2024-05-21 14:39:01
On the Kingdom Area within the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk, the place to look at the boxing match in Riyadh to reunite the heavyweights on TV”>Oleksandr Usyk received a convincing victory over Tyson Fury, changing into the primary undisputed world heavyweight champion within the final 25 years. This prestigious title has not been held by anybody since 1999, when Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield.
The Ukrainian boxer acted as primary all through all the battle. The Briton struck again when Usyk didn’t have time to maneuver away from the assaults. Within the final rounds, the Ukrainian seemed in higher form than his opponent. Within the ninth spherical, the Ukrainian boxer knocked down Tyson. Because of this, the battle ended with Usik profitable by break up choice – 115:112, 113:114, 114:113.
The battle between Usyk and Fury was initially scheduled for February 2024, however because of the Briton’s damage, the battle needed to be postponed. Regardless of the lengthy wait and value fluctuations, curiosity on this confrontation remained excessive. Till February, bookmakers thought of Fury the favourite, however after his damage, the forecasts started to alter in favor of the Ukrainian.
In 1999, Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield to develop into the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. 25 years later, Usik repeated this achievement.
The Ukrainian champion added the WBC title, beforehand held by Fury, to his WBA, WBO and IBF belts.
Beforehand, “Cursor” wrote that Fury pushed Usik throughout a duel of glances.