Hace 25 years that heavyweight did not have an undisputed champion, since Lennox Lewis achieved it in 1999. History is now being written by Oleksandr Usyk (22-0; 14 KOs), who has defeated Tyson Fury (34-113 Usyk, 114-113 Fury, 114-113 Usyk) by split decision 1-1; 24 KOs) and has become the new king of boxing. Furthermore, he has ended his rival’s undefeated record.
It so happens that the Ukrainian is the first absolute champion of the premier category in the four-belt era. We are, therefore, facing a milestone, even more so if we take into account that ‘The Cat’ He had already held all the belts when he was a cruiserweight. In this sense he emulates Evander Holyfield, who in his time already accumulated all the world titles as a cruiser and as a heavyweight.
The fight itself was very interesting. How could a noticeably smaller fighter beat a guy of Fury’s size? Applying a lot of intensity to wear down his rival and being smarter than him. He had to be quick and set traps for the ‘Gypsy King’. And he achieved it, although it must be said that Fury read the fight well from the fourth round and from then on it seemed that he would take it.
Usyk started off very well until ‘Gypsy King’ got hit in his corner. But In the ninth round everything changed. When the Englishman came back and felt better, the Ukrainian inflicted a tremendous punishment on his rival which he finished off towards the end of the round with several very, very hard left hands. These literally made Fury stagger, who after stumbling around the ring several times with his rival chasing him, fell against the corner. There was a count and from this moment it was Oleksandr who wrote down the pending rounds. and took a well-deserved victory.
Your country is at war and the people are taking your side
Fury, upset, is already talking about rematch in octoberalthough he well knows that they could have even stopped the fight in the ninth and that later the bell saved him: “I think I won this fight. And I think he won some rounds, but I won most of them. I think we both had a good fight, the best we could do. But you already know, His country is at war. People are siding with the country at war. Make no mistake, in my opinion, I won that fight.” Mind you, He did not offer a post-combat press conference because he went to the hospital because his jaw could have been fractured..
