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December 21, 2024
After 24 rounds shared within the ring, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury
will endlessly be linked for his or her two wars collectively within the squared
circle, however the historical past books will bear in mind one man because the victor
of their storied rivalry.
Usyk put his stamp on the feud Saturday night time with a masterful
12-round efficiency that resulted in him retaining his WBA, WBO,
WBC and Ring Journal heavyweight titles by unanimous choice
(116-112, 116-112, 116-112) within the DAZN predominant occasion at Freedom Enviornment
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) needed to storm again of their first battle after a
gradual begin, however that was not the case within the rematch. The defending
champ took the battle to the 281-pound challenger and backed up the
bigger man with a stellar proper hand. Usyk’s up-and-down erratic
head motion bothered the slick boxer-puncher, and the previous
Ukrainian gold medalist was in charge of the tempo for the
night.
Fury (34-2-1) fought like a real champion, but it surely was not sufficient to
get his hand raised, whilst he introduced hazard for the whole thing
of the 36-minute encounter. Fury sniped Usyk with jabs and
uppercuts, utilizing his weight to push the champion round when he
may. Sadly, at 36, the Manchester, England, native’s legs
merely couldn’t sustain with the previous cruiserweight titleholder’s
tempo and footwork.
With the win, Usyk retains three of 4 main belts in boxing, and
has his sights set on a unification match with London’s Daniel
Dubois, the proprietor of the remaining IBF strap. Usyk beforehand
defeated Dubois in 2023, and could be instilled as a big favourite
of their rematch. Dubois stormed the ring after Usyk’s victory,
demanding they battle once more. Usyk calmly remarked to the Saudi
Arabian showrunners that they need to put it collectively.
The undercard produced a number of thrilling matchups. Within the co-main
occasion, Moses Itauma (21-0, 11 KOs) destroyed Demsey McKean (22-2)
within the first spherical of their heavyweight conflict. Previous to that,
Serhii Bohachuk stopped Ishmael Davis after six rounds to change into
the necessary challenger for the WBC 154-pound belt; undefeated
heavyweight Johnny Fisher survived a fifth-round knockdown to edge
out David Allen by break up choice (95-94, 93-96, 95-94); Scottish
featherweight Lee McGregor (15-1-1) outworked England’s Isaac Lowe
in a 10-round bout by unanimous choice (96-92, 97-91, 97-91);
former Olympian Peter McGrail (11-1) handed Rhys Edwards (16-1) his
first profession defeat by a razor-thin unanimous choice (96-95,
96-94, 96-94); unbeaten Ukrainian mild heavyweight prospect Daniel
Lapin cruised to his eleventh profession win towards Dylan Colin (100-90,
99-91, 99-91); heavyweight Andrii Novytskyi (15-0) survived his
hardest check in Edgar Ramirez in a battle the place the scorecards
didn’t inform your entire story (100-90, 100-90, 98-92); 20-year-old
tremendous featherweight Mohammed Alakel began the night time off by
bettering to 2-0 courtesy of a lopsided choice (60-53, 60-53,
60-53) over Joshua Ocampo (8-34-1).
