The extremely anticipated undisputed heavyweight title combat between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk came about this night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury (34-1-1) and Usyk (22-0) have been initially scheduled to collide this previous February, nevertheless ‘The Gypsy King’ suffered a nasty lower in coaching, forcing the bout to be pushed again.
Tyson Fury had most beforehand competed this previous October, the place he edged out a hotly debated break up determination win over former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. That victory had marked the Brit’s seventh in a row, as he had beforehand scored stoppage wins over Derek Chisora, Dillian Whyte and Deontay Wilder respectively.
As for Oleksandr Usyk, the Ukranian champion had final competed in August of final 12 months, the place he earned a ninth-round knockout victory over Daniel Dubois. That win was preceded by back-t0-back victories over Anthony Joshua the place he claimed after which defended the WBA, WBO and IBF belts.
To make sure tonight’s undisputed heavyweight title combat went ahead as deliberate, Turki Alalshikh put in place a excessive stakes pullout clause in impact for each fighters.
“I’ve ensures from each of the fighters, $10 million if somebody escapes from the combat.”
Tonight’s undisputed heavyweight title combat proved to be a completely thrilling twelve spherical affair. Oleksandr Usyk was in a position to get off to a powerful begin in rounds one and two, however Tyson Fury got here again strongly to arguably win the subsequent 4 or 5 rounds. Nonetheless, in spherical eight Usyk appeared to interrupt Fury’s nostril after which was in a position to drop ‘The Gypsy King’ the next spherical with an enormous mixture (see that right here). From there, Usyk seemingly went into cruise and management and ultimately was awarded a much-deserved victory.
Official Outcome: Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury by way of break up determination (115-112, 113-114, 114-113)
Take a look at how the professionals reacted to ‘Fury vs. Usyk’ beneath:
That’s a daring shout, I believe if Usyk can get it performed it’s by way of the judges. https://t.co/UoxO8LXpvw
— michael (@bisping) Could 18, 2024
Unbelievable scenes coming from out of Saudi Arabia once more this night! See you guys quickly @Turki_alalshikh! Unbelievable!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) Could 18, 2024
What a spherical!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) Could 18, 2024
What y’all take into consideration this Fury Usyk combat?
— BONY (@JonnyBones) Could 18, 2024
This can be a nice combat 👏🏼 #FuryUsyk
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) Could 18, 2024
Wow, what an enormous spherical eight for Usyk
— BONY (@JonnyBones) Could 18, 2024
Ought to which were stopped?
— BONY (@JonnyBones) Could 18, 2024
That’s bs the combat ought to have been stopped!!!!
— Anthony PrettyBoy Taylor (@anthony_foreal) Could 18, 2024
Submit-fight reactions to Oleksandr Usyk defeating Tyson Fury this night in Saudi Arabia:
So good to look at! Who you bought?#FuryUsyk
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) Could 18, 2024
Nice combat, good determination too
— Arnold billy allen (@Arnoldbfa) Could 18, 2024
What a combat! Hats off to @usykaa, what a legend 👏🏼
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) Could 18, 2024
USKY WON THAT FIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE IS A ROBBERY
— Anthony Fowler (@afowler06) Could 18, 2024
Knock down seals the deal. Can’t look ahead to the rematch! #FuryUsyk
— Alex Volkanovski (@alexvolkanovski) Could 18, 2024
I’ve at all times stated it’s not the dimensions of the person, however the dimension of your coronary heart. @usykaa is an inspiration! Congrats champ 🙌🏼 #FuryUsyk
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) Could 19, 2024
What did you consider tonight’s heavyweight title combat? Have been you stunned by the result?