Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Tyson Fury final weekend in the principle occasion of the Riyadh Season, ratifieds him as the perfect fighter of at this time and top-of-the-line heavyweights of the final a long time.
The unanimous choice that the Ukrainian received in opposition to the Briton with 116-112 scorecards by the three judges was an awesome boxing exhibition that allowed him to defeat Fury for the second consecutive time to retain the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) tremendous champion belt, the WBO and WBC sashes.
Regardless of the load drawback with respect to his opponent (226 kilos in opposition to 281 on the day of the weigh-in), Usyk went out to do his job, to danger standing near Fury to assault him and overcome his distance to take benefit and nullify the bodily benefits of the challenger.
The battle was as soon as once more an awesome spectacle of the Riyadh Season and glad the tens of millions of followers who watched it world wide by the DAZN platform.
Usyk continues to make his means as the perfect heavyweight of a complete period after dominating the cruiserweights prior to now. He begins to open debate about his place in historical past and stays the perfect of the second as he awaits the following challenges.
The southpaw fighter’s document stands at 23 wins, no losses and 14 knockouts, whereas Fury’s document stands at 34 wins, 2 setbacks, 1 draw and 24 knockouts.
