Warren ‘Stupefied’ As Usyk Takes Fury Decisions In Heavyweight Rematch

Promoter Frank Warren was doing something fierce after his fighter, Tyson Fury, lost to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night in their rematch in Riyadh.

Fury’s hasty exit

Fury ran out of the ring afterwards, not wanting to face the music and put his feet to the fire to be grilled by the media. What does that tell you? If he had thought he won, he would have stayed and stood up on his hind legs and complained.

The judges got it right, scoring it for Usyk, 116-112, 116-112 and 116-112. I had it 10-2 in favor of Usyk. Even in close rounds, Fury was doing nothing but throwing backhands and weak punches.

Warren was “shocked” by the scores from two of the judges, who saw Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) sweep every round from six onwards against former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34 -2-1, 24 KOs). The other judge had Fury win just one round out of the last six.

I watched the fight and had Usyk sweeping every round since the fifth round. It looked easy to score as Fury’s reflexes seemed off and he did next to nothing on offense. He seemed afraid to throw punches for fear of being countered by Usyk’s sniper-like left hand.

The once lanky Fury who defeated Wladimir Klitschko in his prime in 2015 is gone tonight. In his place was a flabby, 40-year-old-looking heavyweight who was unable to pull the trigger on his punches.

The Gypsy King fought exactly like the 39-year-old Wladimir fought him nine years ago. Wlad couldn’t pull the trigger that night in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Fury was the same tonight. I was mentally closed,

Stupidity

‘I’m blown away. They gave him (Fury) four rounds out of twelve rounds, which is impossible,” promoter Frank Warren told TNT Sports Boxing, complaining about his fighter, Tyson Fury, losing on the scorecards to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in Riyadh.

“I know I’m biased, but a judge didn’t give him a turn after the sixth round. How can this be? This is impossible. Same with the other judge here. It gave him a turn of the last six. Same here with this guy. It’s crazy.

“I’m calm, I’m collected. I’m not yelling or screaming. This is nonsense. Everyone along that front row there. Oscar De La Hoya and I had him (Fury) winning by three or four rounds. This is Oscar and it is neutral. He only won one round on two of the judges’ scorecards starting in the sixth round. I mean, what fight were they watching?” Warren said, criticizing the judges for not giving his fighter, Fury, the win.

“I’m blown away.”@FrankWarren talks through the chips and how he thinks the judges got it wrong…

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