognition of Usyk’s victory. Joshua’s heart seemed to be in the right place, but his oratory skills could use some work.
Here’s a mix of what Twitter had to say about Usyk vs. Joshua 2.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua by split decision in their rematch, but Joshua’s strange post-fight comments stole the show
Anthony Joshua always been trash !
— JTuck😎 (@_JIGGA100) August 21, 2022
Anthony Joshua interrupting the celebration for Usyk #UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/kjnPRYlVcF
— Fun Guy (@FunGuyBurner) August 20, 2022
Anthony Joshua's speech about Oleksandr Usyk is quite something #UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/Rh01hdGSjN
— Chris Hammer (@ChrisHammer180) August 20, 2022
When the Mrs asks why you’ve done no house work whilst she’s been out:-#UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/ojk4rV6fOg
— Declan Holmes🏴 (@declanholmes97) August 20, 2022
Uncle knobhead ruining the wedding reception well before anyone else has had a proper drink yet. #UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/MZyykYytWH
— G. Pirlo 🇮🇹 (@GingerPirlo_) August 20, 2022
Big Kanye West interrupting Tay Tay at the 2009 VMAs energy from AJ there #UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/ZVoeI4LIXu
— Tom (@TomasTaylor4) August 20, 2022
https://twitter.com/Sk1ppySZN/status/1561144351471931393?s=20&t=VvcTrUncjydn78-aNZQaJQ
Waiting for your mate to stop chatting shit with a randomer so you can go home #UsykJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/AwJ2ODdtre
— Jack tindall (@JACK_T1995) August 20, 2022
They tried to lock me in for insurance because they knew he wasn’t going to Win. This is strictly a business, Not a sport there’s a different.
— Deontay Wilder (@BronzeBomber) August 20, 2022
Usyk is an all-time great. AJ is still one of the four best heavyweights in the world. #Boxing needs to get out of its own way. Wilder needs to beat Helenius and there is NOTHING that makes more dollars and sense than Wilder vs. AJ.
— Lou DiBella🥊 (@loudibella) August 20, 2022
Glenn Feldman was the judge who scored it for Joshua. @abcboxing https://t.co/VrPm8r7Xoi
— Jake Donovan (@JakeNDaBox) August 20, 2022