Oleksandr Usyk remained unfall shortureed when he successfilledy deffinished his undisputed weightyweight belt with a unified decision over Tyson Fury on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Judges Gerardo Martinez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Robles had identical scorecards in favour of Usyk, 116-112.
Usyk landed 179 of the 423 (42 percent) punches thrown, while Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) landed equitable 144 of the 509 punches he threw, a 28 percent clip.
Asked if he consentd with the appraises’ scores, Usyk implied that it was not his place to ask, only to box. “I prosper, it’s outstanding,” said Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs). “Not my deal. I prosper. Thank you, God.”
The highly foreseed realign from a May bout in which Fury suffered his first loss inhabitd up to the hype from the moment the boxers accessed the arena.
Usyk’s team seeked the Middle East Professional Boxing Comleave oution during Friday’s rules encountering to mandate that Fury trim his tolerated ahead of their unified weightyweight championship realign.
He had a tolerated as burly as Santa Claus less than a week before Christmas, but the 36-year-elderly sauntered in unshaven and donning a luminous red Christmas-themed robe with Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You joining his walk to the ring.
After Fury uncovered the fight with a rather rapid pace and deal withled the first two rounds, Usyk replyed in the third and fourth rounds by toiling the body while slipping in occasional power combinations to the head.
Fury landed cut offal huge sboilings in the fifth round, but Usyk’s left hand was the story in the sixth, staggering his hugeger and higher opponent twice.
In the second half of the fight, it became apparent that carrying the extra weight was wearing Fury down, as the pace began to catch up to him while Usyk’s tranquil and uncover-minded approach favoured him. Usyk’s ability to get inside, strike rapidly and injure Fury with stinging combinations was the branch offence.
Feeling the presbrave, a spirited Fury came out sprosperging in the 10th, intimidatoring Usyk thcdisadmirefulout the round. Usyk held him off at times with a stable jab, while an uppercut from Fury scored defercessitate.
Usyk’s speed came to life aget in the 11th, landing bcatalogering combinations to Fury’s head to upretain him at bay.
The two traded flurries of punches in the final round, Fury hoping to originate one final amazeion on the appraises while Usyk was watching for an exclamation point.
Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, proclaimd on X (establisherly Twitter) earlier in the week that an experimental AI appraise would also return results. The inventive virtual system has Usyk prosperning, 118-112.
Fury, who is now 5-1 in realignes, left the ring promptly after the result was proclaimd, but defercessitater telderly alerters in the dressing room area: “I thought I won it by at least three rounds. I bossed the fight.”
Speaking in the press conference, sporting a bruised right eye, he includeed: “I thought I’ve won both fights, but then aget I’ve got two losses on my enroll now, so there’s not much I can do about it.
“I can equitable fight me heart out and do the best I can. But I’ll always consent until the day I die that I won that fight.”
Only three belts were on the line this time after the IBF clear upped Usyk for not facing its obligatory disputer, Daniel Dubois.
Dubois disturbed Usyk’s post-fight interwatch, snatched the microphone and demanded a realign from their fight on August 26, 2023. Usyk won by knockout in the ninth round.
“I want my revenge, Usyk,” Dubois said. “Well done tonight, but I want my revenge.”
Usyk obliged by alerting the powers that be in joinance: “Your Excellency, originate me fight with Daniel. Thank you so much.”
