Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk LIVE: Reaction to Ukrainian’s triumph
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Is Fury declining?
Frank Warren pays tribute to Tyson Fury
Revealed: What Tyson Fury said to Oleksandr Usyk after their historic fight
KSI calls out Tyson Fury for being ‘deluded’
Oleksandr Usyk tears up as he pays tribute to his late father
Battle scars
We’ve got a new mandatory challenger
Ronaldo’s Premier League prediction
How Usyk got it done
Sore loser, Tyson?
What do the stats say?
Usyk rushed to hospital
Evening everybody!
Time for a change…
More fans’ thoughts…
Muhammad, Wolverhampton: Tyson Fury is a great showman, but that showmanship cost him the fight.
Tommy, Brighton: During round nine, if Usyk wasn’t stopped he would of put Tyson to sleep.
Arch, Wiltshire: Fight should have been stopped rather than Fury getting a count. Good fight, bad refereeing.
Manny Pacquiao lauds ‘amazing fight’
Lennox Lewis congratulates Usyk
THE SCORECARD: Usyk wins by split decision
WATCH: The moment Usyk ROCKED Fury
Fans thoughts…
Anonymous: I have seen fights stopped for a lesser beat down than Fury took in the ninth.
Anonymous: Should have been stopped in the ninth round. Usyk has to be regarded as one of the greats of the sport.
KJ: Ref saved Fury from a TKO, if he had even got a draw, boxing was finished.
COMPUBOX STATS: Usyk beats Fury
Eddie Hearn: ‘It was a fight of two halves’
What a spectacle. It was a fight of two halves. How he survived the ninth, I thought it was very fortunate the referee didn’t jump in and then what heart he showed and Usyk started to look tired.
For me, it was a draw or Usyk by a point or two maximum. It was a mismatch early on but Usyk kept coming. What a fight. This is a massive moment for the fight.
I thought the fight was over. You have to mark the brilliance of Usyk. He beat every champion at cruiserweight. He came up and beat AJ twice and now beat Fury. The best heavyweight in the world right now, fact.
There’s adjustments that can be made. Fury was never out of the fight. He was dominating. The rematch is a big, big fight now. This man is going to be difficult to beat.
Should the referee have stopped the fight in round nine?
Tyson Fury: ‘I believe I won that fight’
I believe I won that fight. I believe he won a few of the rounds, but I won the majority. It was one of the daftest decisions in boxing. I’ll be back. The good little man got the decision.
We’ll go back to our families and I’ll see him again in October. We’ll go back, and rest up. I believe I won the fight but I’m not going to sit and cry and make excuses. We’ll run it again in October.
Fury’s unbeaten streak comes to an end
‘Referee stole the KO’
I am exhausted. I was cheering and backing Usyk the whole fight. No disrespect to the referee but he stole the KO. That’s my opinion. It was a tremendous performance.
WATCH: Usyk’s winning moment
Usyk achieves greatness!
Fury wants rematch
Oleksandr Usyk: ‘For my family. For my country!’
Thank you so much to my team, my god, Jesus, his excellency. For my family. For my country!
OLEKSANDR USYK WINS BY SPLIT DECISION!
Where is Michael Buffer?
Jeff Powell: Last round even… A draw
Fury makes his last stand. His rights equal Usyk’s lefts. The last is even. If the judges agree….its a draw.
WE GO TO A DECISON!
ROUND 12
FINAL ROUND!
Jeff Powell: Level going into final round
What a fight of two halves. Fury’s power has left his punches. He hangs on again. They are now, incredibly, level on my card going into the last. 9-10.
ROUND 11: Usyk still on top
Jeff Powell: 9-10 Usyk
Fury boxing on fumes. Usyk now doing the taunting. 9-10.
ROUND 10: Fury recovers at the end
Fury struggling!
Jeff Powell: 8-10 to Usyk
Astonishing effort by Usyk. Fury reels from those huge lefts slumps against the ropes and is saved by a standing eight-count, then the bell. 8-10
ROUND NINE: Fury saved by the bell!
STANDING COUNT TO FURY!
Jeff Powell: 9-10 to Usyk once more
Could Usyk be getting back into this? A huge effort from him is rewarded by landing several left hooks which had Fury holding and leaning for the first time. 9-10.
