Usyk beats Fury by unanimous decision!
And Oleksandr Usyk has done it! The Ukrainian has retained his unified heavyweight champion with a unanimous decision over Tyson Fury. All three ringside judges handed down scores of 116-112. Here’s a look at how they scored it round by round. (The Guardian had it 115-113 to Usyk.)
Compubox’s punch statistics lend numerical context to tonight’s result. Usyk landed 179 of 423 punches (42.3%), compared to 144 of 509 for Fury (28.3%). Much like in their first encounter, the tireless Ukrainian poured it on over the second half of the fight, landing 54% of his power shots over the last five rounds while saving his most prolific rounds for the 11th (22 punches landed) and 12th (20).
Fury leaves the ring without giving an interview. But his promoter Frank Warren is there to speak for him after Usyk is finished.
“How could Tyson only got four rounds from this fight?” Warren says. “It’s impossible. Four rounds, across all three judges. Each of them four rounds, all different rounds.”
Warren is asked what Fury will do next.
“I don’t know,” he says. “I mean, he’s very disappointed as I am as well. But I mean, I would genuinely … I’m not saying any bias. Everybody along the front there. We all thought it was [much closer].”
Will we see Fury in the ring again?
“That’s up to him,” Warren says. “That’s up to him. I mean, you know, it’s too early. It’s just after a fight, obviously emotions are running high. We’ll see. But you know, it’s nuts. Nuts. I don’t get it. I’m really, really disappointed. But look, it’s what it is and we’ll have to see what happens in the future for Tyson.”
