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Follow all the action as Oleksandr Usyk defends the IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight titles against two-time champion Anthony Joshua in a rematch.  The card kicks off at 1 PM ET / 8 PM in Saudi Arabia with bouts involving Ramla Ali Plus two elimination bouts with Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique and Filip Hrgovic and Zhilei Zhang

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12 ROUNDS–IBF/WBA/WBO HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES–OLEKSANDR USYK (19-0, 13 KOS) VS ANTHONY JOSHUA (24-2, 22 KOS)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
USYK 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 115
JOSHUA 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 113

ROUND 1: Right to body from Joshua…Left from Usyk..Jab..Jab..Left

ROUND 2: Joshua jabs to the body..Left to body..Straight right..Jab from Usyk..Jab from Joshua..Good right down the middle…right to the body

ROUND 3 Joshua lands a good right..Usyk lands a left..another left…Left

ROUND 4  Left From Usyk

ROUND 5 Low Blow landed by Joshua…Counter jab from Usyk

Round 6 Right to body from Joshua

RouND 7 Counter left from Usyk..

Round 8 Good body shot from Joshua…Left hook to the body..3 Punch combination to the body…Combination Usyk…Slapping right from Joshua..Uppercut from Usyk..Bidy shot from Joahua

ROUND 9 Right from Joshua..Huge flurry from Joshua backing Usyk up…Good left hook…Good body shot

Round 10 Big left from Usyk…Body shot…Right from Joshua rocks Usyk..Uppercut and right from Usyk..Uppercut…Body shot

Round 11 Good body shot from Joshua..Left from Usyk…Jab

ROUND 12 Hard body shot from Joshua..Right..3 punch combination from Usyk…Big left hook and a right from Joshua…

115-113 Joshua….115-113 Usyk…116-112 Usyk

12 Rounds–Heavyweights–Filip Hrgovic (14-0, 12 KOs) vs Zhilei Zhang (24-0-1, 19 KOs)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
Hrgovic 8 10 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 114
Zhang 10 9 10 10 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 113

Round 1  Right Hook and dOWN GOES Hrgovic
Round 2 Straight from Hrgovic
Round 3 Straight left from Zhang..Good body shot
Round 4 2 Lefts from Zhang and 2 rights to the body..Hard right from Hrgovic..Left from Zhang..Zhang cut on his forehead
Round 5 Good body work from Hrgovic…Good right..Good counter from Zhang
Round 6 Big combination from Zhang..Hrgovic look hurt..Bosy shot from Hrgovic
Round 7 Right from Hrgovic..Counter from Zhang..Sweeping left from Hrgovic..3 punch combination
Round 8 Big left from Zhang..Hard right from Hrgovic..Counter right..Lett hook..Right..Over hand right snaps Zhang’s head back
Round 9 Good right hook from Zhang,,Hard combination..Hard lefts…Big left
Round 10 Check left hook from Zhang..Left from Hrgovic…Right…Body shots…Quick combination..ANother combination
Round 11 Combination to body from Hrgovic..Good right from Zhang…Hard right..Combination from Hrgovic…
Round 12 Straight right from Hrgovic…

115-112 twice…114-113 for HRGOVIC

12 Rounds–Light Heavyweights–Callum Smith (28-1, 20 KOs) vs Mathieu Bauderlique (21-1, 12 KOs)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
Smith 10 10 10 30
Bauderlique 10 9 9 28

Round 1: Right from Smith..Left from Bauderlique
Round 2 Right from Smith..Trading hooks…Left from Bauderlique..Right from Smith..Left on inside..Right to body..Uppercut..
Round 3 Right from Smith..Left hook to the body and 2 more..Bauderlique lands a right hook to the body..Right to body from Smith…Short left hook…hard left hook
Round 4 Good body shot from Smith,…HARD LEFT AND DOWN GOES BAUDERLIQUE…Right wobbles Bauderlique…HUGE LEFT HOOK DNA DOWN GOES BAUDERLIQUE AND THE FIGHT IS OVER

10 Rounds–Cruiserweights–Badou Jack (26-3-3, 16 KOs) vs Richard Rivera (21-0, 16 KOs)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
Jack  9 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 97
Rivera 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 93

Round 1 Rivera lands a 2 rights..Left hook from Jack and a right to the body..Good right from Rivera
Round 2 Big right from Jack..Body shots…Good left hook..Big right…Good uppercut from Rivera…Good right..Leaping shots from Rivera…
Round 3 Jab from Jack..Right to body..2 Uppercuts from Rivera…Jab from Jack..Right and good left hook
Round 4  Uppercut from Rivera…Body shot from Jack…Flurry from Rivera..Left..Right…Left hook from Jack…
Round 5 Right to body from Jack..Hard right
Round 6 Big Right from Jack…Hard left hook to the body..Good uppercut from Rivera…Left..Flurry that ends with a hard right to the body…
Round 7 Good overhand right from Jack… Good uppercut on inside from Rivera…Left hook to body from Jack…Good right to the body
Round 8 Flurry from Rivera…hard right from Jack. Swelling around the right eye of Jack…Right over the top from Jack..Good left hook..Another big left hook…Right over the top..Big body shot…
Round 9 Good 1-2 from Jack..Good uppercut from Rivera
Round 10 Big right from Jack

96-94 Rivera, 96-94 Jack, 96-94 Jack

4 Rounds–Super Lightweights–Zyad Almaayouf (PD) vs Jose Alatorre (PD)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
Almaayouf* KO
Alatorre

Round 1: Alatorre lands a left and right hand.  Left hook…Hard RIGHT AND DOWN GOES ALATORRE…Right Rocks Alatorre…COMBINATION AND DOWN GOES ALATORRE AND THE FIGHT IS OVER

