Who won Fury vs Usyk?
Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, May 18th, 2024, at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.
The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 114-113, 114-113 in favor of winner Oleksandr Usyk.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
This contest was for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, with the WBC, WBO, WBA, and IBF belts on the line.
Also on the undercard Jai Opetaia beat Mairis Briedis for the IBF World Cruiserweight and The Ring Cruiserweight championship, Joe Cordina was overcome by Anthony Cacace for the IBF World Junior Lightweight belt, Agit Kabayel was victorious over Frank Sanchez for the WBC World Heavyweight title, Mark Chamberlain beat Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab, Sergey Kovalev was overcome by Robin Sirwan Safar, Isaac Lowe was victorious over Hasibullah Ahmadi, and Daniel Lapin beat Octavio Pudivitr.
Fury vs Usyk stats
Back in May 2024, Tyson Fury stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 34 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw, 24 of those wins coming by way of knockout.
Oleksandr Usyk made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 21 wins and 0 draws, with 14 of those by knockout.
The stats suggested Fury had a slight advantage in power over Usyk, with a 71% knockout percentage compared to Usyk's 67%.
Tyson Fury was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.
Fury had a height advantage of 6 inches over Usyk. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.
Tyson Fury fought out of the orthodox stance, while Oleksandr Usyk was a southpaw.
Fury was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Usyk, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 53 more professional rounds, totaling 242 compared to Usyk's 189.
Fury vs Usyk form
Fury had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Francis Ngannou on October 28, 2023, by split decision in their 10 round contest at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prior to that, he had defeated Derek Chisora on December 3, 2022, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Heavyweight championship fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Dillian Whyte on April 23, 2022, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London.
Before that, he had won against Deontay Wilder on October 9, 2021, by knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Nevada, United States.
He had beaten Deontay Wilder on February 22, 2020, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Usyk remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Daniel Dubois on August 26, 2023, by knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Stadion Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
Prior to that, he had defeated Anthony Joshua on August 20, 2022, by split decision in their IBF World Heavyweight, WBA Super World Heavyweight, WBO World Heavyweight and The Ring Heavyweight championship fight at Jeddah Superdome, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Going into that contest, he had won against Anthony Joshua on September 25, 2021, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, IBF World Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had defeated Derek Chisora on October 31, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
He had beaten Chazz Witherspoon on October 12, 2019, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Wintrust Arena, Illinois, United States.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Tyson Fury had been fighting more than Oleksandr Usyk.
Going into this contest, Tyson Fury had last fought 6 months and 20 days ago, while Oleksandr Usyk's last outing had been 8 months and 22 days ago.
Fury's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 26 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.
Usyk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.4 rounds on average.
What time did Fury vs Usyk start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:20 PM UTC at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 6:20 PM EST or 3:20 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:20 PM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Fury vs Usyk?
The ESPN+ PPV show began at 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST. The DAZN PPV UK broadcast of the card started at 5:00 PM (BST).
What were the odds on Fury vs Usyk?
Tyson Fury was a 20/21 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Oleksandr Usyk made his way into the ring at 10/11 (-110) with oddsmakers.
Fury will win this easily
Fury will win can’t wait to see
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Don’t underestimate Fury he’s a serious guy he was born to fight its in his blood it’s all he knows and he won’t be beat. Will be a awesome fight but it’s the gypsy king who wins it for sure.
Fury not gonna win easly is 12 round fight
Fury looked liked a marshmello who had just drank 50 vanilla shakes and was dumped into a 5extra large white trashbag in his last effort vs Francis Ngannu. Perhaps he just realized he could use another 3 months of training before trying to chase the spartain fit Usyk. Or maybe he just got his eye busted in sparring, where the footage shows Fury still looking like the blob.
No way usyk beats fury, but it’s gonna be good
This didn’t age well
Where will the ticket will be available
I want Usyk to win so badly.
Same bro
A great fight that was very close throughout but once Usyk stunned Fury it was just a pure masterclass from him from then forward.
Fury had some good rounds but Usyk won this