Tyson Fury looked like a poor match after losing to joint heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night. He said the judges gave the Ukrainian an “early Christmas present” rather than admit he was beaten by the better man in their rematch in Riyadh.
Figures Tell a Story
Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) came out of the box and studied Fury (34-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena. Oleksandr was aggressive, landed some shots, hurt Fury multiple times, and deserved the 12 round decision the judges gave him.
The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 116-112. Fury says his promoter, Frank Warren, won in three or four rounds, meaning zero.
Usyk vs. Fury 2 Punch Stats
– Tyson Fury: 144 of 509 punches 28%
– Oleksandr Usyk: 179 of 423 for 42%
“Yes, I was very confident. I thought I had won that battle. “I thought I won both fights, but now I have two losses on my record,” said Tyson Fury at the post-fight press conference, sounding like he was in denial about his loss to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night in Riyadh.
“Once again, I will always believe until the day I die, I have won that battle. I was on the front foot all night, sitting with my body and head. [my promoter] Frank [Warren] I did three or four rounds at the top. Most people had at least two with me. Always be a little hard to do with it. Not a bit. Actually, a lot.
“If you don’t get the cut, put him on the floor. This is what happens. You can’t guarantee that you will win,” said Fury.
The worst kind of fighter you can have is the one who fails to admit when they are wrong, and they didn’t do their job well. If you tell them that you are not good enough, they deny it and think that you are the problem.
Anger is an example of that type of person. Put him on the battlefield in a war situation where he has to follow orders, and he’s not trustworthy at all, and you wouldn’t trust him to do what he said. Put him in a position to lead the team, and he won’t be honest because he can’t admit his mistakes. Fury can’t face the truth about himself.
“I don’t know if you saw the cards. One judge awarded Usyk the final seven rounds. “The other two judges in the last seven rounds have given him one round each,” promoter Frank Warren said of the judges. “How can you say that you won one of the last seven rounds?”
“A Christmas Gift”
“I think he got a little Christmas present from those judges,” Fury said of Usyk. “There is no doubt in my mind that I have won the war.”
“Bob Arum beat Tyson 8-4,” said Fury’s manager Spencer Brown, referring to Tyson’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
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