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

Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) looked clean 24k goldwho retained his WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles with a 12-round unanimous decision in a rematch against Tyson Fury (34-2-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia.

The fight was largely a chess match, with Usyk, 37, using plenty of feints and nailing the stocky-looking 281lb Fury with heavy left hands to the head. Tyson fought Usyk to a stalemate in the fifth round.

Fourier weight A factor

In the sixth, Usyk torched Fury, repeatedly hitting him with left hands to the head and dominating throughout the round.

The extra pounds Fury packed on for the fight seemed to slow him down in the second half of the contest, as he looked sluggish and unable to attack like he did in the first fight. Gispi Knigg carried too much fat around his midsection. Even with his torsos raised higher than usual, almost up to his chest, you could see he wasn’t fit for a rematch.

Fury went on the offensive in the ninth, one of his better rounds. However, they came back strong in the tenth, chasing Fury8 around the ring in the final minute, hitting him with punches and making him hold on.

In the 11th and 12th, Usyk was still on the attack and Fury was easing up, looking to tie him up to lean. That was all Fury had left – breaking him would not work this time either

Results

116-112
116-112
116-112

Dubois calls out Usik

IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois entered the ring to call out Usyk after the contest. It’s unclear who gave him the green light to enter, but it’s pretty easy to figure out. Usyk said he is ready to fight.

Obviously, Usyk won’t get a fight with Anthony Joshua, as he has beaten him twice already, and his third is miserable. Same with Fury. It’s pointless that Turki Alalshik makes 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 did enough to win. There wasn’t much applause when he said that.