The Royal Arena in Riyadh, a royal spectacle and six months later, a fight between two great champions, modern gladiators that will be recounted for a long time, and the outcome was the same as on May 18.
Oleksandr Usyk is the king of the heavyweight division, the man of steel from Crimea once again defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision of the judges after 12 rounds of an open fight and defended the titles in the WBC, WBA and WBO federations.
Even at the age of 37, the great Ukrainian remains undefeated in the heavyweight division - this was his 23rd fight and 23rd victory.
It seemed that Tyson was in control of things in the ring until the sixth round, and then in the finish of that part, the Ukrainian shook the Briton with several devastating blows... The two great fighters continued to exchange blows, but the impression was always that Usyk was more prepared and stronger hits...
In the end, the judges had to decide, but it was clear even after the gong sounded for the last time that Ukraine and its unreal champion would celebrate this time as well.
Many may have thought that this would be the end of Usiko's career, but already in the ring after the fight and after being called out by Danijel Duboa, the Ukrainian said in not-so-perfect English.
"No problem, I'm ready. Next fight? No problem".
Half a year ago, Usik became the absolute king of the heavyweight division, but later the IBF took away one of his belts, because he did not defend it within the stipulated time, so Dubois became the champion in that federation.
Usyk has already boxed against Duboa once and knocked him out in Wroclaw in August 2023.
What can we say about Tyson Fury - the "gypsy king" did not succeed this time against Usik either, but once again he showed a big heart... In the end, it remains to be remembered that his only two defeats in professional boxing were against the same rival.
Maybe there was no knockout this time either, but it was a spectacle, a fight with many punches by two giants and great athletes...
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