Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) defended his WBC, WBA and WBO titles against Tyson Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) for the second time with a 12 round unanimous decision at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
When asked if he thought the judges’ scorecards were correct, Usyk stated, “I’m not the judges, I’m an athlete. It’s not my decision, I win. Thank you, God…he’s a great fighter, he’s a great opponent. It was a great 24 rounds. I want to devote this victory to my mother. She’s worried about me all the time, and I want to say to her thank you very much for everything you’ve done for me. I devote this to her and all mothers of Ukraine.”
After Daniel Dubois came into the ring to verbally challenge Usyk, the champion was unphased, simply stating, “No problem. I am ready. I want to be home for a little rest, but I’m ready.”
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Fury stormed out of the ring without comment after hearing the judges’ verdict, proclaiming that he thought he won by at least three rounds on the way to his dressing room.
Both fought exceptionally well. But Usyk outclassed Fury. Either 7-5 or 8-4. He won.
I had it even, but I have no issues with the decision. Want some good news?
Feb 22- Dubois v Parker- good fight to determine the next man up
Also on Feb 22- Zhang v Kabayel- might be the best banger on paper in a long while
The more I watch Kabayel, the more impressed I am. He went through a little inactivity a few years back and seems to have come back an elite fighter.
I shared on here the day before this fight that Usyk v. Fury II will resemble Pep v. Saddler II. Wherein Usyk is the shorter Pugilist and the more savvy. Saddler was taller, brilliant, and employed intricate balance to leverage his power. Saddler recorded over 100 knockouts, as a Featherweight. Fury, being the taller Pugilist, does not employ the balance that increases striking leverage given he has height and reach over most of his adversaries. The discussion now is that [ Fury Head Coach ] Sugar Hill is inept at improving his business partner [ Mr. Fury ] in terms of Boxiana Science.
Many boxing trainers are not teachers, in the totality of improving the Pugilist within each sparring session and noticeably, from to fight to fight. Thus, magnifies Mr. Hill is not a teacher. Neither did Mr. Fury chase [ for example ] retired heavyweights [ in either Holmes, Foreman, Holyfield, Lewis, and H. Rahman ] to help him learn, rehearse and master said balance and leverage strategies. For Usyk used Tyson’s strengths – against Tyson. Lastly, Oleksandr shows more intelligence in 23 bouts than Ali did in 66 total fights. Go review each of their respective fights and you cannot learn from Ali’s topical in the moment combat style. Wherein Usyk is actually travailing inside brilliance. The two Joshua bouts and now both Fury wins are notable, against larger men, without laying on the ropes, absorbing strikes, excessive holding, and flickering what resembles a Jab.
And what pray tell would you change about Ali.. you feel you have all the answers ????
I certainly give Usyk credit for outpointing the much bigger fighters Joshua and Fury, in two fights with each, but I don’t agree with this comparison to Ali, especially the Cassius Clay/Ali version prior to his exile in 1967. Fury and Joshua both are pathetic fighters. Neither has natural ability, and no amount of training can make up for that. During Ali’s time, neither Fury nor Joshua would’ve had much of a career, especially since they only fight once or twice a year at most. Fighters were real fighters back then, hungry fighters, desperate fighters, fighting to eat, feed their families, escape hard times, fighting to make a living. Two hyped-up fluffs like Fury and Joshua wouldn’t have stood a chance against many journeymen.
Before Parkinson’s began to have an effect on Ali’s health, he would’ve easily outpointed both Joshua and Fury. The pre-1970 version of Ali would’ve knocked them both out. Ali vs Joshua would’ve resembled Al vs Cleveland Williams. Ali vs Fury would’ve resembled Ali vs Terrell. Just my opinion of course.
If you’re going to try to evaluate Ali’s career and compare it to Usyk’s fights with Fury and Joshua, I don’t think it’s a good idea to focus on the version of Ali at the tail end of his career, when his health was being ravaged by Parkinson’s.
