Here’s the full video highlights of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Full Video Highlights Download – Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship: May 18th, 2024.
Oleksandr Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years with a historic win over Tyson Fury.
In a fight for the ages, Usyk dropped Fury in the ninth round, leaving the Brit staggering around the ring en route to a split decision victory.
At the end of the fight, the scorecards read 115-112 and 114-113 in Usyk’s favor, while the third judge scored it 114-113 for Fury, marking the Brit’s first defeat.
The last time all the belts were on the line in boxing’s glamour division, Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in November 1999 when there were three belts up for grabs.
But at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Usyk made history by winning the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles, becoming the inaugural undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era in what will go down as an all-time classic.
The best shot of the round was landed by Usyk, who caught Fury with a backhand that snapped back ‘The Gypsy King’s’ head. Another pitch-perfect, looping left-hand landed early in the second round.
Fury taunted and jeered, but there was nothing funny about the scoring punches he was absorbing.
The Brit landed his first meaningful shot to the body towards the end of the round, a sweeping bolo punch swiftly followed by a shovel uppercut.
The Ukrainian, criticized in the past for starting too slowly, got off to a quick start and continually forced Fury onto his heels.
Fury responded by holding and leaning on Usyk in hopes of draining his smaller foe.
In round four, Fury started to find his rhythm and began landing a meaty right hand to the body after touching Usyk upstairs with his jab.
Heading into round five, there was a small nick above Usyk’s eye, likely caused by a clash of heads in the previous frame.
After a bright start, Usyk was left struggling to find the target with the left hand that he had found such success with early doors.
In round six, Fury landed a clean right uppercut that wobbled Usyk.
He then followed up with a vicious flurry to the body before a deflated Usyk made his way back to his stool.
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Heading into the second half of the fight, Usyk began to find a second wind and started to find a home for his overhand left once again.
At the end of the eighth, there was a lot of swelling under Fury’s right eye.
Suddenly the tables had turned.
Usyk swarmed Fury in the ninth and hurt him badly with a flurry of shots as the Mancunian was left staggering all over the ring.
Held up by the ropes, a count was administered but Fury made his way to his feet to see out the round.
Usyk continued pouring on the pressure in the 10th while Fury looked to stay out of trouble.
In the championship rounds, the bounce was back in Fury’s step as he looked to have got his senses back together.
Heading into the final round, it was hard to split the heavyweight titans although the knockdown had Usyk.
Fury landed a good straight right mid-way through the frame that stunned Usyk but the Brit let him off the hook.
Usyk came back firing and would edge the nip-and-tuck affair with the judges.
