New footage has emerged showing Tyson Fury fuming over judges awarding Oleksandr Usyk a unanimous victory on Saturday night. The three judges in Saudi Arabia all scored the fight 116–112 in favour of Usyk, leaving Fury incensed.
This rematch was highly anticipated following Fury’s May defeat by split decision to Usyk. The latest video, released by TNT Sports, captures Fury post-fight at the Kingdom Arena, where he vehemently claims he was “robbed” and questions the decision to hold the bout in Saudi Arabia, suggesting bias with the remark: “you get nothing in ‘these countries’.”
Confronting his former coach Ben Davison, Fury is heard demanding an honest opinion: “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?” To which Davison responds: “I thought it was dead tight. I thought you was gonna get it if I’m honest.”
Before retreating to his dressing room, Fury asserts his belief in his performance: “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.”
The three judges at ringside were USA’s Patrick Morley, Panama’s Ignacio Robles and Puerto Rico’s Gerardo Martinez. In a curious turn of events, despite reaching the same ultimate decision, the methods they used to get there varied significantly.
They were in agreement on the outcomes of rounds four through eight, ten and eleven, each scoring them 10-9 for the winner without any knockdowns or opting for any even 10-10 rounds. Disagreements arose, however, in the scoring of the remaining rounds.
Following the fight, Fury vented his frustration at the outcome during the post-fight press conference, claiming he should have been declared the victor, stating: “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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