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I think the universal dislike for Fury is reflected in the 90% poll here on who won
I don’t like him either and I really wanted to
I don’t like him either and I really wanted to
Round 9 of Usyk-Fury was a straightforward 9-9 imo. Fury did more to win the round, but gets 9 instead of ten for the knockdown. If you watch it again it's more like a slip than anything to me, but whaddya gonna do?10/7 round, round nine, Usyk beat him badly from every corner of the ring that round any other ref would've stopped the fight, nobody would let Fury take that much damage Fury wasn't defending himself.
I hate that about boxing. These refs clearly play favourites.Usyk should have won by KO in round 9. Fury's case wasn't for a standing count. And the count was abnormally long btw.
As for the points, even if you had Fury up two rounds in round 9 (5-3), it becomes even after the 10-8. Than Usyk clearly won 10 and 12, so worst case scenario for Usyk he is up by a point.
Let's make a rematch in the fall.
i agree, first and foremost. but that's kind of the danger of using a 10-point must system. you could feasibly argue that either fury or usyk won ALL of the close rounds.Finding 7 rounds to Fury seems biased. He won 4-7 and maybe rounds 3 &12. I think 114-113 Usyk is as close as you can get it unless you are giving Fury an undeserved round.
I had 115-112 Usyk but 116-111 Usyk is more reasonable than 114-113 Fury IMO.
i think if fury would have let his hands go a bit earlier, and kept up that sustained body attack (it was working amazing), he could be the undisputed champ right now. maybe he got tired, but he definitely got lazy and let usyk find his confidence and second wind, because fury had basically beaten it out of him by the 7th.I thought the knockdown was the difference. Very close fight. With better corner advice, Fury might have edged it, but his coach didn't offer much help. Actually thought Fury's father gave some solid advice at one point: come forward, land a one-two and grab him. Fury did best when he did that, even though some of his defensive work looked good.
Anyway, congrats to Usyk! Great champion and the p4p best boxer out there for my money.
Round 9 of Usyk-Fury was a straightforward 9-9 imo. Fury did more to win the round, but gets 9 instead of ten for the knockdown. If you watch it again it's more like a slip than anything to me, but whaddya gonna do?