On Saturday, December 21, Usyk Fury 2 would be the essential occasion of the Riyadh Season Reignited card on the Kingdom Area, Riyadh, for Usyk’s (22-0, 14 KOs) WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles. The primary occasion appears to be like set to be each bit as memorable as their historic first bout. Forward of battle night time, Huge Battle Weekend are taking you again to revisit each rematch involving Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) throughout his skilled profession.
Usyk Fury 2: Fury’s Most Memorable Rematches Forward of Riyadh Showdown
Tyson Fury vs. John McDermott
On September 11, 2009, Tyson Fury confronted John McDermott for the English title. “The Gypsy King” was an enormous favorite along with his opponent anticipated to be not more than cannon fodder. McDermott defied all expectations and outworked Fury for almost all of the battle. Referee Terry O’Connor had different concepts and scored the bout 98-92 in favour of Fury.
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The rematch on June 25, 2010, noticed Fury dominate the competition and regularly break his opponent down. “The Gypsy King” scored a knockdown in spherical eight and two in spherical 9, successful by TKO in spherical 9.
Derek Chisora
Fury and Derek Chisora first met in July 2011. Fury boxed diligently all through, successful by unanimous choice. The rematch occurred on November 29, 2014 on the ExCeL London.
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The rematch was extra dominant from “The Gypsy King” as he used his top and attain benefit to jab and transfer all through the battle, a lot to the frustration of Chisora, who did not land something vital. It was rinse and repeat for Fury, as he managed the gap and tempo from the opening bell till Don Charles pulled Chisora from the battle on the finish of spherical ten.
Deontay Wilder
On February 22, 2020, “The Gypsy King” and “The Bronze Bomber” collided as soon as once more. Their first battle will probably be ceaselessly synonymous with Fury’s comeback from his private issues. He additionally memorably rose from a heavy knockdown to assert a draw.
Earlier than the rematch, Fury promised aggression – and aggression is what he gave us. The Brit took the center of the ring and let his jab go from the primary bell. He moved nicely, making Wilder miss, earlier than flooring the American in spherical three with a robust proper hand.
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Blood started to pour from Wilders’s ear, earlier than the subsequent reputable knockdown coming in spherical 5, with a left hook to the physique, flooring the American. The domination from Fury continued, with Wilder now bleeding from the mouth in addition to the ear. One other sustained heavy assault from “The Gypsy King” prompted Wilder’s nook to throw within the towel to save lots of their fighter from additional punishment a lot to his disgust. It was one other dominant displaying from the Brit, and to at the present time, many name this his best efficiency.
On December 21, Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will conflict of their extremely anticipated rematch for the WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight titles in Riyadh. “The Gypsy King” has confirmed his dominance in rematches, however can he produce the best win of his profession to keep up his 100% file in rematches?
Usyk Fury 2 Full Battle Card
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury, rematch, 12 rounds, for Usyk’s WBC/WBO/WBA heavyweight titleSerheii Bohachuk vs. Ishmael Davis, 12 rounds, WBC closing tremendous welterweight eliminatorMoses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean, 10 rounds, heavyweightsPeter McGrail vs. Rhys Edwards, 10 rounds, tremendous bantamweightsJohnny Fisher vs. David Allen, 10 rounds, heavyweightsIsaac Lowe vs. Lee McGregor, 10 rounds, featherweightsDaniel Lapin vs. Dylan Colin, 10 rounds, gentle heavyweightsAndrii Novytskyi vs. Edgar Ramirez, 10 rounds, heavyweightsMohammed Alakel vs. Joshua Ocampo, 6 rounds, tremendous featherweights
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