Emotional Bellew Retires after 8th Round Defeat by Usyk

CAIRO, Sept.11 (SEE)-  British boxer and actor Tony Bellew retired after losing to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. but insisted he had surpassed his dreams and "won in life" during an emotional post match news conference.

Bellew, briefly said he felt a "failure" because of his eighth-round stoppage defeat against the undisputed cruiserweight world champion. Wife Rachael instantly shouted from the back of the news conference that he "hadn't failed at all", while Bellew's father also yelled words of praise.

Expressing his satisfaction with the career he had Below stated in the post fight conference "It's definitely over, you'll not see me in a ring again," , "Now I just want to be normal, so please leave me alone. "No one who knows me calls me Tony, I've always been Anthony to them. Tony Bellew exists for these cameras really. Tony Bellew died tonight, it's Anthony that's left.

"I have won. I sit here as a loser, heartbroken, but I have won in life. When I was expelled in school, I had nothing, with nowhere to go. Now my family are millionaires. I never dreamed this would be possible."

For now Ukranian sensation, Usyk's future remains unknown, but rumors have been circulating that that he may jump up to heavyweight to battle world Champion Anthony Joshua at the Wembley stadium next April.