Usyk’s wins over Fury and Josha certainly must be commended, but let’s not get carried away.
You missed the entire point. I did not compare opposition. I did not compare Usyk to Ali. I conveyed facts that the world has extreme difficulty digesting. You being one and missed the point while proving my point. That Usyk employs the Science of Boxiana. Whereas Ali did not. That is what I wrote. Moreover, even as Cassius [ Ali ] was flickering what resembled a Jab, held excessively and used his body to absorb adversarial strikes. These were and are masked by youthfulness. After age 32, Ali became increasingly dependent on said prowess and increased laying on the ropes [ not as a tactic ] but because he was devoid of in-fighting, how to obtain balance that leverages striking impact, and numerous pertinent Science to travail intellectually. Usyk is showing the world [ travail intellectually ]. Inasmuch that fame and popularity (Ali) cannot travail one through the gladiatorial temperatures of combat.
Ali incurred health erosion throughout his entire career because Angelo Dundee did not teach Ray Leonard, Micheal Nunn, and Goerge Foreman. Most notably [ did not teach ] Ali. Muhammad left Archie Moore who is like leaving Harvard (Moore) for bagging groceries (Dundee). No human is winning defending Ali’s dilapidated fighting prowess. That is not disrespectful but insightful. No grand jury can indict these words as slander either. The films speaks each syllable I am illustrating to teach young fighters to improve.
I’m sorry, you’re going to have to do better than that in explaining yourself, and I sense that you don’t understand my point of view. What is the “Science of Boxiana”, the “Sweet Science”? Fighting any style takes its toll on a fighter, even the great ones, if they fight long enough. It did so for Ali. Just because Ali aged, is no basis to criticize his career style, his choice of trainer, his intelligence, his jab, his combat prowess, his in-fighting abilities, and his fame and popularity. It will take its toll on Usyk too if he fights long enough. It’s certainly not fair to judge Usyk’s entire career by the results of his diminished effectiveness at the tail end of his career. Acknowledge that.
I respect Ali’s style because it was his natural, unique style. As I said, Ali had natural ability. He was self-motivated to train, much like Ray Robinson. He didn’t need a trainer. He just needed someone he could trust, someone who looked out for his best interests, someone who told him the truth. That was Dundee, not Moore. Recognize that.
Ali’s jab was superb. For Ali, it was about self-preservation, and that jab was quite effective in keeping stronger punchers at bay, helping Ali get his timing, throwing off the timing of his opponent, and setting up his shots. That jab also cut up his opponents faces, gave them black eyes, and gave them swollen faces. That jab hurt. It was fast too. Simply a great weapon in combat.The use of the jab in this manner is what the “sweet science” is all about, and his use of it was indeed quite a demonstration of intelligence. Acknowledge that.
About in-fighting, Ali was not interested in in-fighting, as long as he had the ability and agility to dictate the fight without getting hit much. That was a special skill, a natural ability, and it required a great deal of intelligence to pull off. Acknowledge that.
If you’re not comparing Ali and Usyk, why is Ali’s name even mentioned in your analysis? You don’t respect Ali, I understand this. I just don’t agree. I also don’t sense that you get my points or even understand them, and you should if you train fighters.
Coach Hilario…. not sure what you are talking about. Ali got older quicker because he has way more fights than Usyk. Usyk had like 7 fights at heavyweight. Ali might have been somewhat reliant on reflexes but doesn’t mean he didn’t have fundamentals.
Ali rapidly aged because of his lifestyle outside of the ring. He wasn’t into drugs or alcohol that I inownof, but he ran around with women all the time and stayed up late partying with Arum, King and the rest of boxing royalty. That’s not even including his world travels. His lack of desire for training also helped erode his skills.
Your knowledge and insights seem to make people insecure. Keep posting!!!
