Lennox Lewis interrupted Frank Warren mid-rant as Tyson Fury’s promoter became furious at the prospect of Oleksandr Usyk winning. The Gypsy King lost 116-112 on all three scorecards, and his attempt at revenge for the only defeat of his career ended with Usyk defending his WBA, WBC and WBO titles.

Both Fury and Warren strongly criticized the decision, which leaves huge doubts about the 36-year-old’s future. Fury said Usyk was given a “Christmas present” by the judges, while his longtime promoter was “stunned”, calling it “crazy”.

Fury said: “I was sure I won that fight again. I thought I won both fights, but on the other hand I came home with two defeats on my account. I will always believe, until the day I die, that I won this fight.

“I will always feel a little tired. Not a little, but actually a lot. When you don’t get a knockout, that’s what happens. You can’t guarantee victory.”

Warren complained about the result in various post-fight interviews, including one with the BBC. He said: “This is crazy. Everyone who sat where I sat, including neutrals [thought Fury won].

“Oscar De La Hoya, like me, was one round away. We both thought he won it, that’s a crazy result! It’s a split decision and I’m very disappointed. I know people will say I’m biased and I probably am, but I temper myself with bias.

Lewis then joined the conversation and Warren asked the heavyweight legend about the verdict. He replied: “I didn’t score, but it was close, definitely close.”

Warren then highlighted the fact that one of the judges didn’t give Fury a single round in the second half of the fight, fuming, “What kind of fight are they watching?”

Apparently not seeing the result the same way, Lewis simply added: “Yes, yes, should have given him a few rounds [in the second half of the fight]”

Lewis then shared his thoughts on the future of Usyk, who may decide to reunite the four heavyweight belts. A rematch with the holder of the second belt, Daniel Dubios, has already been suggested, although everything depends on his fight with Joseph Parker on February 22.

Lewis believes the 37-year-old could hang up the gloves and say: “He can do whatever he wants. He can retire if he wants, he can have a rematch, he can have another fight.

Oleksandr Usyk emerged from his latest fight with Tyson Fury without requiring hospitalization, allegedly a stark contrast to his experience after their first fight in May. On Saturday (December 21) in Saudi Arabia, the 37-year-old Ukrainian boxer secured his second victory over “The Gypsy King”, winning and retaining his undisputed heavyweight titles by unanimous decision.

Sporting significantly fewer battle scars than after his first triumph over Fury in May, Usyk had only minor bruises under his eyes this time. The judges were in agreement during the rematch, with all three unanimously scoring the fight 116-112 in favor of Usyk, who appeared to take less damage throughout the fight.

Despite Fury’s claims that Usyk was hospitalized with a suspected broken jaw after their first meeting, the reigning champion denied such suggestions, admitting he only felt pain in the area and not a broken bone.

However, he admitted to the physical effects of their intense first clash, stating: “Yes, I have a little problem, but I have problems with my fist, my back and my whole body because it’s a tough fight that lasts 47 minutes. “

Despite Fury’s exhaustive preparation, which included a three-month period in which he stated he had not spoken to his wife Paris, he ultimately failed to defeat Usyk again. The result leaves fans and pundits wondering whether this defeat will push the Gypsy King to hang up his gloves for good, reports. Mirror.

The 36-year-old Fury could not hide his irritation after his second defeat in a row to the boxer from Kiev, calling the judges’ unanimous decision a “Christmas gift”. “I feel like I won both fights,” he declared.

I know I had to knock him out, but it’s boxing and things like that happen. I have no doubt that I won this fight. Franc [Warren] I was three or four rounds ahead, and a lot of people were at least two rounds ahead of me.”

Echoing Fury’s frustration, promoter Frank Warren expressed his astonishment at the referee’s performance. “I’m amazed at how they do it [judges] I scored a goal,” said the head of Queensbury Promotions.

“His jab was phenomenal, his footwork was brilliant, he wasn’t tardy. He was very evasive.” In the aftermath, IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois entered the ring shortly after Usyk’s victory and challenged him to a rematch following his own knockout loss to the Ukrainian last year.

Oleksandr Usyk defended his WBC, WBA “super”, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles after a unanimous decision victory over Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia.

The pair originally met in May, when Usyk (23-0, 14 KO) scored a ninth-round knockout split decision victory this added Fury’s WBC title to his wealth of belts.

The two started an offensive attack, but Fury (34-2-1, 24 KO) assessed his attacks and landed a nice left hand in the second round, while a right hand momentarily stunned the champion.

The “Gypsy King” did well to keep Usyk at bay, but the Ukrainian began to augment the pressure in rounds six and seven and was doing better heading into the championship round.

Both men left everything in the ring as they fought for dominance, and the fight looked well-balanced as it went down on the scorecards.

Usyk was declared the winner with three identical scores of 116-112.

The Ukrainian was summoned by IBF heavyweight world champion Daniel Dubois for a rematch, although the Briton will defend his title against Joseph Parker on February 22.

Itauma destroys McKean

Moses Itauma further strengthened his credentials by defeating Demsey McKean in the round.

McKean (22-2, 14 KO) was eliminated in the first half, and after the restart, Itauma’s (11-0, 9 KO) powerful left hand confused him and the fight was stopped.

Bohachuk retires Davis

Super welterweight contender Serhii Bohachuk forced Leeds’ Ishmael Davis to retire after six rounds in their WBC super welterweight final eliminator.

Davis (13-2, 6 KO), who took the fight two weeks in advance after Israil Madrimov withdrew, was eliminated in the second round.

“Black Panther” regrouped and was in good shape, but ultimately lost the lead and retired from a corner kick slow in the sixth round.

Madrimov (25-2, 24 KO) is in pole position to fight the unified WBC and WBO champion Sebastian Fundora.

Fisher is ahead of Allen

Popular Johnny Fisher got into a real fight with Dave Allen before winning the WBA Intercontinental heavyweight title by split decision.

Some powerful punches from Allen (23-7-2, 18 KO) put Fisher (13-0, 11 KO) on the deck and by the fifth round it was all at sea, with the ‘White Rhino’ troubling Romford at regular intervals, but Fisher won by two scores of 95-94 compared to a 96-93 score for Allen.

McGregor dismisses Lowe

In a breakthrough featherweight fight, Lee McGregor (15-1-1, 11 KO) won the vacant WBC International title, defeating Isaac Lowe (25-3-3, 8 KO) on points.

A pair of scores of 97-91 and a third score of 96-92 ensured the Scot won the belt.

Undercard remaining

Andrii Novytskyi (14-0, 10 KO) opened the televised portion of the gala by retaining the WBC International title, scoring against Edgar Ramirez (10-2-1, 4 KO).

Two scores of 100-90 and the third score of 98-92 confirmed Nowycki’s dominance.

In the lightweight heavyweight division, Daniel Lapin won the vacant IBF International title, defeating Frenchman Dylan Colin (14-1, 4 KO).

Lapin (11-0, 4 KO) edged the winner with two scores of 99-91 and a third of 100-90.

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Peter McGrail was supposed to fight Dennis McCann, but after McCann failed a pre-fight doping test, Rhys Edwards (16-1, 4 KO) stepped in and caught up with the Liverpool fighter, before losing points after ten rounds in the featherweight division.

After two scores of 96-94 and one of 96-95, McGrail (11-1, 6 KO) was the winner.

Mohammed Alakel (2-0) won 60-53 over Joshua Ocampo (8-34-5, 6 KO) after six rounds on all three cards.