Oleksander Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) looked clean 24k goldretaining his WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles with a 12-round unanimous decision in his rematch with Tyson Fury (34-2-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.
The fight was mostly a chess match, with Usyk, 37, using a lot of feints and spearing the 281-lb, chunky-looking Fury with hard hands to the head. Tyson fought Usyk until the stoppage in the fifth round.
The Weight of Fury A Factor
In the sixth, Usyk lit up Fury, hitting him repeatedly with left hands to the head and dominating throughout the round.
The excess weight that Fury had packed for the fight seemed to slow him down in the second half of the contest, as he looked sluggish and unable to attack as he had done in the first fight. The Gyspy Knig was carrying too much fat around his midsection. Even with his trunks pulled up higher than usual, almost to his ribcage, you could see that he was not fighting for revenge.
Fury went on the attack in the ninth, which was one of his best rounds. However, they came back strong in the tenth, chasing Fury8 around the ring in the last minute, hitting him with shots, and forcing him to hold.
In the 11th and 12th, Usyk was still on the attack, with Fury giving up the ground, trying to tie him to thin. It was all Fury had left – his mauling and it wasn’t going to work this time
The scores
116-112
116-112
116-112
Dubois calls Usyk
IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois entered the ring to call out Usyk after the contest. It’s not clear who gave the green light to enter, but it’s pretty easy to figure that out. Usyk said he was ready for the fight.
Obviously, Usyk is not going to get the Anthony Joshua fight, as he has beaten him twice, and is desperate to get a third. The same is true with Fury. It is pointless for Turki Alalshikh to create a trilogy between them because Usyk is too good and Fury too old and fat.
After the fight, Fury’s promoter was interviewed and said he felt he did enough to win. There wasn’t much applause when he said that.
