It’s a tentative start as neither Joshua nor Usyk lands anything of note in an opening couple of minutes.
It finally opens up a bit in the closing minute as Usyk lands a solid lead right hand before Joshua attacks the body.
Usyk lands his best-left hand of the round in the final seconds, and it’s certainly a very tight opener.
A cagey first round, with Joshua looking, focused and maintaining his guard while Usyk is trying to find his range and searching with his jabs.
Both fighters test each other with body shots in the early moments of the fight with Joshua matching his opponent by landing some blows of his own but will need to let loose in order to win on the scorecards against the Ukrainian.
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