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21st August 2022
12:55am BST

Clearly rattled, he managed to compose himself, run back into the ring, and in the most bizarre turn of events, stole the mic from the winner, and gave a passionate, but very unusual speech.
Although magnanimous in defeat, praising his opponent and getting the crowd to cheer for Usyk, AJ clearly had a huge chip on his shoulder.
"I'm not a 12-round fighter. I'm not f**king 14 stone, I'm 18 stone, I'm heavy," was one comment he made in response to critics and former boxers who often find fault with his stamina.
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The contender also paid homage to the war that was going on in Ukraine, but unfortunately he didn't know too much about the specifics of what was going on there, so muddled his words a bit (to say the least). It's safe to say the atmosphere in Saudia Arabia became very tense, very quickly, as no one knew what he might say on such a sensitive matter.
Really, a member from his team should have taken the mic from him in those moments. There's every chance that he was concussed and not to mentioned completely exhausted, so someone should have tried to save him from himself.
Usyk, on the other hand, thanked his faith and his team, and raised awareness for the tribulations that are occurring in his home country.
In the end, it was a brilliant fight that has hopefully not been too marred by a seriously strange post-fight reaction.Explore more on these topics: