Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk LIVE: UK start time, undercard results and stream
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Tyson Fury’s mission to avenge his only professional defeat ended in crushing disappointment as he lost on a unanimous points decision to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh. Another classic encounter between the well-matched rivals ended with Usyk retaining his WBC, WBA and WBO belts by finishing 116-112 ahead on all three judges’ scorecards. It was a fair reflection of the Ukrainian’s control of the rematch given he set the pace for most of the 12 rounds and was the harder worker, landing more frequently and with greater impact.
On the undercard, Moses Itauma destroyed Demsey McKean inside the first round while Dave Allen was robbed of a win over Johnny Fisher after dropping his unbeaten British rival in the fifth round. You can re-live all the action from Saturday night right here...
"I'm going to go home and have a good Christmas. I'm going to wait 12 weeks. I put a lot of work in for this fight and I'm going to go home now and enjoy it.". On whether he felt Usyk's spirit: "I didn't feel any spirit. I felt a little bit of Chritsmas spirit in there and I think he got a little Christmas gift from the judges. Christmas gift early!".
Mor on his performance: "I thought I won both fights. I know what I had to do... knock him out to get a decision, but do you know what... it's boxing, it happens. And there's no doubt in my mind I won the fight, and that's it.". Speaking at the post-fight press conference, the 'Gypsy King' insisted he felt as if he was ahead going into the final round. "Yeah. I was quite confident. I thought I won that fight again. I think I got Larry Holmesed here. I thought I won both fights, but then again, I've gone home with two losses on my record. So, there's not much I can do about it. I can just fight my heart out and do the best I can. But again, I'll always believe it till the day I die, I thought I won that fight.".
