Anthony Joshua fell to another defeat at the dazzling fists of Oleksandr Usyk yet still found redemption by pushing the Ukrainian pound-for-pound star to the limit of his endurance.Joshua was outworked to drop a split decision at Jeddah's King Abdullah Sports City Arena with scores of 113-115, 115-113,116-112 conforming that he is now a peripheral figure among the heavyweight division's elite.But while Usyk retained the WBA, IBF and WBO titles to set-up the prospect of a unification clash with T

Anthony Joshua fell to another defeat at the dazzling fists of Oleksandr Usyk yet still found redemption by pushing the Ukrainian pound-for-pound star to the limit of his endurance.Joshua was outworked to drop a split decision at Jeddah's King Abdullah Sports City Arena with scores of 113-115, 115-113,116-112 conforming that he is now a peripheral figure among the heavyweight division's elite.But while Usyk retained the WBA, IBF and WBO titles to set-up the prospect of a unification clash with Tyson Fury, he was hurt on several occasions by an underdog who was transformed from the first meeting at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.