Sour Grapes: Fury refuses to accept defeat by Usik

Tyson Fury sounded like a bad sport after his loss to unified heavyweight champion Alexander Usyk on Saturday night. He said the referees had given the Ukrainian an “early Christmas present” instead of admitting he lost to the better man in the rematch in Riyadh.

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Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) outplayed and schooled Fury (34-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena. Oleksandr was aggressive, connected on multiple punches, hurt Fury several times and earned a unanimous decision over 12 rounds.

The scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. Fury says his promoter Frank Warren won by three or four rounds, which means zero.

Usik vs. Fury 2 Punch Stats

– Tyson Fury: 144 of 509 punches for 28%
– Oleksandar Usyk: 179 out of 423 for 42%

“Yeah, I was pretty confident. I thought I won that fight. “I thought I won both fights, but now I have two losses on my record,” said Tyson Fury at the match. post-fight press conferencehe sounds like a person in denial about losing to Alexander Usyk on Saturday night in Riyadh.

“Again, I will always believe until the day I die that I won that fight.” I was on the front foot all night, landing with my body and head. (my promoter) Frank (Warren) gave me three or four rounds up. Most people have had at least two of me. Always be a little pushy. Not a little. In fact, a lot.

“When you don’t get knocked out. Here’s what’s happening. “You can’t guarantee a win,” Fury said.

The worst kind of fighter you can have is one who won’t admit he’s wrong and didn’t do his job right. When you tell them they’re not up to par, they deny it and think you’re the problem.

Fury is an example of such a person. Put him on the battlefield in a war situation where he has to follow orders and he’s completely unreliable, and you can’t trust him to do what he’s told. Put him in the position of leading a platoon, and he would be unreliable because he can’t admit his mistakes. Fury can’t face the truth about himself.

“I don’t know if you’ve seen the scores.” One judge gave Usika the last seven rounds. The other two judges in the last seven rounds gave him one round each,” promoter Frank Warren said of the judges. “How on earth can you say he’s won one round out of the last seven?”

“Christmas present”

“I think he got a little Christmas present from those judges,” Fury said of Usick. “There is no doubt that I won the fight.”

“Bob Arum went 8-4 for Tyson,” said Fury’s manager Spencer Brown, referring to Tyson’s co-promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.