New footage has shown a furious Tyson Fury storming around the Kingdom Arena following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk by unanimous decision in Saudi Arabia on Saturday
New footage has shown a fuming Tyson Fury slamming the judges for handing Oleksandr Usyk a unanimous win over him on Saturday night.
All three judges scored the bout 116–112 in favour of the Ukranian fighter in Saudi Arabia. The fight was a rematch of the one Fury lost in May, that time by a split decision in favour of Usyk.
Fury was left furious following Saturday’s fight, storming out of the ring before claiming Usyk had been handed a ‘Christmas gift’. New footage published by TNT Sports shows the 36-year-old walking around the Kingdom Arena following the fight.
It shows the Gypsy King insisting he had been ‘robbed’ before appearing the criticise the fact the fight was held in Saudi. He is shown claiming ‘you get nothing in ‘these countries’.
As he approached former coach Ben Davison, Fury said: “Oscar De La Hoya, everybody, said he had me four rounds up. It is what it is innit. Robbed there. F*** ’em. What do you think I’d done Ben? Truthfully?”
Davison replied: “I thought it was dead tight. I thought you was gonna get it if I’m honest.”
Before heading into his dressing room, Fury said: “I swear to god, I thought I won it by at least three rounds. I bossed the fight, on the front foot all night and had work put on him and all. F*** it. Tell you what it is, you’re not getting nothing in these countries.”
USA’s Patrick Morley, Panama’s Ignacio Robles and Puerto Rico’s Gerardo Martinez were the three judges at ringside. Despite coming to the same conclusion, the judges did not reach it the same way.
The judges were unanimous on rounds four, five, six, seven, eight, 10 and 11, but split for the other rounds. Every round was 10-9 to the winner, with no knockdowns to score and none of the judges electing for a 10-10 round.
Fury fumed in his post-fight news conference, insisting he should have been named the winner. He said: “The judges gave him a Christmas gift. I feel like I won both fights. I know I had to knock him out but it’s boxing and this happens.
“There is no doubt in my mind I won this fight. Frank [Warren] had me three or four rounds up and a lot of people had me up by at least two. I’m not going to cry over spilled milk, it’s over now.
“I’ve been in boxing my whole life but I’ll always feel a little bit hard done by – not a little bit, a lot.”
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