Lewis claims Fury was ‘playing’ when he was injured by Usyk and praises referee’s decision

Lennox Lewis believes the referee did a great job in the previous fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk with his decision not to stop the fight in the ninth round when ‘The Gypsy King’ was on his feet after being hit by a left hand. hand.

Lewis says Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) was simply “Playing” bouncing from rope to rope while taking repeated headshots from Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), and believes the referee did the right thing by stopping him. I washed the fight a dozen times and at no point did it look like Fury was “playing” like he was hurt. He was mortally wounded, and surprisingly, Lewis couldn’t see him.

The referee pushed unified heavyweight champion Usyk out of the way as he was about to give Fury the finishing blow in the ninth. The referee gave Fury a count of eight, which saved his skin. He achieved these two wallets:

1. Consuming valuable seconds
2. Prevent Usyk from attacking him

In the Fury-Usyk rematch in nine days on December 21, Usyk has made it known that he is coming for a knockout. He has the Hitman persona that he has adopted and he is coming to finish what he started last time.

Fury “playing” according to Lewis

“He took a blow to the nose and that forced him back against the ropes. He bounced off the ropes once,” Lennox Lewis told the media about Tyson Fury being hurt by Oleksandr Usyk in the ninth round of their previous fight on May 18.

“He was playing when he was bouncing on the ropes because he was using them to stay upright. “He was playing around bouncing off the ropes because he was using them to stay up,” Lewis said of Fury. “I thought the referee was great in that fight because some referees would have stopped it. “That referee stayed focused, didn’t stop the fight and allowed them to box.”

What the hell is Lewis talking about? Fury wasn’t “playing” when he bounced off the ropes after being hurt by Usyk in the ninth. He was standing. How can Lewis not know this? Are you being intentionally obtuse??

Lennox’s spin on the referee saving Fury in the ninth round is interesting because he seems to be backing Fury fans who believe the referee did the right thing by giving him an eight count instead of allowing Usyk to finish him. with the coup de grace.

It seemed to fans that the referee gave Fury special treatment to save his skin when he was about to be sent to the next century. It would be interesting to know if Lennox would have felt the same if the referee had saved Usyk.