Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-12-21, close fight with a high pace for the division: Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).Fury 2 vs Usyk is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 21st, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 12-round heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBA, WBC WBO and IBO world heavyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Oleksandr Usyk record
The undefeated IBO, WBA, WBO and WBC Hw champ Oleksandr Usyk entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 22-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 heavyweight in the world.
In his last three fights he has beat Anthony Joshua (Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua II), Daniel Dubois (Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois) and Fury in their first clash (via split decision, Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk I).
Tyson Fury record
His opponent, the former IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO and WBC Hw champion Tyson Fury, has a record of 34-1-1 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the heavyweight division.
In his last three bouts he has defeated Derek Chisora (Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora 3) and Francis Ngannou (Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou) but then he has suffered his first loss, against Usyk in their first match (via split decision, Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk I).
But if you want to watch Fury’s best fights, here are three you have to watch:
- Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury I, 4-stars bout
- Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury II, bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ boxing Fights of the Year 2020
- Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder III, 4-stars match, The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2021 and also ranked in the top 10 Users’ boxing Fights of the Year
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the pre-fight press conference video, featuring Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, from the official Sky Sports Boxing Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of Usyk vs Fury 2 weigh-in from the official DAZN Boxing Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Official highlights
Result
Who won Usyk vs Fury 2 fight?
Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury via unanimous decision. Scores were 116-112, 116-112, 116-112.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the post-fight interview video of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mmm9tY9eYo
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Compubox stats
Compubox punching statistics showed that Oleksandr Usyk landed a total of 179 of 423 punches (42,3% accuracy rate) compared to 144 of 509 (28,3%) for Tyson Fury.
Even the AI Judge have scored Oleksandr Usyk as the winner in the rematch versus Tyson Fury for 118-112.
Near perfect career management for Fury.
he had gotten the title from Klitshko in one of the most pathetic and boring “fights” in history, where both fighters exchanged 7 punches per round.
He knew that he would lose the rematch, and that it would be the end for him due to the pool of talent that he would have to face in order to get back to a title shot.
So he pleaded mental illness to get out of the mandatory rematch, and waited for the heavyweight division to get restructured.
He came cback to face only the right fighters at the right time. Wilder was a borderline amateur fighter who had been matched with tomato cans, and built as a big hype. Fury manged to get 3 money fights with this paper champion.
Eventually, knowing that he would have to face the top crop of the division at one point anyway, Fury decides to cash-out in 2 money fights with the smallest heaviweight possible that wouldn’t be able to seriously hurt him due to the big size difference.
This is boxing nowadays. You can’t even make that shit up. Definitely not “prize fighting” anymore. They took out the fight out of the prize.