Usyk strengthens pound for pound claim and sparks bizarre Joshua meltdown (VIDEO)

The Ukrainian successfully defended his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts on Saturday

Oleksandr Usyk is edging closer to being regarded boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter after retaining his world heavyweight championship belts with a split decision win in Jeddah that triggered a bizarre post-fight meltdown from his opponent Anthony Joshua.

The Ukrainian dethroned Joshua in London last September and on this occasion retained the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO straps while also becoming The Ring champion too in shorts containing the colors of his country's flag.

As previously promised, Joshua was far more aggressive this time in the two men's second meeting and did not make the same mistake of trying to outbox his two-time Olympic gold medalist foe Usyk.

Taking the fight to the middle of the ring, Joshua picked up rounds and seemed to claim the ninth by unleashing a barrage of blows that put Usyk in trouble.

In the tenth, however, Usyk turned up the class with a big left hook and then cruised in the last two three-minute installments to win 115-113 and 116-112 on two of the judges' cards.

The other one read 115-113 in Joshua's favor, which raised eyebrows in the King Abdullah Sports City in the Saudi capital.

Yet in not being ready to accept a second consecutive defeat, Brit Joshua embarked on a meltdown for the ages that started when throwing two of Usyk's belts out of the ring and storming off.

Anthony Joshua lost his temper after losing his rematch to Oleksandr Usyk and reacted angrily by throwing two belts out of the ring.