Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk

Anthony Joshua loses all his belts to Oleksandr Usyk

Yet again we will have to wait for a rematch to see if AJ can reclaim all his belts after losing them to a much better boxer in Oleksandr Usyk

• Anthony Joshua's second reign as heavyweight champion has come to an end after defeat by Oleksandr Usyk .
• The British star came unstuck against former unified cruiserweight champion Usyk in Tottenham, London .
• Joshua, 31, was unable to find his range with Usyk's surgical precision bamboozling the heavyweight king. 
• The three ringside judges scored the fight 117-112, 116-112, 115-113 in the Ukrainian star's favour.
• Joshua's defeat in London has served a devastating blow to his £200million mega-fight with Tyson Fury.

This is the 2nd time a run of the mill fight on his path to a re-unification of ALL the Heavyweight belts has been stopped by a loss. The first being to Andy Ruiz Jr. Anthony Joshua lost all three of his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles after being stopped in the seventh round by huge outsider Andy Ruiz Jr at Madison Square Gardens in New York. You can watch the re-match here on my site > AJ reclaims his belts from Ruiz Jr.

With Anthony Johnson just losing all his belts yet again to Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision after being outfoxed and out boxed by the speedy Ukrainian over 12 rounds in Tottenham just a week before the Trilogy of fights between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder were about to fight, it looked like their bout would not be happening, and an all English Heavyweight Unification fight would not occur at all.

Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk - Full Fight From Sky Sports

You can watch Anthony Joshua getting demolished here if you want. It was a real shock to UK fans and probably AJ himself to find he was on the losing side yet again and will have to hope to reclaim his title belts in a re-match yet again!

Whether AJ has the skill to train and then beat Usyk before Tyson retires I don't know, but the plan was for Tyson to have one more fight to re-unify all the belts and had it been two Englishmen boxing for that event which we haven't seen in a long time.

It would have been amazing for English Boxing especially if they had fought in the UK. Maybe at Wembley or the O2 arena, can you imagine it, a UK fight, fought at a time fit for English people not American's so that we don't have to stay up until 5am to watch a scrap in Las Vegas. The queues for tickets would have stretched for miles and miles.

What did you think of the fight? 

Has AJ lost it after this 2nd defeat in 3 fights?

Will he be able to re-claim his belts in a re-match with Usyk? Or will h never hold a title belt again?

Could AJ beat Fury if they did fight?

Would you prefer to see AJ fighting Fury, or a rematch with Usyk?

Do you want AJ to reclaim all his belts before an all UK fight to re-unify ALL the heavyweight belts fought somewhere in the UK?

Personally I want to see a re-unification fight for ALL the belts, whoever holds them, and then for all the heavyweight belts to be scrapped and just one heavyweight belt made that the winner gets. Let's join up the WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF, IBO titles and any others like the Lineal title and Ring Magazine belts. So that there is only ever one Heavyweight champion which would mean boxers had no excuse to ignore fights and keep one belt and all would be fighting to get that single no 1 spot in the world. 

Having too many heavyweight belts (also any division), makes it seem watered down to me. When AJ had a set of belts but no-one would fight him, and he had trouble getting the fights he wanted, with one belt this would not happen. Tell me what you think?

UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes

#UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes and Shevchenko v Chookagian

The UFC main card on their 247th event, was a great fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian and Jon Bones Jones, probably the best light heavyweight we have seen in the UFC against the good Dominic Reyes
.

The co-main event fight at #UFC247 was between the ladies. It was an impressive display bv Shevchenko, as she showed off a wide range of strikes, from downward "axe" kicks, side kicks, strikes and an impressive floor display.

She took Chookagian down multiple times and Katyln just couldn't contain her, despite her longer legs and arms which should have enabled her to hook a tight lock around her opponent when on her back. She just couldn't manage it and Shevencko picked her opponent apart bit by bit. Katlyns leg kicks hit mostly thin air, and as Shevchenko tried to narrow the distance her own leg kicks inflicted much more damage to her opponent.

Shevencko managed to split Chookagain's face open early with her strikes and once on the ground, with no bottom defense by Katlyn seeming to work, she opened up a flurry of strikes with elbows and fists and the referee had to stop the match.

Watch the full fight between Shevchenko and Chookagian here

The fight between Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes 

 

The big fight was a five round display of great striking and kicking by both Jon Jones and Dominic Reyes. Jones hit the mat once but it was more of an accident from a caught kick than any strike that floored him.

The fight wen the whole 5 rounds and at the end the referees awarded the fight to the current champion, Jon Bones Jones, however many people were disputing this result, especially one referees decision to give most rounds to Jones when it was clear by the number of significant strikes that Reyes had probably won the first 3 rounds.

