Ukrainian swung the contest in his favour with a powerful ninth round in Saudi Arabia
Oleksandr Usyk lands a punch on Tyson Fury during the heavyweight championship fight at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Wire’s quest to become undisputed world heavyweight champion ended in defeat by split decision to Oleksandr Usyk on an enthralling night in Riyadh.
Fury recovered but it was a critical round that swung the contest in Usyk’s favour, winning 115-112 and 114-113 on two scorecards while the third judge saw it as 114-113 against him.Nicky English: We could be in for a high-scoring free-for-all with Cork v TipperaryIt’s raining metaphors at Manchester United amid soggy aftermath of underinvestment
Fury play-acted against the ropes and started laughing as Usyk applied pressure and the second round continued along the same theme of the Briton getting backed up against the ropes. Another powerful body shot made an impact, Fury then fired a right uppercut and having conceded the opening rounds, the WBC champion was now in control.
And the Ukrainian took his revival into the eighth as he continued to land with hard shots, directing one right on the nose to leave Fury touching his nose and right eye.
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