The Australian info Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split choice to endedupbeing a two-division undisputed champ. The initially four-belt clash at heavyweight aired live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May18 On his method to triumph, the Ukrainian fighter dropped his British challenger protecting a knockdown at the end of the ninth round. The latter was conserved by the bell. Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), who earlier in his profession gathered all significant belts at 200 lbs, maintained his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight straps. Claiming the WBC title from Fury (33-1-1, 24), the 37-year-old southpaw of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine endedupbeing the veryfirst undisputed heavyweight champ in nearly 25 years. The ratings were 114-113, 113-114, 115-112. Prior to that, Lennox Lewis merged WBA, IBF and WBC belts with his triumph over Evander Holyfield in1999 Fury of Manchester, England suffered his veryfirst profession defeat and lost his world title. In his post-fight interview inside the ring, the 35-year-old Brit stated he thought he had won the battle and was looking for a rematch. “I think I won that battle,” Tyson Fury stated. “I think he won a coupleof of the rounds, however I won bulk of them. And I think it was… What can you do… one of them things, choices in boxing… And we both put on a excellent battle, finest we might do and, you understand, his nation is at war, so individuals are siding with the nation at war. But make no error, I won that battle in my viewpoint and I’ll be back. I got a rematch claus
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