Tyson Fury seemed like a poor sport after his loss to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night. He said the judges gave the Ukrainian an “early Christmas gift” relatively than admitting that he’d lost to the higher man of their rematch in Riyadh.
Stats Tell The Story
Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) outboxed and schooled Fury (34-2, 24 KOs) on Saturday night on the Kingdom Arena. Oleksandr was aggressive, connected on more shots, hurt Fury several times, and was well deserving of the 12-round unanimous decision the judges gave him.
The scores were 116-112, 116-112, and 116-112. Fury says his promoter, Frank Warren, had him winning by three or 4 rounds, which implies zero.
Usyk vs. Fury 2 Punch Stats
– Tyson Fury: 144 of 509 punches for 28%
– Oleksandr Usyk: 179 of 423 for 42%
“Yeah, I used to be quite confident. I assumed I won that fight. I assumed I won each fights, but now I’ve got two losses on my record now,” said Tyson Fury on the post-fight press conference, sounding like an individual in denial about his loss to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night in Riyadh.
“Again, I’ll at all times imagine until the day I die, I won that fight. I used to be on the front foot all night, landing body and head. [my promoter] Frank [Warren] had me three or 4 rounds up. Most individuals had me not less than two. At all times be slightly hard done by it. Not slightly. Actually, rather a lot.
“If you don’t get the knockout. That is what happens. You may’t guarantee a win,” said Fury.
The worst sort of fighter that you may have is one who fails to confess once they’re unsuitable, and so they’ve not done their job appropriately. If you tell them that they’re less than par, they deny it and think you’re the issue.
Fury is an example of that sort of person. Put him on the battlefield in a war situation where he has to follow orders, and he’s totally unreliable, and also you couldn’t trust him to do what he’s told. Stick him in the purpose position to guide the platoon, and he’d be unreliable because he can’t admit his mistakes. Fury can’t confront the reality about himself.
“I don’t know if you happen to saw the scorecards. One judge gave Usyk the last seven rounds. The opposite two judges within the last seven rounds gave him a round each,” said promoter Frank Warren in regards to the judges. “How on earth are you able to say he won one round out of the last seven?”
“A Christmas Gift”
“I feel he got slightly Christmas gift from those judges,” said Fury about Usyk. “There’s little doubt in my mind that I won the fight.”
“Bob Arum scored it 8-4 for Tyson,” said Fury’s manager Spencer Brown, talking about Tyson’s co-promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