Usual gibberish from self proclaimed coach
Coach, the biggest difference between Ali and Usyk is that Usyk actually learned proper defense which has allowed him to compete at the elite level through age 36. Ali on the other hand, was nothing compared to his peak once his speed and reflexes were diminished. Same with Roy Jones jr. Once his reflexes were slowed and he became “normal” the question then became “did you really learn how to fight?”
They way Dubois jumped into the ring and shoved his way into Usyk’s well-earned moment, I hope Parker gives him a nice long boxing lesson.
Say what you want about
Dubois but he knocked out Usyk and Usyk knows that.
How do you know what Usyk knows?
Because he sat on the canvas for four minutes while his right hand experienced involuntary tremors from a legit body shot. Believe me, he knows what happenned.
Nice to know you have a direct line into Usyk’s brain!!!
I hate crap like this… and yet I have a lot of respect for Dubois. If Dubois beats Parker, the marketing for a fight with Usyk will take care of itself. Both guys will make a mountain of money. This “calling guys out” feels amateurish to me. Be a professional. Respect the other guy, sign the fight, and do your business in the ring.
Again, this isn’t a knock on Dubious- and I’m sure he was asked by his team to press the issue on TV. He’s a warrior who’s already fought darn near everyone in his young career.
Usyk is a class act but Fury won.
Fury got outpunched and out maneuvered by Usyk
You need to go back and look at how few of Usyks punches actually landed. He missed, a lot. People are being blinded by their hatred of Fury. He won, this was about politics, something to do with Ukraine, for the less worldly.
A lot of people do hate Fury, and the majority of that hate stems from the disservice he did to the sport of boxing in his debacle with debuting Francis Ngannou. For an undefeated heavyweight champion to get dropped & taken the distance by someone making their boxing debut, is utterly shameful.
Did not see the fight, but I figured that Fury would just about have to KO Usyk to get the decision. I’ll have to watch it to make sure I’m right though. If I’m wrong, I’ll admit it.
good for usyk. usyk is a true professional and a credit to boxing and every sport. and, if fury would worry more about what he does between fights, fury may have a better chance to win against the very best during the fight.. (there are others that can beat him like he was tonight)
is he on the downslide? probably.
Fury had no one to blame but himself! Idiotic thing to come in at 281 lbs! Question his intelligence to do such a stupid thing!
James Blanchard
fury probably showed up to camp very poorly conditioned, and well over 300lbs. at that level he cannot eat and drink his way out of condition/shape that badly in-between fights. however, he did make a shit ton of money 🙂
There is absolutely nothing more for Usyk to prove. He’s already done more than can be asked of him.
Just one last fight? No thanks!
Usyk has already defeated Dubois. I’m not interested in a second fight.
Besides, Dubois should finish his main course before he asks for dessert. The fight against Parker is not a small problem. It could be something else than a quiet Saturday stroll in the sunshine in Greenwich Park.
I am also very curious about Kabayel. He is growing with the task. He will have a really tough test against old but still capable Zhang.
There will always be worthier challengers no matter at what point Usyk decides to hang up his gloves. I really hope Usky doesn’t become one of those fighters who can’t quit when he really should.
Usyk has reached the summit and he should get down while there is time to do it safely.
Watched on youtube instead of ridiculous PPV rates. Not a terrible fight, Not a great one. Don’t really care for these superheavyweight class guys. Yes they can knock down an Oak tree but a tree doesn’t move. Lots of punches thrown, few were effective aggressiveness. I’ll take a couple hot welterweights any day.
People can argue over the margin but the right man won.
Fury reminds me of American democrats : no matter how obvious the truth is, they keep saying otherwise. Sore loser who lost the little credibility he had
I am not American and I don’t usually comment on political posts.
It is a common rhetorical move to accuse your opponents of something you yourself are.
The whole world witnessed the assault on the Capitol in 2021, many of those who stormed the Capitol saw themselves as freedom fighters, many later also saw themselves as political prisoners and so on.
The Democrats deserve extensive criticism, I agree, but at least they admitted their election loss unlike Trump.
