Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion but a controversial refereeing call caused a stir on social media.of the IBF title which is due to be on the line for overdue mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic who faces Daniel Dubois on June 1.Usyk almost left the judges out of it in the ninth round when he had Fury out of his feet, landing a lightning-quick left hook to leave his opponent stumbling against the ropes.
Arguably the fight could have been stopped at that moment but Fury was able to recover at the end of the round and survived the entirety of the fight after regaining his senses., he said: “I tell you what is quite funny, the amount of people, fighters, who don’t even know the rules about the ropes holding you up.“When the ropes stop you from going down, the ref can give an eight-count. It’s not a standing eight-count.
“I think everything was a bit slow about the count but then the bell went. I thought Fury recovered really well.”, there is no standing eight-count and the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO title fights do not allow the standing eight-count. While it was a controversial decision, the referee was well within his right to intervene and could have prevented serious damage to Fury.
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