Joshua to Usyk: "Now I know how to beat you"

"You want to do it again? Now I know how to beat you," said Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) after a few seconds of the final bell in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs).

The Ukrainian just smiled and waited for the judges' verdict. They counted 115-113, 116-112 and 117-112 in his favor. A short conversation between the boxers immediately after the fight was published today on Matchroom channel.

"I watched the fight, analyzed the preparation and the fight itself. I made mistakes and I'm learning. Don't worry about me, my spirit is not broken," said Joshua, the former two-time world heavyweight champion. A rematch between Joshua and Usyk is scheduled to take place at the turn of February and March next year.

"Usyk is an extremely intelligent boxer, one of the best regardless of weight classes. And he will beat Joshua again in the rematch," Bob Arum, co-promoter of Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs), is confident.

"Joshua can only beat Usyk if he knocks him out," said Frank Warren, second promoter of "The Gypsy King" in the same vein.

Video of what's going on backstage at Joshua-Usyk boxing night in London on September 25: