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“Terrible” – Carl Froch gives Tyson Fury a corner kick after Usyk’s defeat

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Usyk beat Fury by split decision to become undisputed heavyweight champion Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

Carl Froch described Tyson Fury's corner kick as
Carl Froch labeled Tyson Fury’s corner kick as “unprofessional” following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. Photo: Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing/Reuters

Carl Froch described Tyson Fury’s corner kick as “unprofessional” following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.

Fury suffered the first defeat of his 36-fight professional career and lost a split decision to Usyk, who became the undisputed heavyweight champion in Riyad.

“The Gypsy King” he and his team came under fire in the aftermath, with many feeling he had too many voices in the corner, led by head coach SugarHill Steward and accompanied by Andy Lee and his father John Fury.

Froch, a former super middleweight world champion, believes the abundance of instructions did him no favors.

“The main voice was Robert McCracken [in my corner]– said the 46-year-old talkSPORT.

Usyk defeated Fury by split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. Photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank
Usyk defeated Fury by split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion. Photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

“You can only listen to one person.

“Tony Sims would give me little instructions as I came down from the booth to go out for a round and I’d just say, ‘Keep your left hand up’ or ‘Get down to the right’ – that was just the last little instruction before I left.

“But when you have three men, including the great John Fury, the warrior.

“When you have him in the corner screaming and yelling at you while you have two other people giving you advice, it means you are listening to absolutely no one.

“I thought it was terrible and really unprofessional in his corner.”

Fury survived a sizzling ninth round, in which he was awarded a standing eight count after Usyk held off a volley of punches that sent him reeling against the ropes.

35-year-old he is expected to exercise his contractual right to the rematch, which is scheduled to take place in October.

However, “Cobra” questions Fury’s hunger and believes that money is his only motivation now.

“I think now Tyson Fury has realized that the legacy is probably not in the state he would like it to be in,” Froch added.

“So now I think he’s just focused on the money.

“I overheard a snippet of audio when he was in the ring and he looked at Turki Alalshikh, the entertainment guy in Arabia, and he looked at him and said, ‘Let’s have a rematch, show me the money,’ as if that was the only thing that interested him right now, it’s to make a little more money before he retires.

“But I don’t know how it will placid him down when he looks in the mirror and hits his head on the pillow.

– How is it with him?

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Muhammad Ali’s family reflects on Mike Tyson’s defeat when Jake Paul receives a modern fight offer

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Ali Walsh, whose mother is Rasheda Ali, is a middleweight with a record of 11-1. The 24-year-old told Sky Sports how Paul made him a lucrative fight offer, which he turned down because it was under the name Ali.

Nico said: “Morally it was an uncomplicated choice. I said no before I even heard the numbers. I think it was over $3 million. Of course, it would be money I had never earned in my career. That would be money like I’ve never seen before. But is everything really money? That’s how I was raised.

“You have to ask yourself, how much is your pride worth? How much are you willing to sell for? Because that’s how it is, at least in my book. Anyone else can do it. But to me I’m Ali, I carry my name with so much weight that I don’t think I should be playing in the mud with guys like Jake Paul.

Ali Walsh, who is close to Tyson, was disgusted by Saturday’s events. In lightweight of the result, he wrote on Twitter: “Jake Paul is an embarrassment to the sport. If my grandfather were still around, he would have called out to him. Absolutely no shame… I love you, Mike.

However, on Instagram, the prospect revealed that he would fight the YouTuber-turned-boxer, but only if Tyson asked him to. This would certainly be another eye-catching event that Paul could successfully promote through his own Most Valuable Promotions.

Meanwhile, Nico’s mother Rasheda said her father – who died in 2016 at the age of 74 – would have been “humiliated” by Saturday’s fight were it not for both men’s bedazzled handbags. She said Fox News: “Boxers didn’t earn money, as you know, Tyson does. Dad would be thrilled to have made that kind of money.

– Well, he would be excited to some extent. Dad would be horrified because boxers didn’t earn that much back then. They were fighting for their lives and I think when my dad started making boxing more entertaining, that’s when people joined the fight and boxers, after my father, started making a lot of money.”

Ali’s biggest fortune came at the end of his career when he collected $7.9 million (£6.3 million) for a defeat by Larry Holmes in 1980. Ali fought only once more, losing in 1981 to Trevor Berbick, who was knocked out by the juvenile Tyson five years later. Three-time heavyweight champion Ali earned $57 million (£47.7 million) during his Hall of Fame career.

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Jake Paul accused of breaking rules in Mike Tyson fight that gave him a ‘huge advantage’

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Former boxing champion Tony Bellew has launched a scathing attack on Jake Paul and accused him of wearing “full boxing gloves” during his triumph over Mike Tyson.

An internet personality who switched to boxing outclassed the iconic boxer in a weekend bout in Texas.

