Usyk, who hails from Ukraine, was crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after a gruelling battle in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Two judges scored the bout 115-113 and 114-113 in Usyk's favour.
Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision defeat by Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night. The Gypsy King insisted he felt he had won the bout during a post-fight interview. LIVE: Re-live Mail Sport 's Tyson Fury has sensationally claimed that Oleksandr Usyk was awarded split decision victory in their world heavyweight title fight 'because his country is at war'.
'I believe I won that fight,' he said to DAZN. 'And I believe he won a few of the rounds, but I won the majority of them.' It was a historic night for the heavyweight division, with Usyk being crowned the first undisputed champion of the four-belt era, and the first since Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999.
'Thank you so much to my team,' the new undisputed heavyweight champion said. 'It's a big opportunity for my family, for me, for my country. It's a great time, it's a great day.The pair are already scheduled to fight again in October, with Fury adding that he was eager to fight again. Usyk came back late on the fight to seal victory against Fury, knocking the British fighter down in the ninth round
His charity, the Usyk foundation, have launched a major fundraising campaign to raise 1million EUR to purchase 50 ambulances to save Ukrainian lives amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
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