A new concept is starting to circulate “wannabe fascists”. Unfortunately very much around the re-elected US President Trump sorts under that concept.
And it is not just a label, it is a reality, with all it means.
It is extremely worrying that the American people have been blinded and fallen for a cult of personality that breathes something we had all hoped belonged to the past.
Politicians should work for the people, not the other way around. I’m fed up with fake politicians that fakes the people.
and ……..
Bit, they let them into the capitol? They just admitted that there were FBI in the crowd instigating others. The democrats failed to provide all of the video for this riot. The majority of those arrested was for trespassing. To a place that let them in by capitol police. The democrats have routinely accused Republicans of doing the exact same stuff that they were doing. The word fascists is thrown around to distort the truth. Trump is no fascist and will never be. It boggles me that one could even think like that? Democrats have suppressed the truth, censored it, kept many on lockdown during COVID, kept liquor stores, strip clubs, casinos open but closed churches??? Did not let our children go to school for a flu? Made people wear face diapers. How many wars have the Democrats started in the last four years? Where has a country opened up their borders despite having laws to restrict it? Democrats have defied the very laws that are in place for immigration. Countries that come to mind that have done that recently are England, france, Germany to name a few and guess what how many terrorist attacks have occurred in those places??? You know? Being a strong country is not just a feeling. It’s not just a vibe. It’s work! I live in America I have watched the crime rise, my dollar get weaker, energy soar, small business just drop while big business has flourished with constant help from liberal government. Under liberal government, boys can play in girls sports, unheard of. Abortion is like celebrated??? They allow teachers to speak about sex to first graders? Tell me how that is acceptable? Democrats have made who you are meaning what color or sexual orientation placed above what kind of human being you are. You think trump is a fascist? This is just a tid “bit” of information. Politicians should work for the people, but in my current system of government which will thankfully change in one month, the people are working for the politician.
I wish this site banned people for drastically unrelated posts. Aren’t there political sites where you can post your drivel?
Killa King, haven’t you figured it out by now? Liberals and Democrats don’t want to hear the truth. They want to suppress the truth, and censor their opposition, just like DaveF here does. I am saddened how many boxing fans seem to be liberals, and are allergic to the truth. The truth will all come out in time. The best disinfected for evil in this world is the truth.
It’s a boxing site, not a political site. Is that too difficult to understand?
There wasn’t any truth in all that FF.
Oh, I know HH, but it still needs to be told. They can’t stand it when someone speaks out against them whether it’s boxing or politics.
Whatta load of gish-galloping garbage, starting with the lie that they had instigators in the crowd, which was 3 snitches there on their own volition, and like they could even accomplish such a task. They went with the Pence chant ONLY after the Fuhrer’s tweet as well.
Mush and trump perfectly represent fascism as defined by its father Mussolini, which is a merger between state and corporations.
You read like one yourself given all that easily debunkable garbage. Fascists can’t survive without lying.
Debunk it then! You won’t and you can’t. You talk about the merger between state and corporations? Like the democrats and big business? During COVID how come big business was open, but small business was not? What about the merger between Democrats and the teachers union? The union kept kids out of school for two years in some places. You are probably one of them because of how “smart” you talk. How many lies did the Democrats talk about like the border is closed, how many jobs were filled, there is no inflation, how much money Ukraine gets. On and on. You are just blind in the mind.
January 6th was a total setup by the Democrats to entrap Trump supporters. FBI now claims they were 20 something of their assets in the crowd instigating it all. I’m sure they’re lying about this too, probably more like a hundred FBI agents in the crowds. The truth will all come out soon, when Trump releases all the surveillance video footage of that day that the Democrats have tried desperately to hide from the American public. It’s already a fact and will establish that Capitol Hill Police Harry Dunn lied about every single step he took that day. Video surveillance footage shows that done lied probably 50 to 100 different times about the actions he took that day. The rest is soon to come out.