ROUND EIGHT: Usyk catches Fury with a cracker
Jeff Powell: Usyk wins his first round
Half way and Usyk yet to win a round. He needed one now not to be beyond recovery on points and stole this one with powerful finish after catching Fury play-acting. 9-10.
ROUND SEVEN: Fury looking comfortable
Jeff Powell: ‘Phenomenal performance by the Gypsy King’… another 10-9 to Fury
The crowd were willing Usyk to get into the fight but he was being overwhelmed. This was becoming a phenomenal performance by the Gypsy King, He was picking his man off at will and taunting him into the bargain. 10-9
ROUND SIX: Fury hurts Usyk TWICE
Jeff Powell: Another 10-9 to Fury
Fury checked out Usyk’s alleged weakness in the body and was warned for one low blow as Usyk complained. But the Ukrainian’s biggest problem was a cut by the right eye, which may have been caused by a clash of heads in the preceding round. 10-9.
ROUND FIVE: Fury going for the body
Jeff Powell: Fury ‘outboxing the master technician’
Such was Fury’s command that he was outboxing the master technician. 10-9.
ROUND FOUR: Fury gaining confidence
Jeff Powell: Fury’s ‘jab sharp’
Fury was restored to the days of his prime. Jab sharp. Movement fluid. Too big to catch with anything hurtful 10-9.
ROUND THREE: Usyk pushing Fury back
Jeff Powell: ‘Fury takes the second’
Usyk opened up the second with a crisp one-two. Fury went back to the jab and took the second despite being tagged just before the bell. 10-9.
ROUND TWO: Fury starting to land
ROUND ONE: Fury showboating early…
Fury took charge of the early exchanges with his telescopic left jab. He even show-boated in a corner after evading one Usyk advance and danced clear after being clipped 10-9.
‘Let battle commence’
A stupendous sound, light and fire show as well as a dramatic rock performance supercharged the hall.
Uasyk marched in stern and strong in an historic military commmander’s uniform. Fury came dressed ready for work but expending energy on a hyper shadow boxing and prancing exhibition.
Both these religious men crossed themselves several times. Let battle commence.
There goes the bell for round one!
Let’s get ready to rumbleeeeeee!
Time for the national anthems
Gypsy King arrives at the ring in style…
Mail Sport’s Jeff Powell sets the scene…
Fight day dawned on an embarrassment. Usyk’s official weight was revised downwards by ten pounds. The predictors and the oddsmakers went into a tizzy. So he wouldn’t be slowed down, then? But would he be even easier for Fury to push around? Was it all mind games? A conspiracy even?
Behave. In all probability it was a mistake. Fabled ring announcer Michael ‘Rumble’ Buffer ‘ is the other side of 80 now. Could he have heard 223lbs as as 233? Every chance.
If Tyson was fazed by it he’s not the Fury we know. And some of us love. Anyway, as he told us at the weigh-in, it’s Usyk’s heart he would be going after. Not his muscle. Not that the royal Saudi rulers would have been too happy. Riyadh, as the new capital of heavyweight boxing. Is still learning the ropes. The good people here are still being introduced to the delights of boxing.
This fight would have sold out Wembley Stadium twice over. Tickets for the Kingdom Arena were of the 20 dollars order. To even get close to filling it must have required a few invitations it would have been insulting to refuse. But for a couple of thousand of Fury’s fellow travellers the atmosphere might have been all curiosity. Then again, but for the Saudi wealth it is quite possible none of us would have been watching this fight. Ballpark purses of £100 million for Fury.£35 million for Usyk were too good to turn down.
Unperturbed, the unbeaten twosome got ready. The first sighting of Usyk on the giant screen showed he had left the air-conditioned arena to warm up in the evening heat of a courtyard.He came in to joined the chilled celebrities. They included heavyweight royalty Lewis, Holyfield, Larry Holmes, David Haye and Anthony Joshua. Oh and by the way Cristiano Ronaldo, who earns less in a year playing football here than Fury is banking for this one night’s work.
Here comes Usyk…
Lightshow on display
JID performs above the ring!
Main Event is almost here…
Fury vs Usyk – Tale of the Tape
Now for the BIG one…
Jai Opetaia: My nose is ‘broken’
He (Mairis Briedis) headbutted my nose, it’s broken. He is a tough dude, he wanted it, I could hear the pain in his voice as he landed punches.
