Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury for the second time inside a 12 months on Saturday, profitable a unanimous resolution to carry on to his WBC, WBA and WBO world heavyweight titles.
Usyk defeated Fury in a break up resolution seven months in the past and got here again this time to take Saturday’s 12-round struggle with all three judges scoring it by a 116-112 margin. The large distinction within the struggle was Usyk’s skill to land 42% of his punches to solely 28% for Fury.
Fury didn’t communicate within the ring following the match however mentioned backstage that he thought he received the struggle — once more — by three rounds and that he was “Larry Holmes’d.”
The 37-year-old Uysk is now 23-0 in his profession, together with 2-0 vs. Fury.
Fury is now 34-2-1, together with his solely two defeats coming by the hands of Uysk.
The query now turns into whether or not or not Fury will get one other probability to beat Uysk sooner or later, or if he’ll struggle anyone.
Fury has teased the thought of retirement previously however didn’t communicate on the topic after the struggle. His supervisor, Frank Warren, did however comment that it’s “too early” to invest as a result of it’s simply after a struggle and that feelings are already operating excessive.
Whether or not he retires or continues to struggle, he has had an incredible profession that has seen him maintain heavyweight titles and beat an intensive record of top-tier fighters. He has simply by no means had a solution for Uysk.
Then once more, no one has.
Alongside together with his reign as an undisputed heavyweight champion, Uysk has additionally been an Olympic gold medalist and an undisputed cruiserweight champion all through his profession.
