Joshua scored it for Usyk by 1 point. He didn't want to score it too wide for Usyk because Fury is a future opponent of his. That's my opinion. Have you seen the media & fan scoring? It's not close.
Yea but Ali sort of gets a pass, because he was beautiful to watch. Even late in his career not nearly as lethargic as Fury.
nope haven't seen it nd no it shouldn't be close. It looked like an 8-4, 9-3 fight. Some rounds, like the first fight were hard to score so you just give it to the guy who may have landed good flurry. Again, not an action packed fight.
Ali was such a star by the end they gave him breaks he didn't deserve, maybe not as many as some people think but the 3rd Norton fight was a gift, the young and shavers fights were not as clearcut as that one. Truth be told, these guys get old and they get sick of the grind and that's what I thought of when I watched usyk-fury 2. they said fury has been fighting as a pro for 16 years, that's a long time. In many cases, it has to be a mental fatigue more than age or deterioration.
That's what it was an 8-4 type of fight (116-112) Usyk. It's the most popular fan score, one of the most popular among the media, and all 3 official judges scored it the same. That's why I find it funny that anyone who thinks Fury won 6+ rounds is high. He didn't land enough and Usyk controlled the fight.
it was sorta illusory, Mike Tyson used to say blocking with gloves "looks bad to the fans, looks bad to the judges" and I guess it does make it look like damage is being done. Mike said it in regards to Julio Cesar Chavez and giving his reason why Jeff Fenech was getting his vote as the then current PFP (outside of himself). Of course, Tyson, who's main think was headmovement, would prefer a guy who doesn't block punches with his guard up. Usyk is clever defensively, nice high hands, strange little parry with his right, which I only ever saw in martial arts, where he swings his right to his right to block a jab.
he was, and he just was sick of training. As far as the ring damage, he was definitely dealing with it from at least 75, he'd had some tough wars by then and plenty of sparring. Miraculously, still don't really know how he did it, danced on those old legs for 15 rounds more than he did even in his prime to beat spinks in the rematch, at 224, guy was phenomenal.
ya, he's got some great moves. I'd say the harder shots were landed by fury but they didn't really shake usyk and they weren't enough to win anything, not even some of the rounds they landed in, like someone in those vids said, no matter what fury would do, usyk would raise him.
poor guy, if he's like fighters of the past, he'll squander that money on his countrymen/people. That's usually what keeps 'em coming back whether its Robinson, Louis, Ali or Pac and Mayweather. Fighters are usually goodhearted to a fault.
Many are too generous with their people and don't know when to hang 'em up. I hope Usyk realizes what he's risking by sticking around. It'd be a perfect storybook ending to retire on top and undefeated as a two-division undisputed champion. Especially to do so as heavyweight champ. The only other heavyweight champ to go out on top was Marciano.
i know, but that's the common thing to do these days. not too long ago people were saying wilder was the hardest puncher ever, now he'd be lucky to be in the running and that's something that will not get better with time.
There is some truth to this.
