WELL, WELL, WELL, WHO WOULDA THUNK IT! TYSON FURY HAS LOST HIS WBC TITLE! ON AN EVENING WHICH WAS PACKED FULL TO THE RAFTERS WITH SPORTING ROYALTY, AT THE KINGDOM STADIUM IN SAUDI ARABIA, TYSON FURY AND OLEKSANDR USYK PUT ON A SPECTACLE OF SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ENTHRALLED!
OLEKSANDR FOUND OUT EARLY DOORS THAT TYSON FURY’S REACH KNEW NO BOUNDS
THE FIGHT BEGAN WITH TYSON FURY LOOKING TO BE IN TOTAL CONTROL, CLOWNING AROUND AND ENTERTAINING THE CROWD, AND SEEMINGLY TRYING TO WIND UP USYK AT THE SAME TIME, BUT OLEKSANDR WAS TOTALLY UNFAZED AND FOCUSED ON TYSON.
FURY’S LONG REACH CAUSED USYK A FEW PROBLEMS TO START WITH, UNTIL USYK ADJUSTED, SEEMINGLY REALISING THAT HE NEEDED TO BE REALLY QUICK. AT SOME POINTS IT LOOKED LIKE FURY WAS ENJOYING IT, AND STILL MESSING AROUND, ALMOST ENCOURAGING USYK, BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EIGHTH ROUND AND INTO THE NINTH, THAT STOPPED,
AND WITH A LEFT-HOOK FROM USYK, FURY WAS ON THE ROPES, USYK SEEMINGLY NOW ABLE TO SMELL BLOOD, CARRIED ON WITH A SERIES OF VERY FAST PUNCHES UNTIL TYSON WAS BACK ON THE ROPES, AND NEARLY DOWN ON THE CANVAS. THE MATCH CARRIED ON, BUT IT WAS ALL OVER BY THEN. INTERESTINGLY, AFTER USYK HAD PUT TYSON ON THE ROPES FOR THE FINAL TIME, TYSON KISSED HIM ON THE HEAD AS IF TO SAY “YOU GOT ME.” (THIS TIME?)
GAME RESPECTING GAME (BELOW)
THE FIGHT FINISHED WITH A SPLIT-DECISION WIN TO OLEKSANDR USYK, (115-112, 113-114, 114-113), WITH BOTH FIGHTERS COMMITTING TO A RE-MATCH IN OCTOBER!Â
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH BETWEEN TYSON FURY AND OLEKSANDR USYK
