EThe heavyweight has a new king and also Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury in a very entertaining fight that could have easily ended in the ninth round. Finally the Ukrainian took over the four heavyweight belts (he already had three) thanks to a split decision victory (Usyk 115-112 and 114-113 / Fury 114-113).
‘El Gato’ went out to win rounds from the beginning until ‘Gypsy King’ took his measure and was able to stop an opponent who hardly stopped pushing. The one from Manchester turned the fight around with skill and the help of his size. His opponent ate more than one hard hook.
But in the ninth roundthat pressure, together with the punishment and the accumulated fatigue, made the ‘Gypsy King’ open the door of his guard and Usyk hunted her. She hunted him down and nearly destroyed him with combinations as she chased him around the ring. Seeing Fury staggering around the ring is a scene that will go down in history. We saw David subduing Goliath.
Referee Mark Nelson saved him from the KO and gave him a chance. His intervention in any case was mandatory in one way or another, so that this did not end like Tommy Morrison against Ray Mercer. Nelson could have chosen to declare a technical KO, since Fury had not been protecting himself for several secondsbut when the British fell on one of the corners of the ring, He chose to make a protection account that suited ‘Gypsy King’ very well with the round about to end.. Did the referee favor Fury with the count? Let’s remember his second fight with Wilder, for example, which ended with a technical KO that according to ‘Bronze Bomber’ was premature.
Alex Krassyuk, who is Usyk’s promoterreacted like this on British television iFL TV: “He should have won the ninth round, but the referee stole the victory from him. He should have stopped the fight in the ninth round”. Krassyuk also did not like the judges’ decision: “I’m not happy with the scorecards, how can you be happy with the scorecards? Usyk should have won seven to five at least”.