I knew he was going to come home strong, but I won the fight and that’s all that matters. I want the WBO (title), I want the winner of Okolie and Billam-Smith.
I’m not that happy with my performance, I know I can do a lot better. We go back to the drawing board, we learn, and we progress.
OPETAIA IS IBF CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
ROUND 12: We go to a decision…
Briedis ROCKS Opetaia
ROUND 11: Briedis landing heavy shots
ROUND 10: Both land big!
Ryan Garcia meets Cristiano Ronaldo
ROUND NINE: Opetaia edging it
ROUND EIGHT: Opetaia’s eye starting to swell
Usyk getting prepped and ready
ROUND SEVEN: Opetaia has the momentum
ROUND SIX: Briedis bleeding from nose
ROUND FIVE: Getting tighter
ROUND FOUR: Opetaia still in control after early Briedis response
ROUND THREE: Opetaia on top… slightly
ROUND TWO: Opetaia ROCKS Briedis
ROUND ONE: Even start
Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis rematch begins…
Here comes Jai Opetaia
Mairis Briedis makes his way to the ring…
Lennox Lewis: ‘I think Tyson Fury should win on points’
In the first round, they will feel each other out, in the second round, they will feel each other out. The fight won’t really get started until the fourth round because these guys have two completely different styles.
Only Fury can defeat himself because he has all the attributes, he needs to bring all of them to the fight. Both will try to hold their own ground, it’s a chess match.
Usyk is a smart boxer. One is a singer and one is a dancer. He is a thinking boxer. I think it will be a close fight, I think Tyson Fury should win on points. It’s going to be an unbelievable fight.
Fury gets his hands wrapped
POLL: Fight of the century?
Anthony Cacace: ‘I am in shock’
I am in shock. Nobody gave me a chance to do this here. Joe is a hell of a competitor, but tonight I was hurting him with every single fight.
From now on, I want to be fighting in Saudi Arabia for every single fight, no more fighting in the UK.
The referee said ‘break’ as I threw the punch (in round three). There was nothing dirty done in there, it’s boxing.
Cacace drops to his knees in celebration!
CACACE STOPS CORDINA IN ROUND EIGHT!
Cacace all over Cordina
Wladimir Klitschko: ‘Usyk one of the most talented fighters in modern history’
Tyson Fury has an advantage of size and reach. Oleksandr Usyk is one of the most talented fighters in modern history.
Wladimir Klitschko arrives!
CACACE DROPS CORDINA IN ROUND THREE!
Steven Gerrard pays Tyson Fury a visit
Amir Khan backing Fury
Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace underway
Boxing legends everywhere you look
Kabayel’s moment of joy
Eddie Hearn praises Abit Kabayel
AJ and CR7 share a laugh
KABAYEL STOPS SANCHEZ IN ROUND SEVEN!
ROUND SIX: Kabayel breaking Sanchez
The Gypsy King is here…
ROUND FIVE: Kabayel dominant
Cristiano Ronaldo is in the building!
ROUND FOUR: Kabayel lands great overhand
Crolla praises Kabayel
ROUND THREE: Kabayel keeping up the pressure
ROUND TWO: Kabayel on top
Usyk arrives at the Kingdom Arena
ROUND ONE: Tight contest early on
Frank Sanchez vs Agit Kabayel gets going
Here is Anthony Joshua!
WBC heavyweight championship eliminator coming up
Usyk loves to beat a Brit
More fan predictions for Fury vs Usyk…
Anonymous: No doubt it’s undisputed but it’s such a mismatch I fear for Usyk! Fury is going to swat Usyk like a fly.
Anonymous: Usyk is going to come out strong to get lots of body shots into Fury. If Fury can ride this out and catch Usyk with a power shot to the head.. Usyk is going down.
Nathan, Manchester: Fury wins easy.
Michale Buffer arrives in Riyadh
Moses Itauma: ‘Anyone can get it’
I’m ready, (this is the) first (title)of many. I just go in there and do my job, I am grateful to be here. I was on point today, wasn’t I? Everything is important.
Anyone can get it. Everybody that I call out doesn’t want to fight. Now that I have this title with me, I am happy with anyone.
