Boxing 2024

[tomd2103]

Think Fury has taken those last two rounds. 

[tomd2103]

Fury looking out of ideas a bit here now really.

[Ducksworthy]

I think since about the 7th it’s been Usyk but Fury still win this on points.

[tomd2103]

Think Usyk nicked it, but suspect it might be a draw and another big pay day in Saudi.

[dave.woodhall]

116-112. Not even Eddie Hearn can fix this.

[andyh]

What a great fight.
Clean and respectful from both.
It barely needed any intervention from the ref.

[dave.woodhall]

On the same day Legion saw the Villa win and I correctly predicted a fight result. #endofdays

[tomd2103]

Right result for me, but think 4 rounds might have been a bit too wide.  Agree with Matt Macklin in commentary that probably around 2 rounds with a couple of drawn rounds  was about right.

Fair play to Usyk, he's an incredible boxer.

[Rory]

116-112 was too wide for me.

Thought it was a closer fight than the first, but Fury can't have too many complaints. If he'd fought as he did in round 10 from the beginning, he might've stood a chance.

He used the jab a lot but it was completely limp, and when he followed up on it, it was with a single right hand. He barely let his hands go, and at times when he did, he didn't even look like a fighter. Some of the wild lead rights he was throwing looked like a 12 year old boy in the playground.

Whoever is advising him that the way to win a heavyweight fight is to stand off and at the height of adventure, to occasionally throw a double-jab-right-cross, has sold him down the river.

Credit to Usyk, the man is class, but over 24 rounds, Fury hasn't really given him a single question to answer.

[Demitri_C]

That was a completely ridiculous decision.fury won four rounds only? Really???

Unbelievably shit from tyese clown judges

[Rory]

That was a completely ridiculous decision.fury won four rounds only? Really???

Unbelievably shit from tyese clown judges

You're perilously close to calling Dave a clown there. And you don't want that, because he clearly has his telepathy working today - with the judges, at least. He might make your head explode.

[Paul.S]

Usyk by 2 for me. 4 rounds a bit wide but there is no way Fury won that fight.

[ozzjim]

Fury tried to look more aggressive without actually landing that much more than last time. I thought it would be 2 rounds, but you can see how it was 4. Especially the latter ones where Fury simply wanted to throw a lead then lean all over him. Usyk kept working and threw a lot of body shots, and got the cleaner ones through.

Sadly we'll now get Fury Joshua 5 years too late. Fury will win, easily, and they will both get even richer.

[Rory]

Fury tried to look more aggressive without actually landing that much more than last time. I thought it would be 2 rounds, but you can see how it was 4. Especially the latter ones where Fury simply wanted to throw a lead then lean all over him. Usyk kept working and threw a lot of body shots, and got the cleaner ones through.

Definitely. Fury's best moments were when he was on the front foot, but he only sustained that for about 10 second bursts and let Usyk dictate the rest of the time.

Taking nothing away from Usyk, Fury has really disappointed me over the two fights. He has looked like a man who is scared of being hit.

Usyk hasn't had to do anything special (for him), just outwork him. The Dubois and Bellew fights were more challenging.

[ozzjim]

I said just that in about round 5 to my lad, Usyk was almost shrug about getting hit, Fury looked genuinely fearful to commit as he knew he was likely to get tagged. Almost AJ like in the first Usyk fight. Once he came in that heavy, there was no route to win if Usyk took him down the championship rounds