By a broken selection, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the first unquestioned heavyweight champ in 24 years.
With a magnificent soon march highlighted by a ninth-round knockout in a back-and-forth fight between two earlier unbroken heavy champs, Usyk ( 22- 0), added Fury’s WBC name to his own WBA, IBF, and IBO belts. Two courts favored Usyk, 115- 112 and 114- 113, while the next gave it to Fury, 114- 113.
Britain’s Tyson Fury, straight, and Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk trade punches during their unquestioned heavy world championship boxing struggle at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 19, 2024. ( Nick Potts/PA via AP )
Usyk started immediately, but then had to endure while the assured, charismatic Fury dominated the center rounds. Usyk took power with a strong seventh round and nearly stopped Fury in the seventh, just as the Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist has done so many times in his career has done.
Usyk gave credit for a knockout straight before Fury was saved by the bell by hurting Fury ( 34- 1- 1 ) with a left hand and finally sent him sprawling into a part in the last hours of the round. Fury made it to the tenth place, but after being virtually stopped, he struggled to continue his harm.
After the last ring, Fury gave Usyk a kiss on the brain. In the collapse, the fights are most likely to fight in Saudi Arabia.
Since Lennox Lewis won the title for five times in 1999 and 2000, Usyk is the first unquestioned heavyweight champion. Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become the parallel heavyweight champion in 2015. He is also currently the lateral champion.
