Fury Vs Usyk

For me Rd 1,2 usyk maybe rd2 fury or even, 3 4 fury came into the fight but felt they shared evenor usyk stillshaded them , Rd 5,6 was fury and while I don't agree that usyk looked f*cked he did look tired and uncomfortable fromshots fury was landing it seemed like fury was going to push on there,but we have seen this from usyk loads where he looks tired mid match and takes a back seat as such for a round or 2.

Things I noticed was ,it took fury 3-4 rounds to start looking comfortable, he couldn't really roll the heavier shots from usyk like he normally does due to volume and accuracy of usyks shots,

He kept getting caught in corner of ring early and used a bit of showboating to get out of it, reminded me why he can be unlikeable he wasn't able to use his size to tie up and lean on usyk. Very lucky it wasn't stopped but ref got it spot on . You gotto admire how fury can ride the ropes ring the way he did,also Fury doesn't have a belly button 😂

While usyk is deemed not to have the "power", his shots must hurt some bit if everyone so far won't and doesn't push on against him when an opportunity arises

To be fair he has always worn them that high

Interesting stats fury threw more punches?

It was a close enough fight. Apart from that final 90secs rd 9 Fury was never in serious trouble either, and he was well on top in rd 3, 4, 5, 6 and looked like he would win it. I think a rematch is the right option, give Fury the chance to correct his mistakes or Usyk the chance to prove without doubt he is better.

Poor Fury. If only his corner had told him he was “down” going into the last round, he would have went out and finished Usyk.

Deluded whinger. Between the above and Usyk winning because of the war..

And the ‘oh, bollix’ result.

I see people suggesting Fury come in heavier next time and rough-house Usyk like he did Wilder in their 2nd fight - is that likely to work against a fighter as nimble as Usyk though? Presumably they looked at Usyk and decided lighter was better, Fury's not used to facing really skilled boxers (not recently anyway). A heavier Fury runs the risk of getting exhausted if he can't finish the fight early.

Question on scoring - I thought Usyk clearly won that fight, but only the 115-112 judge reflected that. Are they not allowed to score a round as a draw? The guy who gave the fight to Fury had him winning pretty much every close round. On a round by round basis you could say "maybe" but when you look at the fight as a whole it gives distorted view of the story of the fight, like Fury dominated but got caught by a lucky shot in the 9th.

people view it differently i suppose, i saw eddie hearn score it a draw, he had fury well up through the first 6 whereas others are giving usyk the first 3.

thats how boxing has been scored for a long time.

Yes…and it's why I mention looking at the whole 36 mins, just for demonstration….tells a better story, albeit the fights are not judged this way.

on balance for me it works, other wise recency bias (i.e. the last 3 rounds) will decide a lot of fights,

112 should be 111???

Edit…no, you had round 1 a draw!!

Was he not allowed sing American pie cos he was in Saudi or was it because he lost ?

Whatever about the celebrating its good business the singing

He makes a great song good

Frank Warrens eyes light up $$$ everytime fury takes the mic to sing

I'd have thought the split for the rematch is already set, but I'm not a boxing promoter so IDK.

I don't think it'll be for all the belts though as the IBF are going to strip Usyk of theirs.

thats all agreed already.

hrgovic is fighting dubois in a couple of weeks, the rumours are joshua fights the winner for the belt if its free

im not sure there even was a split like normal, i think turkey shake just agreed terms (threw a big wad of cash) with each team

Which question

With all the excitement over the fight it's easy to overlook the real champion here.

Stanislav Stepchuck who took on the fighting man John Fury and lived to tell the tale.

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Surprised it was a split decision. Usyk bossed and bullied Fury around the ring, and Fury spent most of his time running or on the ropes. Usyk was the aggressor and dictated the fight.

Well one extra round to Usyk makes it a three point difference, which is what I had it.

One judge gave that score, one went 114-113 and the other gave it as 114-113 to Fury. I don't know how you could give it to Fury but I can understand a 114-113 to Usyk scorecard. That's giving them six rounds each and Usyk had a 10-8 round.

The difference between them and me was giving round 12 to Fury.