However the last 2 rounds are champion rounds, and it was here that Jones was in his element having fought most of his career defending his light heavyweight title. Reyes was visibly struggling, open mouthed and panting for air as Jones upped his strike count, with leg kicks, side kicks and submission attempts as Reyes spend most of the fight just circling Jones in the Octagon, making it hard for his opponent to land consecutive strikes on him accurately.

Watch the Fight Highlights of Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 

The Controversy about the result

The referees decision to award the fight to Reyes was discussed by Joe Rogan after the fight and he was upset that the decision had gone to Jones as it was quite clear to people watching that Reyes had won probably the first 3 rounds, plus he had kept upright, not hit the mat, and hadn't been taken down by any of Jon's submission attempts or strikes.

He also had more significant strikes overall than Jones which should have given the fight to him instead of the current champion.The decision of the one referee to give 4 rounds to Jones was just ridiculous in my opinion and it seems Joe Rogan agrees as well.

You can listen to Joe Rogan discuss the fight and the referees decision here in his podcast.

Joe Rogan Discusses the Referees Decision at UFC 247 here

What did you think about the decision, should the title have gone to Reyes and did he win the first 3 rounds?

Please let me know what you thought about the fight and the decision in the comment section below.

Betting on Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko

Betting on Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko

By UK Horse Racing Star

Some people think the fight tomorrow between unbeaten British Anthony Joshua and the famous
boxing brother Wladimir Klitschko is even e.g. Joint favourites.

However but on Bet365.com the odds tell a different story.

The odds on Bet365.com for just an outright win are:

Anthony Joshua: 1.36 
Wladimir Klitschko: 3.25

So almost less than third the price for the favourite Antony Joshua. Also not exactly a good betting proposition unless you know 100% he will win and you have £1000 to win £360 etc.

Here is a compilation of his highlights and knockouts of 2017.



The thing is you have to remember the original odds were set ages ago and will have changed as people bet on the two men.

So as Anthony Joshua is unbeaten and British, a lot of Brits will have bet on him driving his odds down. Whether you feel this is important or not is up to you but I am not going to throw £1000 to win £360.

Here is showing off his hand speed in the ring.



If you don't know much about this Ukrainian boxer then check out Wikipedia. Here is a snippet

Klitschko is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He is a former world heavyweight champion of three major sanctioning bodies, having held the titles of the WBA, IBF, and WBO (twice); additionally he has held the IBO, Ring magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles. A strategic and cerebral boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time, as well as among the hardest punching knockout artists in the history of the division; his strong jab, straight right hand and left hook being his most formidable weapons.

It may even be wise to have a small bet on Klitschko at the bigger price just in case he wins. Cover your stake on any Joshua bet and still make some money.

Personally I have ignored the actual boxer who might win and gone for non named bets such as the boxing match to last less than 7.5 rounds or not to complete 12 rounds.

Another thing I have done is mix the fight up with some football bets to get the odds higher.

I've ignored the UK league as its very close just like in Spain where the top four teams led by joint teams Barcelona and Real Madrid to win the Spanish Primeras Liga this year are:

• Real Madrid 1.44 (joint top)
• Barcelona 2.75 (joint top)
• Atletico Madrid 1501.00 
• Sevilla 2001.00

You can see the league here http://www.espnfc.com/spanish-primera-division/15/table

Also I believe Juventus will win the European Champion Cup this year so I have done a number of accumulators on Bet365.com

For example one of the accumulators I did was:

• Juventus to win (European Championship) outright: at 2.62 
• Juventus to beat Monaco: 2.25 
• The Fight to last under 7.5 rounds: 1.90 
• Barcelona to win La Liga: 2.75

A £25 stake returns £139.81 on this bet with Bet365.com

If you are not sure who to bet on in the fight then you always have the opportunity to do non fighter bets such as the one above.

Bet on the fight lasting less than 7.5 rounds, the fight being decided by decision, the exact round it will end in and many more. So don't think if you don't know which fighter to bet on that you cannot have a little wager.

There are so many bigger priced offers to choose from on the Boxing match including

• To win by TKO or KO
• To win in or under rounds 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.5
• Joshua/Klitschko to win outright
• Will the fight go the distance
• To win by KO, TKO, unanimous decision, split decision (not named boxer)
• Will one of the boxers get knocked down and then get up again.

So you can join up a lot of these bets with other sports, and other boxing bets to get a good accumulator.

Plus on Bet365.com they now have an Edit Bet option where in the middle of the accumulator bet you can choose to remove a team, replace it with another team or add teams. This is great for dipping and fast acca betting.

So we will see who is king of the ring when these two fight Saturday night.

Who do you think will win, Joshua or Klitschko?

By The UK Horse Racing Star

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