Boxing fans are claming that Anthony Joshua’s fight against Oleksandr Usyk was stopped early before time to prevent AJ from being knocked out during shock defeat in the 12th round.
AJ suffered his second career loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night, September 25, with his Ukraianian opponent winning the fight with a decisive and unanimous points victory to become the new heavyweight champion of the world.
In the final 30 seconds of the bout, it appeared there was discrepancy between the nine seconds left on the on-screen clock before the fight was concluded.
As shown by DAZN, the final nine seconds – as per the clock seemed to end in just three seconds with Joshua all at sea and on the verge of being knocked out.
This has been noticed by fans online, with one asking: ‘Anyone notice at the end of the 12th round the bell range 7 seconds early, was this to save Joshua getting knocked out?’
