2 hours agoThe judge used a rule that few know in boxing during the loss of the Ussik Fury.
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Oleksandr Ussik defeated Tyson Fury to become the undisputed champion of heavy weights, but a contour call by the judge made social networking headlines. Ukrainians won a victory with points against the British after a fascinating 12-round duel in Saudi Arabia. Fury's invincible record ended after Usik was [...]
Oleksandr Ussik defeated Tyson Fury to become the undisputed champion of heavy weights, but a contour call by the judge made social networking headlines.
Ukrainians won a victory with points against the British after a fascinating 12-round duel in Saudi Arabia.
Fury's invincible record ended after Usik became the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999, though he will not hold that title for a long time as long as IBF title to be removed, which will be in line for mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic, who faces Daniel Dubois on June 1st.
Ussik nearly finished the duel in the ninth round, when Fury was ruthless with his blows, with Gypsy King starting to be held on the rope to avoid falling.
Justice Mark Nelson gave Fury every chance to recover from the shocks, but was criticised in social networks, while Usick wanted to end the war.
Perhaps war could have stopped at that moment, but Fury was able to recover at the end of the round and survive the entire war after it was set ablaze.
The judge's decision was not only questioned by fans, but also by the warriors and promoter of Matchroom Boxing Eddie Hearn was surprised that people had little knowledge of the rule of counting.
When asked if he thought the war should have been stopped by BoxNation, he said: “I tell you what's funny enough, the number of people, the fighters, who don't even know the rules for ropes that keep you up to”.
I saw so many warriors say it's ridiculous, he didn't fall down and you still gave him a count. When the ropes stop falling, the judge can give a count. It's effectively a blow, because the ropes have stopped you from falling”.
He went through the ring, it was incredible, I can't believe he didn't fall. I believe in Great Britain, there are many judges who would have stopped him, but I think he made the right decision by not interrupting”.
I think everything was a little slow for counting, but then it dropped. I thought Fury got pretty hot”, went on.
