On August 20, 2022, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk met again in an immediate rematch.
Joshua came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 26 days. Usyk was on a 19-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 26 days.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles. Usyk improves his record to 20-0, while Joshua adds a loss to his record at 24-3.
On September 25, 2021, the 31-year-old WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight world champion, Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs), faced a 34-year-old Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (18-0, 13 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Joshua came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 13 days. Usyk was on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 25 days.
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO titles. Usyk improves his record to 19-0, while Joshua adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On June 1, 2019, the 29-year-old WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight world champion, Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs), faced a 29-year-old American boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. (32-1, 21 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Joshua came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 95% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 10 days. Ruiz Jr. was on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 12 days.
Andy Ruiz Jr. stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion. Ruiz Jr. improves his record to 33-1 (22 KOs), while Joshua adds a loss to his record at 22-1.