Oleksandr Usyk is still the undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing. Tyson Fury was humiliated again.
Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk is still the undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing. Usyk nujersi Briton for the second time Tyson Fury’s In the championship match played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk won the fight with a unanimous decision of the jury 116–112.
The WBA, WBC and WBO championships were at stake in the boxing super match. Usyk, 37, has won all 23 of his professional matches.
Usyk beat Fury already in the spring. The Ukrainian was stronger in the May match with a unanimous decision.
– This was not an easy match, but I think the match was easier than our first meeting. Tyson is a really tough opponent, he makes me strong, Usyk said.
“Usyk got an early Christmas present”
The defeat that came now was a crushing disappointment for Fury. He left the ring without saying a word.
Fury has fought as a professional 38 times and won 35 of the matches.
– I feel that Usyk got an early Christmas present from the judges. But I’m not going to cry over spilled milk. I know boxing, it’s been my whole life. Decisions cannot be changed, a disappointed Fury said.
Fury’s manager fumes: ‘This is crazy’
Fury’s manager Frank Warren was on the verge of rage after the match.
– This is crazy, absolutely crazy and I don’t understand this. I’m really disappointed. Fury boxed really well and I thought he dominated the fight. Usyk was on the bottom for most of the match, Warren was amazed.
Warren could not immediately say whether the 36-year-old Fury still plans to continue his career in the professional ring.
– I don’t know. He (Fury) is very disappointed, as am I. Naturally, emotions are at their peak now. We’ll have to wait and see what Tyson does in the future. He has to make his decision, Warren commented.