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Tyson Fury’s Bizarre Blame Game: How He Made a Fool of Himself in Riyadh
Tyson Fury has tossed in a new act that’s part comedy, part tragedy.
Tyson Fury’s Bizarre Blame Game: How He Made a Fool of Himself in Riyadh
Tyson Fury has tossed in a new act that’s part comedy, part tragedy.
Tonight, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury by 12 round split decision in a great, dramatic fight that lived up to the hype.
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) sent WBC champ Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) down to his first career defeat, beating him by a 12-round split decision to become the four-belt undisputed champion on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.
DAZN analyst Chris Mannix says the muscle that unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has added to his frame has him looking like an American football linebacker at 223 lbs ahead of his fight against WBC champ Tyson Fury this Saturday night,
The bulk that Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) has added to his frame makes this a much different fight for him against Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) than if the two had met when Oleksandr was weighing 221 lbs like in his last three fights.
The official weights are in for the massive four-belt heavyweight championship. Tyson Fury tipped-in at a low 262 pounds, this the lowest the reigning WBC champ has come in at for quite some time.
A trimmed-down-looking Tyson Fury looked in great shape, weighing in at 262 lbs, and his opponent, IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk came in at a herculean 223.5 lbs on Friday for their undisputed contest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Trainer Malik Scott says Oleksandr Usyk’s speed increases his power because his opponents cannot see his shots coming. Also, the angles Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) uses to throw his punches are ones that his opponents don’t expect, and they’re taken by surprise.
Oleksandr Usyk’s correct weight for Friday’s weigh-in is 223 1/2 lbs, not the 233.5 lbs that the announcer incorrectly revealed for his fight against Tyson Fury on Saturday night in Riyadh.
Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver feels that Saturday’s fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk could come down to conditioning and aggression.
This Saturday, the undisputed heavyweight champion will be crowned, barring a draw, when undefeated foes Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet in the ring.