Champion Usyk did not disappoint and remains the king of heavyweights after defeating Fury

not possible Tyson Fury keep his word and avenge the defeat suffered by KO as revealed in the preview in May. In the last big match of 2024, ‘The Gypsy King’ He again emerged defeated from his confrontation with Ukrainian Usykwho reappeared at the same crime scene, the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) who performed the measurement giant manchesterwho appeared in the fight 25 kilos heavier than his opponent.

Tonight’s fight is a very close fight between two men who are very heavy handed, they know any mistake will pay dearly, given the quality of the opponent. As dictated by the rules, the fight was scheduled for a total of twelve rounds, each lasting three minutes. Throughout the 36 minutes of good boxing there were moments for each fighter.

angeralways facing his left hand, could not, as he did in April, find a way to take advantage of his greater reach, 55 centimeters more, against an opponent who went from less to ending up with success At times, the clearest blow was the majority of the Ukrainian fighter, who knows how to play well on the counter when it’s time, against a Fury who paid little for his fatigue in the final rounds, where he exposed himself. too much and that bravery can be costly. It is not enough for the candidate to have a good and explosive start, dominating the center of the ring, against a champion who took the belt in the last stretch, in the rounds of reality.

That’s true ‘The Gypsy King’ He lands good rights up and down, trying to open his opponent’s guard with some trademark uppercuts, but ‘The Cat’, Olympic champion in London 2012, He remained steady at all times, sometimes throwing good combinations of hands, punishing with his left and sometimes with his right a challenger who sometimes stayed halfway too many times and ended the fight by of raising his arm as a sign of victory, although the sensations are different.

Usyk, who read the fight better, the first thing he did was kneel down and thank heaven, knowing that he had successfully revalidated the heavyweight world titles of the IBO, WBC and WBO organizations.

In the end, Usyk’s victory was by unanimous decision (116-112), after the cards were shown by the judges. Gerardo Martínez, Patrick Morley and Ignacio Roblesin a battle fought with good judgment Roberto Ramirez Jr. Tyson Fury, after his defeat and heading to the locker room, insisted to ‘Sky Sports’ that, at least, he won three rounds.

After the words of the Uysk champion, the Also British Daniel Dubois (22-2-0, 21 KO) He sought his revenge to unify the heavyweight division, as the Briton holds the IBF weight title. The appointment will be historic again.