Boxing results: Usyk’s skills prevail over fury in Riyadh

Oleksander Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) seemed pure 24k goldmaintaining his WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles with a 12-round unanimous decision in his rematch against 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 the 37-year-old Usyk using plenty of feints and ripping through the beefy-looking, 281-pound Fury with hard left hands to the head. Tyson fought Usyk to a stop until the fifth round.

Fury’s weight is a factor

In the sixth, Usyk turned Fury on, repeatedly hitting him in the head with his left hand and dominating the entire round.

The excess weight Fury had packed on for the fight seemed to slow him down in the second half of the contest, as he seemed sluggish and unable to attack as he had in the first fight. The Gyspy Knig had too much fat around his abdomen. Even with his swimsuit pulled up higher than usual, almost to his ribcage, you could see that he was in no condition to fight for the rematch.

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 final minute, hitting him with shots and forcing him to hold on.

In the 11th and 12th minutes, Usyk was still on the attack, with Fury giving ground, looking to tie him up to lean. That was all Fury had left: his attack and it wasn’t going to work this time.

the scores

116-112
116-112
116-112

Dubois criticizes Usyk

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois entered the ring to call out Usyk after the fight. It’s unclear who gave him the green light to enter, but it’s easy enough to find out. Usyk said he was prepared for the fight.

Obviously, Usyk is not going to get the fight with Anthony Joshua, since he already beat him twice, and it is a shame to have a third. The same goes for Fury. It makes no sense for Turki Alalshikh to put together a trilogy between them because Usyk is too good and Fury is too old and fat.

After the fight, Fury’s promoter was interviewed and said he felt he had done enough to win. There wasn’t much applause when he said that.