Although Paul suggested that his goal would be a knockout, in the end he only managed to secure victory for the 58-year-old athlete. The fight was overwhelmingly dominated by Paul, with Tyson landing just 18 punches compared to Paul’s 78.

However, Bellew, a former WBC cruiserweight titleholder, believes Paul’s choice of gloves gave him an unfair advantage.

On X (previously on Twitter), Bellew confessed: “The gloves Mike has look heavily padded, while Jake has full punching gloves on his feet. There is a huge difference between them and I only watch from my bed. “

Moreover, Bellew tore to shreds the very idea of ​​a brawl taking place: “We are all guilty of this man! We’re all talking and watching! We have to stop this fool [Paul]!

“Don’t count on him until he fights someone vigorous, not his grandfather! Any decent boxing person helping Paul should take a look at themselves! It’s just depressed.”

Despite his irritation with Paul, Bellew admitted he had some respect for the younger player. Paul, 27, said after the fight that he held back to prevent Tyson from being seriously harmed.

Bellew commented: “I don’t like that stupid idiot kid, but I will say this… he stopped beating Mike and showed him respect and dignity by letting him live. He wasn’t looking for KO there, just leave him and leave him alone.

After the fight, both fighters received mandatory suspensions from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, with a required rest period of 24 days due to the duration of the fight.

Despite this, both are already planning to return to the ring – Paul aims to fight Canelo Alvarez, and Tyson challenges his brother Logan.

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Gilberto Ramirez vs. Chris Billam-Smith – results and post-fight report

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Gilberto Ramirez wins cruiserweight unification fight via unanimous decision against Chris Billam-Smith in Riyad. Photo source: BBC Sport (x.com)
Gilberto Ramirez wins cruiserweight unification fight via unanimous decision against Chris Billam-Smith in Riyada. Photo source: BBC Sport (x.com)

The Riyad season hosted a Latin night, with Gilberto Ramirez adding the WBO cruiserweight title to his WBA belt with a high-octane points win against Chris Billam-Smith.

Former WBO super middleweight champion Ramirez (47-1, KO30) moved up to cruiserweight last year and followed up a wide-scoring victory over Joe Smith Jr. won the WBA belt in March by defeating Arsen Goulamirian ten rounds to two. Billam-Smith (20-2, KO13) won the WBO belt with a majority decision victory over Lawrence Okolie in May last year and was last eliminated in June, taking revenge on Richard Riakporhe by scoring at Selhurst Park.

Billam-Smith had a very good start in the first round, landing some solid punches, but Ramirez found his moment in the second round, landing a piercing left arm that sent the Englishman into a frenzy and his combinations worried the WBO boss. In the fourth, Billam-Smith was bleeding from the nose, and Ramirez landed a phenomenal right hand and landed several impressive combinations to the body before crushing his opponent with the sheer number of punches he was throwing.

Ramirez kept his foot on the gas pedal as the doctor looked at Billam-Smith’s eye ahead of the seventh round, and although the Bournemouth man continued to work tough, he struggled to cope with the cumulative effects of Ramirez’s work. Billam-Smith did rally to the distance, but couldn’t find the punches to break Ramirez’s spirit, and the Mexican was able to maintain enough accuracy to keep his fighter at bay, and after the pair left it all in the ring in the final round the winner was decided by scorecards.

Two scores of 116-112 and a third of 116-113 sent Ramirez home as the unified world champion.

The WBO super lightweight title eliminator didn’t catch fire, but Arnold Barboza Jr (31-0, KO11) did enough to earn a ten-round decision and win over former unified world champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (29-2, KO18) . It was a stop-start match, but Barboza mostly had the advantage and outscored the winner by two scores of 96-94 and one of 97-93.

The interim WBC lightweight title was won by William Zepeda (32-0, KO27), defeating Tevin Farmer (33-7-1, KO8) by an extremely high score, and getting up from the floor in the process. Zepeda was clotheslined in the fourth round, keeping him on the canvas with a powerful left hand, and the fight lasted a full ten rounds, during which Zepeda scored two scores of 95-94 compared to a third score for former world champion Rolnik.

Oscar Collazo (11-0, KO8) defended his WBO minimumweight world title for the fourth time and impressed with a seventh-round victory over Thammanoon Niyomtrong (25-1, KO9). Niyomtrong trailed in the sixth round and trailed twice more before the break.

Oscar Duarte (28-2-1, KO22) won his ten-round super lightweight fight on points against Botirzhon Akhmedov (10-4, KO9). Duarte won by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94.

Welterweight prospect Ziyad Almaayouf (6-0-1, KO1) suffered a defeat after drawing to a six-round draw against Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia (5-6-1, KO0). One judge declared Almaayouf the winner 58-56, but two scores of 57-57 ensured the fight ended in a stalemate.

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