Oleksandr Usyk ruined Tyson Fury‘s hopes of regaining his place at the top of boxing on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian retained his unified heavyweight titles with an outstanding performance over 12 rounds. Usyk remains unbeaten with a record of 23-0, while Fury has now suffered two defeats to the same opponent
The fight ended with boxing insiders quite divided on the judges’ decision, even the “fourth judge” of the AI ended up being criticized by the community and boxers. Tyson Fury joked at a press conference that the judges gave him his “Christmas present” to Usyk with the cards they presented. Even the Englishman’s representative complained about the triple score of 116-112, as he considered that it was not so much
What does the future hold for Tyson Fury?
Tyson Fury’s next challenge is a complete unknown, these two defeats will not tarnish his great abilities, but what he will do from now on. There are doubts as to whether he will retire or simply look for another opponent to continue competing at the highest level
Switch to MMA and face Jon Jones?
Just as it happened with Francis Ngannou against Tyson Fury in boxing, there is talk of a mixed martial arts fight against Jon Jones. This scenario would not be totally unknown to Fury, as he trains MMA in his spare time
However, Michael Bisping, a former UFC fighter, commented on his YouTube channel that it would be a bad idea:
“What should Tyson Fury do next? Should he retire? Should he fight Anthony Joshua? Should he go and do something else? Should he come to the UFC and fight Jon Jones to prove he’s the baddest man on the planet? No, he shouldn’t do that. Please, for God’s sake, don’t do it,” was the great advice Bisping left him.
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