This page is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates as Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury on Sunday, December 22:
- Champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine defeated the United Kingdom’s Tyson Fury in the rematch of their heavyweight boxing title fight.
- The bout at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, resulted in a unanimous points decision after 12 hard-fought rounds.
- Usyk beat Fury in May in a split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
- The Ukrainian boxer was the first heavyweight to achieve this since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
- Fury immediately called for a rematch as had been stipulated in the fight terms but on this occasion, he immediately left the ring showing his clear disappointment at the judges’ calls.
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“He’s a great fighter, it’s a great performance,” Usyk, 37, said of Fury, who was unbeaten in 35 fights until he lost their four-belt unification bout in May.
“Unbelievable 24 rounds for my career.”