8 Rounds–Super Bantamweights–Ramla Ali (6-0, 1 KO) vs Crystal Garcia Nova (10-2, 10 KOs)
ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 TOTAL
Ali* KO
Nova

Round 1 HARD RIGHT AND DOWN GOES NOVA…SHE DOES NOT GET UP…FIGHT OVER




Usyk Decisions Joshua Again; Retains Heavyweight Titles

Oleksandr Usyk remained the IBF/WBA/WBO Heavyweight champion as he won a 12-round split decision over former champion Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

It was much like the first fight where, Usyk was swiftly boxing with some solid jabs and left hands. What was different from the first fight, Joshua was more aggressive and landed some hard body shots. Joshua seemed to hurt Usyk a couple times, but every Usyk had an answer for all of Joshua’s offense.

Usyk landed 170 of 712 punches; Joshua was 124 of 492.

Usyk, 221.6 lbs of Ukraine won by scores of 116-112 and 115-113, while Joshua took a card 115-113 and is now 20-0. Joshua, 244.5 lbs of Warford, ENG is 24-3.

Hrgovic Gets Off Deck; Beats Zhang By Decision in Heavyweight Eliminator

Filip Hrgovic survived an early knockdown and a few tense moments to gut out a 12-round unanimous decision over Zhilei Zhang in a IBF Heavyweight elimination bout.

In round one, Zhang landed a cuffing right around the head that put Hrgovic down.  In round four, Zhang was cut on his forehead.  Hrgovic was rocked several times with right hooks, but was able to eek out rounds down the stretch with combination punching.

Hrgovic landed 208 of 705 punches; Zhang was 154 of 395.

Hrgovic, 242.9 lbs of Zagrab, CRO won by scores of 115-112 and 114-113.

“That was for my father who passed away a few months ago. He was a special man. Yes (he has been on my mind), but my beautiful wife, Marinela, was with me in my training camp in Houston and was able to give me energy.”

“Yes, it was a very close fight, I was losing the fight, but in the later rounds I pushed myself and gave everything. I landed some huge shots, and the last six rounds he was just standing there. The knockdown, I wasn’t hurt at all, I slipped on his feet and lost my balance.

“He surprised me, he’s better than I had thought he was.”

Callum Smith Destroys Bauderlique in 4

Former super middleweight champion Callum Smith took out Mathieu Bauderlique in round four of their 12-round light heavyweight bout.

In round four, Smith dropped Baudelique with a hard left hook. It was another vicious left hook that dropped Bauderlique on to the bottom rope and the fight was stopped ‘at

Smith, 174.7 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 29-1 with 21 knockouts. Bauderlique, 174.4 lbs of France is 21-1

Jack Decisions Rivera

Former world champion Badou Jack won a 10-round split decision over previously undefeated Richard Rivera in a cruiserweight fight.

Jack landed 101 of 299 punches; Rivera was 85 of 411.

Jack, 199 lbs of Las Vegas, NV won by scores of 96-94 twice and 96-94 for Rivera and is now 27-3-2. Rivera, 194.9 lbs of Hartford, CT is 21-1.

Almaayouf Stops Alatorre in 1

Saudi-bred Ziyad Almaayouf stopped Jose Alatorre in round one of a four-round super lightweight bout featuring debutants.

In round one, Almaayou dropped Alatorre with a short right hand. Almaayouf ended things with Almaayouf sent Alatorre down with a flurry of punches and the fight was stopped at 2:55.

Almaayouf, 139.3 lbs of Los Angeles, CA via Saudi Arabia is 1-0 with one knockout. Alatorre, 136.9 lbs of La Paz, MEX is 0-1.

Ali Stops Nova in 1st

In the first female bout in Saudi Arabian history, Ramla Ali stopped Crystal Garcia Nova in the opening round of their eight round super bantamweight bout.

Ali landed a hard right hand that put Nova down and she did not get up before the 10-count at 1:05.

Ali, 122.7 lbs of Mogadishu, SOM is 7-0 with two knockouts. Nova, 122.9 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR is 10-3.

Andrew Tabiti stopped previously undefeated James Wilson after round five of their eight-round heavyweight bout.

In round five, Tabiti beat down Wilson and dropped him in the corner with a right uppercut. After the round, Wilson’s corner pulled the plug on the fight.

Tabiti, 216.7 lbs of Las Vegas, NV is 20-1 with 16 knockouts. Wilson, 238.5 lbs of Los Angeles, CA is 7-1-1.

2021 UK Olympian Ben Whittaker remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Petar Nosic in a light heavyweight fight.

Whittaker, 173.7 lbs of West Bromwich, ENG won by scores of 60-54 and 59-55 twice and is now 2-0. Nosic, 175.3 lbs of Vrgorac, CRO is 6-1.

Tall light heavyweight and Usyk stablemate, Daniel Lapin remained undefeated with a eight-round unanimous decision over Josef Jurko in a light heavyweight bout.

Lapin, 173 lbs of Kiev, UKR won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 6-0. Jurko, 176.1 lbs Kosice, SLO is 9-7-1.

Traycho Georgiev took a four-round split decision over debuting Rasheed Belhasa in a super welterweight bout.

Georgiev, 146.6 lbs of Sofia, BUL is 1-3. Belhasa, 148.5 lbs of Dubai, UAE is 0-1.

Bader Al Samreen stopped Faud Tarverdi in the fourth and final round of their super lightweight contest.

In round four Al Samreen dropped Traverdi. A follow up flurry forced a referee stoppage at 1:16.

Al Samreen