Yeah Joey, FURY sounding like sore losers from the 2020 TROUNCING of the “RePubs” head puppet… lying about an election being stolen yet no proof, yet “RePubs” and said puppet has already placed over 50 “RePub Hand Picked Flavored ” judges in positions to help try and cheat their way to reelection but even those “hand picked” judges looked at the “evidence” (or lack there of) and could not substantiate nor entertain their “wild” accusations of a “stolen election” and properly shut down those false claims AND STILL HERE IN 2024 there has been no proof provided…
Hmmmm?
USYK vs FURY pt.2 was not stolen either, it was a good tough fight and close fight but the right man won this time and legit 115-113 score for me.
FURY is still great, Usyk proves he’s just “something different” and has now entered legendary “Holyfield” – like status in boxing history… Usyk and Holyfield just are cut from a different cloth of boxing royalty… LEGIT !
A realdumass, if I remember correctly which I do. Lying Biden barely won the election in 2020. Trump destroyed cackling Kamala in 2024. Just a note, since you reported no evidence on election fraud. Did you know that several swing states like Pennsylvania changed voting laws prior to the election to allow mail in voting and absentee voting because of the COVID hoax. Question smart guy, why do democrats always vote against having voter identification, but in order to get into their national convention they need id? How come we need id to buy beer, but not to vote? Any reasonable person with common sense would be asking that question. Some states make it easier to cheat when voting. How come in several key areas they can never have the vote counted on election night? Does that give you confidence in an election? It shouldn’t.
Fury blows more hot air with his mouth than his actual boxing ability. He could take some lessons from Usyk in understanding the value of great sportsmanship, gratitude, and most of all, mutual respect. I hope Fury retires and walks away from the sport. His anemic excuses, arrogance and mental instabilities are enough to wear out any boxing fan loving the sport. Good riddance.
If you look up the word “narcissism” in the dictionary, Fury’s picture would be next to the definition of the word. It just kills him to admit he was beat last night and outclassed by a much better boxer.
lol @ all the Fury haters, especially Scooby. Who gets 99% of his fight predictions wrong. Fury has accomplished more in the past few years than any of you will in ten lifetimes. His comeback to fight Wilder the first time is is already more than your entire bloodline has ever accomplished. He’s a great boxer and anyone who can’t see that is a clown. Close fight, could’ve gone either way. Usyk certainly didn’t dominate either.
I watched on DAZN and the stream was unreliable during the big fight. I missed two rounds before it was corrected. People were going mad (in the comments section) and I’m surprised this has not been a massive customer issue today. It seems some DAZN viewers hardly got to see any of the fight.
Usyk won by at least 3 points! Check the punch stat numbers. Only people who said fury won were the people who stood to make money on the rubber match!!
Thumbs up if you think the mods should delete political comments.
Are people overreacting or do they just not understand how the scoring works? The official scores were 116-112 or 8 rounds to 4. Just one more round for Fury means the scores narrow to 115-113. Another round for Fury and the fight is a draw!!! Most people are fretting over ONE F#$CKIN’ ROUND. As a long-term boxing fan who has witnessed many robberies, I am grateful the right guy won. Fury is a knob.
While a good fighter; will Usyks legacy be tarnished by beating British pastries throughout his reign? Is this a weak era in heavyweight boxing? How would Usyk fair against the likes of Ali, Holmes, Frazier, Foreman, Tyson, Lewis, and Holyfield to name a few?
@DMV: I don’t recon Usyk’s HW legacy will be tarnished by beating all these British HWs, but on the other side, it is a good point to remind a person how promoters manipulate things. Especially looking at Hearn and Warren in this particular case.
