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Usyk, an Olympic gold medallist and former undisputed cruiserweight champion, extended his undefeated record to 23 pro wins. "He [Tyson Fury] is a great fighter, he is a great opponent. An ...
Usyk landed 179-of-423 (42%) punches thrown, while Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) landed just 144 of the 509 punches he threw, a 28% clip. Oleksandr Usyk successfully defends heavyweight belt with ...
The judges were split, but the title is undisputed. Boxing has its first true heavyweight king in 24 years, and his name is Oleksandr Usyk. The WBA, WBO and IBF champion defeated WBC champion ...
Despite Joshua's much improved performance compared to his first loss to Usyk, [137] [138] the latter successfully defended his belts by a split decision with one judge, Glenn Feldman, scoring the fight 115–113 to Joshua, while the other two judges scoring it 115–113 and 116–112 in Usyk's favour. The split decision was controversial as ...
Usyk's win made him the first new undisputed heavyweight champion in 24 years. Lennox Lewis held the title for five months after he defeated Evander Holyfield in November 1999. [33] In a post-match analysis, analysts wrote that Usyk's hall of fame case is "beyond cemented" and that he is an all-time great after his win.
According to CompuBox, Oleksandr Usyk connected more total punches than Anthony Joshua – 148 to 123. He was also more precise of the two opponents, landing 28% of punches thrown compared to Joshua's 19.2%. Usyk's landed punches were the most by a Joshua opponent. Usyk closed the show by landing 29 punches in round 12, the most by a Joshua ...
Fury vs Usyk LIVE: Expert fight analysis from Frampton, Haye and Bunce Saturday 18 May 2024 23:08 , Jack Rathborn "Usyk's going to move, we know that, I think Tyson is going to be aggressive ...
Accordingly, Usyk was given a maximum of five minutes to recover, but despite declaring he was ready to continue, Pabon urged Usyk to take more time out. Usyk ultimately used three minutes and forty-five seconds before the fight resumed. Usyk forced Dubois to take a knee in the eighth round and again in the ninth round, where he was counted out.