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It's ironic isn't it? After 20 odd years we've finally got an undisputed world champion and now the IBF is going to strip Usyk of the belt cos he's not going to meet their mandatory challenger in the next fight
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27998760/fury-usyk-undisputed-title-stripped-hrgovic-dubois/
https://dailysports.net/news/the-ibf-will-strip-the-winner-of-the-usykfury-bout-of-their-title/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27998760/fury-usyk-undisputed-title-stripped-hrgovic-dubois/
https://dailysports.net/news/the-ibf-will-strip-the-winner-of-the-usykfury-bout-of-their-title/
I fell asleep the moment that bloody concert came on but somehow managed to wake up for the fight, had a few dodgy moments again (my excuse is that we’d just come back from Amsterdam in the morning and it had been a long ass day and the Heineken and evening whisky snifters didn’t too much to keep me awake)
what a fight though. Two big powerful men standing really strong against each other.
Usyk a worthy winner but how the hell did Tyson survive that flurry against Usyk in the 9th !
What a brilliant fight
It's a pretty stupid sport and it is only getting stupider the way it is going.
Upside is Usyk doesn't need the titles, he's undisputed until he's beaten or he retires. Simple as that.
Fell asleep in the fourth round. Have managed to avoid finding out who won (dreading scrolling through this thread). Any links to replays without spoilers?
Its being broadcast on Sky Sports pay per view channel at 10am or if you have IPTV it should still be showing on that
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Prehab26
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Was a excellent heavyweight contest. I know I am in the minority with my scoring but I do score round by round so the 9th is simply a 10-8 for me and doesn't cloud or take over previous rounds in the bank.
When Fury got his nose popped that seemed to change the flow of the fight.
No issue with the scoring or result mind. Was super close.
When Fury got his nose popped that seemed to change the flow of the fight.
No issue with the scoring or result mind. Was super close.
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I’d agree, you could see his nose was causing him big problems and it looked like it took his focus away from the fight.
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Prehab26
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Definitely. Was that round 7 or 8? I had Fury absolutely coasting rounds 2-7. Then the nose went which really effected him. Then the 9th and the 10-8. He recovered well like.
Usyk was quality too. He looked done in rounds 5-7. Made some fantastic adjustments and stepped on the gas.
He’s something else that lad. Like you say, he looked beaten and Fury was coasting to a pts victory but he found something from somewhere and Fury is lucky the ref didn’t stop the fight.
It was a great fight and I'd obviously be happy to watch the rematch but the outcome will be the same but more clear imo. I'd rather see Fury v Joshua.
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Prehab26
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Thought the ref made the right call. They can give a count if they feel the ropes are keeping a fighter up only. They were. Plus with undisputed on the line, the fighter needs every chance.
After the 6th I thought fury would get the stoppage, Usyk looked like he was draining and fury looked way more powerful. The bust nose seem to give fury problems and stopped the momentum of the fight before the big left hand and flurry. I don’t think fury truly recovered from that and Usyk came on strong after that.
Need to rewatch because a lot of people have this close but on live viewing didn’t feel like there was a way for a fury win. Great fight though
Need to rewatch because a lot of people have this close but on live viewing didn’t feel like there was a way for a fury win. Great fight though
Fury was actually quite smart by using the ropes to bend away from Usyk’s follow up punches. Had he connected with even one of them it might have been goodnight Vienna
Agreed. Had to give the count. Can't let someone get creamed like that and not react. He'd have got hurt if it had carried on like that, Usyk just swinging in with free hits.
Thought the ref did well not to wave it off entirely, Fury looked that out of it.
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Prehab26
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Yeah right call for a fight of that magnitude. If he had been down then got up then that Usyk onslaught came, it would have been waved. But as per the rules, the ref did the right thing. Call a knock down due to the ropes.
Fury being such a horrid hard bastard probably hurt him overall. If he'd gone down after the big punch and had the breather he wouldn't have taken half the clattering.
Never seen a boxer consistently recover so well as he seems to.
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Prehab26
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Aye. Insane powers of recover. I honestly think if he didn't get his nose broke in round 7, Fury goes on a wins on points. I had him up a good chunk at that moment in time.
Usyk doesn't give you a minute though. Any sniff of switching off, youl pay.