Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk also won the second duel against Tyson Fury and remains ruler of the premier boxing class. However, the judges’ ratings differed from those of some experts. The AI, which was used in a fight for the first time, also evaluated the fight differently.
In the end, everyone except the Fury camp agreed: Oleksandr Usyk also deserved to win the second fight against the “Gypsy King”. All three judges scored the fight on Saturday evening in Riyadh 116:112 for the Ukrainian.
The “Compubox” figures also supported the verdict. Accordingly, the old and new world champion hit the target with 179 punches, while Fury only hit the target with 144. Usyk’s precision was also significantly higher with the jabs (73:44 hits). Over the entire fight, Fury threw more fists (509:423), but hit significantly less often than his opponent.
Anthony Joshua also sees Usyk ahead
Former champion Anthony Joshua also found that in the end there was no way around a Usyk victory. AJ scored the fight as a “DAZN” expert and also came to a clear verdict. However, on his scorecard, the Ukrainian’s lead was extremely narrow. He only saw the world champion ahead 115:114.
The artificial intelligence assessed the fight completely differently. Their deployment was an experiment set up by the Saudi organizers. The AI only awarded Fury the first, second, fifth and twelfth rounds and in the end the fight was clearly scored 118:112 for Usyk.
Fury: “Thought I had at least a three lap lead”
The defeated party naturally assessed the matter completely differently. In a video recorded immediately after the end of the fight, Fury can be seen having a short conversation with his ex-trainer Ben Davison in the catacombs.
Fury asked Davison for his assessment. The answer from the ex-coach: “I thought it was super tight and that you had it.” Fury’s response: “I swear to God, I thought I won by at least three rounds.” A verdict that the “Gypsy King” made exclusively that evening.