Aleksandar Usyk once again overcame Tyson Fury at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, only this time the Briton offered an incomparably stronger resistance to the champion from Ukraine.
It was still not enough against the fantastic boxer from Crimea, who won in all 23 fights and can boast of the absolute ruler of the cruiserweight and heavyweight division in his incredible resume.
In the first match on May 18, Usik won by overvoting, and this time Turki Al el-Sheikh, head of the Saudi Arabian Sports Fund and sponsor of the biggest boxing matches in recent years, tested the supercomputer - artificial intelligence in the assessment of the fight.
The judges were unanimous on December 21, all three scoring it 116:112 in favor of the WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight champions.
The supercomputer was even more favorable to the Ukrainian - 118:112.
The technology analyzed every round, movement, placed punches, dodges...
The result of the supercomputer was shown later and did not affect the view and ratings of the official judges. It was the first match in history to be monitored by artificial intelligence technology.
Fjuri immediately left the ring after the announcement, under the stands he only commented that he was sure he had won by a margin of three rounds.
He got acquainted with the result of the supercomputer only at the press conference after the defeat.
"To hell with computers, keep people working. More jobs for people, less use of computers. To hell with electric cars," commented the former champion from Morecambe.
His promoter Frank Warren was not happy with the result either, he commented on the trial before the announcement of the first result of artificial intelligence in boxing:
"One of the judges didn't give Fury a single round out of the last seven, that's impossible. The score is meaningless," thundered Warren.
However, even the supercomputer didn't give Fury any of the last seven rounds!
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