Those who had come to the Manchester Arena dreaming of a miracle were sporting, too. They cheered and applauded Usyk's skills, just as they gave Bellew a sympathetic send-off into retirement.

Anthony Joshua will have watched with fascination. Usyk plans on moving up to heavyweight and into Wembley Stadium next year. Usyk lands the winning punch on the Englishman during the eighth round of the eagerly anticipated fight.

Usyk and Bellew put on an enthralling boxing fight in front of the expectant fans in Manchester on Saturday night. The Liverpudlian tries to evade one of Usyk's heavy blows by bending down inside the ring.

Bellew started on the front foot but his year-old opponent soon started to show his class during the fight. Bellew and Usyk exchange some blows during the early moments of the cruiserweight fight on the weekend.

Bellew, who was expecting the toughest fight of his life, shows off his quick feet during the early exchanges. It has to be doubtful if Manchester has turned out ever before in such packed and raucous support of a Liverpudlian but this city was in full cry behind Bellew as he took his tilt at history.

For sure, the crowd and the atmosphere were boosted by the return to the championship trail of Anthony Crolla.

They love their have-a-go neighbour here. And praised him to the hilt after being stopped by the undefeated, and often unreal, Ukrainian in Manchester.

UFC president Dana Wh But it was conclusive. The question now is who will stop Usyk? Usyk has more weapons, better feet, and more dimensions.

You sensed the tide had turned before the brutal conclusion though. For his skills and for his affection towards the felled Bellew.

British professional boxer, who is a WBC cruiserweight champion. He won Olympic gold in London. Usyk uses his feet well but can fight capably on the inside with a sharp uppercut.

Bellew is going to press and look to create exchanges. The Case for Bellew: Apart from any physical aspects of the fight, Bellew can feel some mental comfort.

Usyk is the fighter presumed to have bigger things ahead; the greater pressure is his. Bellew then went on to face Valery Brudov where he added another win to his tally.

On July 12th, , Bellew went into action again and beat Julio cesar Dos santos taking the winning record to 22 wins. Bellew became the first person to stop Dos santos.

Fights against Ilunga Makabu, Nathan Cleverly, Mateusz Masternak and 2 others followed where he won all 5 fights taking his winning streak to 27 wins.

Furthering his career, Bellew fought Bj Flores on October 15th, and continued his career to a record of The win came via TKO.

Bellew became the first person to stop Flores. Bellew then went on to win again against David Haye setting him up well for his next pro fight.

Pushing his career further, Bellew fought David Haye on May 5th, adding to his winning record. Bellew aimed most of his shots to Usyk's body and by round seven, was missing a lot of shots, mostly due to Usyk's foot movement, and ended the round with a bloodied nose.

In round eight, whilst in a neutral corner, Usyk landed a hard left, again buzzing Bellew, forcing him to move away against the ropes. Another left hand wobbled Bellew before Usyk finished him off with another left which dropped Bellew backwards with his head landing on the bottom rope.

A brave Bellew tried to get up slowly and beat the count but referee Terry O'Connor stopped the fight. Bellew's ten-fight winning streak came to an end.

Judges Alejandro Cid and Steve Gray scored the first seven rounds 68—65 and 67—66 respectively in favour of Bellew, while Yury Koptsev had the fight 67— Afterwards, Bellew paid tribute to Usyk and announced his retirement from boxing, saying, "I have been doing this for 20 years, and it is over.

Both landed 47 power shots each. Bellew announced his retirement in the ring following his defeat to Usyk.

He retired with a record of 30 wins from 34 professional bouts, with 20 coming inside the distance. He suffered 3 losses and one draw. All three losses came against reigning world champions.

I only created the name Tony Bellew to make my dad proud. Everyone who truly knows me calls me Anthony. Tony Bellew died on Saturday, Anthony Bellew comes back alive.

I want reality back. Bellew is an avid supporter of his hometown football team Everton FC , and has been paraded on the pitch at Goodison Park at half-time during a home game.

During his career, he entered the ring to the theme from Z-Cars , the same song to which the team enters the pitch at their home ground.

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