Oleksandr Usyk won his revenge match of the heavyweight championship against Tyson Fury by a unanimous decision during the night Saturday to remain undefeated in two divisions and to cement his place among the big ones. The Ukrainian, who forced the rhythm and marked Fury several times with his precise left hook, received the 116-112 fight by the three judges, handing over his second consecutive defeat to Fury. The victory of the Usyk takes him to 23-0 with 14 knockouts and extends one of the best careers of all time which understands Olympic gold and an undisputed champion in Cruiserweight.
“He is a big fighter, it’s a great performance,” said Usyk, 37, about Fury, who was undefeated on 35 fights until he lost his unification fight in four cessation in May.
“Incredible 24 laps for my career.”
Only WBA, WBO and WBC belts were at stake this time after Usyk, focused on the lucrative revenge match, abandoned its IBF title rather than on the challenger Daniel Dubois.
By beating Fury in May, “The Cat” had already joined Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Mike Tyson as an undisputed heavyweight, and the first of the four belt era.
“It’s my best friend,” he said about Fury. “I respect this guy because I think he is a really hard opponent. Tyson Fury makes me hard.”
‘Mad’
But the defeat opens an uncertain future for the 36-year-old fury, now 34-2-1, which announced his retirement in 2022 to return to the ring.
“I thought I had won the two fights, but again, I had two losses on my record now, so I can’t do much,” said the Briton, who refused to discuss his next steps.
The promoter Frank Warren also described the decision of “nuts” judges. But Usyk rejected her complaints.
“Uncle Frank, I think it’s blind … A crazy man,” joked the Ukrainian.
Fury, wearing a red and white pantal -style dress and a brushwood beard, appeared to “All I Want for Christmas is you” by Mariah Carey, before a determined Usyk rings in the cosacher equipment.
The British 6 -inch (206 cm) jab held USYK very early and it won a shaking in the second round. Usyk caught Fury Rush with a left while rhythm rhythm in the third round.
They went from finish in a fifth round, with fury bodies of fury while Usyk launched a wave to the head. In the sixth, he stung Fury with a stroke of the nose.
The supremely in shape Usyk, known for having taken care of the closing rounds, was the seventh aggressor, marking Fury with a hook while the “King Gitan” is.
Fury found the initiative in the ninth, brandishing his sudden combinations and a two and relying on the Ukrainian, employing his weight of 281 lb (127.4 kg).
It was sawn stuff because they exchanged blows, but Usyk rocked Fury in the 11th with a combination of lightning that ended with another left hook in the face.
A Uppercut Usyk at the Menton of Fury has highlighted a furious final round and there was no doubt about the winner while the Ukrainian sank on his knees, arms at altitude.
Old saber
Usyk, who briefly served as a soldier after the Russian invasion, then celebrated by holding a saber which belonged to Ivan Mazapa, a hero of Ukrainian nationalism who was fighting against Russian control in the early 1700s.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was quick to salute victory, calling proof that Ukraine “will not give up what is ours” after almost three years of war with Russia.
“Victory!” Zelensky said in an article on Telegram. “So important and if necessary for all of us now.”
The reports placed the scholarship at an increase of $ 190 million with the USYK, as a reigning champion, which should receive the largest share – a fortune reversal in May.
The fight is raised in the push portfolio financed by the oil of Saudi Arabia in sports, which attracted accusations of “sport” its doubtful record for human rights.
After Formula 1, Liv’s golf tour, Newcastle United and a bunch of aging football stars, the conservative kingdom strategy confirmed its coronation moment this month when it received the 2034 football world cup.
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