Ukraine's Usyk outpoints Fury to retain world heavyweight crowns
Oleksandr Usyk (centre) celebrates on May 19, 2024, after winning the fight against Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion. He retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles by unanimous decision against Britain's Tyson Fury in a clash on December 22, 2024.
Usyk was called out in the ring by Britain's Daniel Dubois, who he beat with a ninth-round stoppage in controversial circumstances in August 2023 after a fifth-round knockdown of Usyk was ruled to have been a low blow.
Disappointed by the second loss of his professional career, the usually talkative Fury left the ring without doing an interview, leaving his promoter Frank Warren to speak on his behalf and express disbelief at the scoring.
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles by unanimous decision against Britain's Tyson Fury to remain undefeated after an enthralling clash in an electric atmosphere at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday.
Giving up advantages in height, weight and reach to his much bigger opponent, Usyk fought superbly throughout to win 116-112 on all three judges’ scorecards as he again defeated Fury after his success in May made him the undisputed champion.
