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Olexander Krasyuk, promoter of the WBA, WBO and IBF super heavyweight champion Olexander Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs), told about the fact that the team of Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) filed a protest against the appointment of Ukrainian referee Viktor Fesechko for the rematch.
It should be noted that Fesechko also worked at the first fight of these boxers.
< p>“The wording there was: “His score in the first match caused the most questions.” One counted 115-113, the second – 116-112, Fesechko – 117-112. That is, he supposedly had the biggest score for Usyk. Yes, We agreed with Matchroom Boxing, and the protest was filed by Joshua's team.
But the arguments are iron – here is an independent account live from Sky, please Sports, DAZN, other sites. Alternative decisions are either 116 or 117. In the end, it turned out that Fesechko's score most reflected what was happening. Therefore, their protest was not satisfied, all the judges are already in Saudi Arabia,” Krasyuk said.
We will remind you that the first fight of the boxers took place on September 25 last year in London and ended with Usyk's victory by a unanimous decision of the judges. Then the Ukrainian selected Joshua's IBF, IBO, WBA Super and WBO world titles will be up for grabs in a rematch, as well as The Ring's world championship belt.
The rematch will take place on August 20 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ) at the Jeddah Superdome arena.
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