Moses Itauma STOPS Ilja Mezencev in SECOND ROUND!
ROUND ONE: Itauma fast out the blocks
Here comes Moses Itauma!
Ilja Mezencev makes his way to the ring
DEBATE: Fight of the century?
Mark Chamberlain: ‘This is changing my life’
I thought I was in for a hard night, but look what I have just done in the first round. Thank you to his excellency (Turki Alalshikh) and Frank Warren, this is changing my life.
He was out on his feet, I then thought I had to be a bit wary, but the second blew him away. I hope to be back in Riyadh to keep pushing on and pleasing. I want to keep winning.
Chamberlain KO’s Wahab in ROUND ONE!
Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Wahab underway!
Fans arriving for tonight’s crunch match!
Steven Gerrard is in the building!
WATCH: Evander Holyfield gives his thoughts
Safar beats Kovalev by unanimous decision!
ROUND 10: SAFAR KNOCKS DOWN KOVALEV!
ROUND NINE: Safar lets his hands go!
ROUND EIGHT: Constant pressure from Safar
ROUND SEVEN: Kovalev starting to tire
ROUND SIX: Safar landing wild shots
ROUND FIVE: Kovalev’s left eye starting to swell
ROUND FOUR: Safar taking control
ROUND THREE: Safar lands big shot as Kovalev comes back
ROUND TWO: Safar slightly on top
ROUND ONE: Cagey start
Robin Sirwan Safar vs Sergey Kovalev begins…
Sergey Kovalev RETURNS!
Robin Sirwan Safar on his way to the ring…
WATCH: Lil Wayne’s message to Tyson Fury
Frank Warren: ‘Whoever wins will be greatest of this generation’
Oleksandr Usyk is not fazed by it, Tyson (Fury) is not fazed by it. They are both fit as butchers dogs.
Everybody is going to be tuning in for this. Whoever wins this will be the greatest of this generation.
David Nyika TKO’s Michael Seitz
POLL: Fight of the century?
Calm before the storm…
Main Card is underway!
Fabio Wardley: ‘ It is going to be unforgettable’
It’s not just about the fight, it’s about what it means for boxing. It feels like we have been waiting (25 years) for this to come.
The arena, the light, the camera. Everything is doing it justice. It is going to be unforgettable.
David Haye: Fury ‘is back now’
The worries I had for him (Tyson Fury) not wanting into Usyk’s eyes (in the press conference are gone), but he is back now.
WATCH: Tonight’s referee takes big hit
Fan predictions…
Anonymous: Tyson is bigger, he’ll overpower him, Usyk isn’t small but Tyson makes him look small.
Karl, Malta: Tyson will out-punch Usyk given his height advantage and long Arms…A Knock out tonight!!!
Anonymous: Usyk will sleep fury tonight.
Can Fury answer his critics tonight?
WATCH: Lapin finishes Pudivtr
Sporting greats side-by-side
Daniel Lapin stops Octavio Pudivtr in the first round!
Is this the biggest fight of the century?
Excited for the night ahead!
It’s been a trip…
Isaac Lowe WINS via unanimous decision
Tonight’s main card line-up: in full
In Riyadh, the preliminary undercard is underway
Expect front-row ‘heavyweights’ too
Becky Ives prepares to step into Laura Woods’ shoes
Drake places HUGE Fury bet – AKA some might refer to as ‘a bad sign’
WATCH: Don’t blink until… with Joseph Parker
Now, on the topic of that headbutt
WATCH: Fury shares his last word
The Cat’s fight against something greater than Fury
A potted history of Saudi Arabia’s 2023-24 boxing series
You’ve seen Lennox’s…
Exclusive: Evander Holyfield: the interview
WATCH: A throwback to Fury and Usyk’s first meeting
The looooong road to Fury vs Usyk
Saudi Arabia’s titantic pulling power – and the role of Turki Alalshikh
Lennox Lewis on the greatest heavyweights of all-time
25 years on, the return of a legendary showdown
Mail Sport’s Charlotte Daly is on the ground in Riyadh
Fans claim ‘cool as a cucumber’ Oleksandr Usyk is ‘under Tyson Fury’s skin’
Friday’s weigh-in: the results
No shortage of drama at last night’s weigh-in…
Fury takes on Usyk – details in brief
It’s finally time…
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