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WBA, WBC, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) defeated former champion Tyson ‘Gypsy King’ Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision in their rematch. on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
In the first round, the southpaw Usyk used an effective jab, landing more than Fury’s jab. In the second round, Usyk went to Fury’s body. Fury rocked Usyk with a left to the chin in the final fifteen seconds, taking the round. In the third round, Fury, switching back and forth to orthodox, did enough to take the round, bleeding Usyk’s nose.
In the fourth round, Usyk appeared to have a slight advantage. In the final minute of the fifth round, Fury landed a right to the chin, with Usyk coming back with four jabs of his own. In the sixth round, Fury was going well until the last thirty seconds when Usyk took over in an even fight.
In the seventh round, it was close, with Usyk having some swelling under his left eye at the end. Usyk got past Fury in the eighth. In the ninth round, Usyk continued to use his jab on Fury in a round-up for the takedown. In the tenth round, Usyk overpowers Fury, who tries to hold him back.
In the latter half of the eleventh round, Usyk took the Fury back. In the twelfth and final round, it was back and forth as Usyk seemed to do enough to win the round and the fight.
The scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112.
In the co-feature, WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Moses Itauma (11-0, 9 KOs) stopped southpaw Demsey McKean (22-2, 14 KOs) at 1:57 of the first round of a 10 scheduled rounds.
In the first round, an overhand left by Itauma to the head midway through the round dropped McKean by an 8 count from referee Bob Williams. Seconds later, a left hand to the head and McKean went down again. He beat the count, but Ref Williams stopped.
In a late replacement bout, Ishmael ‘The Black Panther’ Davis (13-2, 6 KOs) was stopped by Serhii ‘El Flaco’ Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) after six rounds of a scheduled 12 rounds in a Junior WBC middleweight title eliminator.
In the first round, Davis went back and forth, took the round, landing a right to Bohackhuk’s head. In the final thirty seconds of the second round, a short left hook from Bohackhuk to the chin dropped Davis by an 8 count from referee Hector Afu. Davis suffered a cut to his right eyebrow in the closing seconds of the third round.
In the sixth round, Bohackhuk almost had Davis out. As he slowly walked to his corner, he stopped the fight.
Heavyweight Johnny ‘The Romford Bull’ Fisher (13-0, 11 KOs) won a contested 10-round split decision over David ‘White Rhino’ Allen (23-7-2, 18 KOs) in 10 rounds for the ‘Inter-WBA vacant. Continental Heavyweight Title.
In the first two rounds, Fisher went to the body, taking the round. In the third round, Allen began landing a straight hand to the chin. In the first minute of the fifth round, Allen dropped Fisher with an overhand right for an 8 count by referee Bob Williams. At the end of the round, Fisher suffered a nosebleed.
In the sixth round, referee Williams continues to allow Allen to hit Fisher in the back of the head. In the seventh, the slugfest continued, with both landing on each other’s chins, with Allen having the advantage. In the closing seconds of the eighth, Allen rocked Fisher with a left hook to the chin.
In the ninth round, Allen overpowers Fisher, attempting to throw Fisher to the canvas and receiving a second warning. Fisher fights like he needs a knockout in the tenth and final round. Allen seems to have the upper hand. At the bell, Allen dropped to his knees, hoping he would get the win.
The scores were 95-94 Fisher, 96-93 Allen, 95-94 Fisher.
Isaac ‘Westgate Warrior’ Lowe (25-3-3, 8 KOs) lost to Lee ‘Lightning’ McGregor (15-1-1, 11 KOs) by ten-round unanimous decision for the vacant WBC International featherweight title.
In the early rounds, McGregor bullied Lowe. In the fourth round, Lowe lands a left hook against the ropes. McGregor’s long left hook was finding its mark in the fifth round.
In the tenth and final round, a clash of heads cost Lowe a cut to his right eyebrow. He lost his mouth several times. McGregor also had his right eye cut from his forehead, but looked the winner.
The scores were 96-92, 97-91 and 97-91.
Former Olympic champion and current WBA international super bantamweight champion Peter ‘Blood’ McGrail (11-1, 6 KOs) won a controversial decision over Rhys Edwards (16-1, 4 KOs) by unanimous decision of ten rounds. .
In the third round, McGrail suffered a cut around his right eye from a clash of heads. Late in the quarter, Edwards had his best moments.
In the sixth round, both had their moments. In the eighth, Edwards had his best round. In the ninth and tenth rounds, Edwards seems to have gotten the better of him.
The scores were 96-94, 96-94 and 96-95.
WBA No. 11 southpaw Daniel Lapin (11-0, 4 KOs) defeated Dylan Colin (14-1, 4 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision to capture the vacant IBF light heavyweight titles International and of the AMB Continental.
In the first three rounds, the hand speed of the taller southpaw Lapin was too much for Colin, who returns after a year.
In the sixth round, a right uppercut from Lapin appeared to drop Colin to his knees, but it was ruled a slip because his feet were getting tangled. In the eighth round, Lapin hurt Colin with a right hook to the body but did not follow through.
Score 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91.
WBC International Heavyweight Champion Andril ‘Rampage’ Novytskyi (14-0, 10 KOs) defeated Edgar Ramirez (10-2-1, 4 KOs) by ten-round unanimous decision.
In the first round, Novytskyi outpointed Ramirez, who came back to take the second and third rounds. In the fifth round, Novytskyi dominated.
In the eighth round, it was close, with Novytskyi dominating the ninth round, ending it with a hard right to the body in an otherwise low-action round. In the tenth and final round, Novytskyi took another round.
The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 98-92.
Lightweight Mohammed Alakel (2-0) defeated Joshua Ocampo (8-34-5, 6 KOs) by six-round unanimous decision.
In the second round, Alakel landed a right to the jaw and dropped Ocampo by an 8 count from referee Kevin Parker. From the third to the sixth round, Alakel outlasted Ocampo.
The scores were 60-53, 60-53 and 60-53.
The ring announcer was Thomas Treiber, and the master of ceremonies Michael Buffer for the main event,