Nah, Killa King, I agree with some of your post, but trust me Democrats do not care about one’s “color” like you think, unless that color is LGBTQIA or a foreigner. Barack Obama, and Kamala Harris are not Foundational Black Americans, who’s ancestors helped build this great country for free, and who haven’t been appropriately compensated. The Democrats are very strategic with their racism, they actually use these other groups (people of color) as a proxy to do their dirty work while acting like they are promoting diversity; it’s very sinister and well thought out, and backed by major capital. The Republicans are more open (covert) with their racism, which I prefer to deal with as opposed to the sneaky covert Democratic kind.
DMV, I will agree with you that there is a method to their madness and believe me there are Republicans out there that have alterior motives as well. I will even go as far to say that democrats prop up the alphabet squad probably more than anything else, but race is not that far behind the letter klan at least in my opinion. As far as out in the open, yes at least you know what are dealing with. You can at least guard your proverbial grill with folks like that.
Now, usyk, we obviously can’t pick what era we fight in, nor can we match up one fighter with another from a different era unless it’s in a video game, so for me I try not to even have that debate because it will never happen. We can only compare to what is or was present during that moment in boxing history.
DMV, were you ever a slave? I highly doubt it. If you’re worried so much about slavery, go to Africa or the Middle East where it still exists and try to end it. Every race on the planet has been enslaved at one point or another, but it has been Whites who fought to end slavery. My European ancestors were enslaved by the Ottoman Empire, but I’m not making a fuss about it or demanding reparations from Turkey. I actually met a former slave from Congo; he was enslaved & violated by members of the Congolese Army; poor guy couldn’t even walk straight.
Can we keep the conversation about boxing!
I knew that Fury would protest a loss. What happened to all of that inflated talk about knocking him out? He does it before every fight, he makes himself sound like a dangerous KO artist. If Tyson wants to remove this unfair judging, he should do what his big mouth constantly states and KO his opponent. He’s a joke and I’m excited for the coming day when he’s done with boxing.
I hoped that Fury focused on Usyk’s body a la Dubois
This website should make an editorial decision to stop mentioning the corrupt sanctioning body belts. This fight was for THE world heavyweight championship. Did you see how many baubles were on the line on the undercard from these parasitic organisations? They are a plague.
Usyk is a class act as well as an all time great. Fury needs to pout less and give a little respect.
If Usyk wasnt Ukrainian, I bet Wlad would think about coming out of retirement to show how you beat Usyk.
Fury moves the wrong way 90% of the time. If he moved to his left and got his foot outside of Usyk’s it would have been a different fight. He moved to his right the vast majority of the fight. Disappointed in Sugar Hill, who didn’t seem to have a technical strategy for this fight (unless he did and Fury just didn’t listen). But it was surprising to see Fury fight a southpaw with seemingly very little ring intelligence.
Thanks coach!
Whatta man. He should be ashamed for schooling that slob twice now.lol
I think that Tyson Fury lost the second fight against Oleksandr Usyk on the scales. Coming in carrying excessive weight made no sense against a slick and nimble opponent.
Fury looked sluggish compared to the first time around. He was in control during that encounter and only went off the rails due to getting his nose damaged in the eighth. That event paved the way for the disastrous ninth. Had he eschewed the show boating and maintained his focus then I believe he would have eked out a solid points win.
His best bet for revenge would have been to repeat his approach to the first fight, but to have fought every round like he needed it.
I think that Tyson Fury lost the second fight against Oleksandr Usyk on the scales. Coming in carrying excessive weight made no sense against a slick and nimble opponent.
Fury looked sluggish compared to the first time around. He was in control during that encounter and only went off the rails due to getting his nose damaged in the eighth. That event paved the way for the disastrous ninth. Had he eschewed the show boating and maintained his focus then I believe he would have eked out a solid points win.
His best bet for revenge would have been to repeat his approach to the first fight, but to have fought every round like he needed it.
I have watched it 3 times now and the results are the same for Usyk. More importantly though, fore, this was a throwback fight of the heavyweight division of decades past. I enoyed the entire fight.
No doubt Fury can fight. But he’s a low class person. And a sore loser. With the emphasis on LOSER!