Anthony Joshua felt like he was beating Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch, despite losing comfortably to the Ukrainian.
The Brit entered the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as the unified heavyweight champion with a relatively comfortable favourite tag over mandatory challenger Usyk. He had just seen an undisputed fight with Tyson Fury fall apart at the 11th hour due to a legal issue with Deontay Wilder, and was expected to take care of the Ukrainian before moving on to fight for all the belts.
But Joshua showed up with the wrong game-plan, and it quickly became apparent that Usyk was in control of the contest. That was to everybody bar Joshua and his corner, however, who felt he was heading towards retaining his belts.
