How did you score Usyk-Fury II?

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Usyk-Fury II?

  1. Usyk 118-110 or wider

    3.1%
  2. Usyk 117-111

    15.4%
  3. Usyk 116-112

    37.0%
  4. Usyk 115-113

    29.6%
  5. Draw 114-114

    7.4%
  6. Fury 115-113

    5.6%
  7. Fury 116-112

    1.2%
  8. Fury 117-111 or wider

    0.6%
  1. Daft P

    Daft P Active Member Full Member

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    For the first time, I attended a major sports event like this and flew to Riyadh. Just back at my hotel. It was fantastic atmosphere, with a massive pro-Usyk majority in the crowd, overpowering in 'rooting' the Fury camp. This meant in the arena the even missed Usyk punches triggered massive rounds of applause while a few Fury bombs went a bit unnoticed. I have tried my best to exclude this from my scoring. Overall, my perception, and the perception of those sitting around me, was that there was a momentum in the fight, culminating in the 5th round, where Fury seemed to have found the rhythm and the recipe. Then from the 6th he massively slowed down and Usyk turned on the usual heat. With these points, here are my scores with some comments:

    Round 1: 10-9 Usyk. Very difficult round to score, ring generalship and a bit more aggression sways it to Usyk, but arguably.
    Round 2: 9-10 Fury, established jab.
    Round 3: 9-10 Fury, this one clear to my mind.
    Round 4: 10-9 Usyk, flurries, cleaner shots but another close round.
    Round 5: 9-10 Fury, best round for Fury. At this point in the fight, one could make a case that the he won 3-4 of the first 5.
    Round 6: 10-10 Even. There was one clean shot at the end which may have swayed it for Usyk, but I could not make up my mind about this.
    Round 7: 10-9 Usyk starts turning on the heat.
    Round 8: 10-9 Usyk
    Round 9: 10-9 Usyk
    Round 10: 9-10 Fury, but arguable, close round.
    Round 11: 10-9 Usyk
    Round 12: 10-9 Usyk

    This yields 116-113 for Fury.

    I feel, more than with their first fight, that this was a fight that was in Fury's hands at a certain point and it was his decision to give space to Usyk that cost him the trajectory to winning it.
     
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  2. Mister Pugilist

    Mister Pugilist Active Member Full Member

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    so far 82 have Usyk winning, 11 Draw

    and 7 for Fury win
     
  3. West of Hollywood

    West of Hollywood Active Member Full Member

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    9-3 Usyk. If you squint and give Fury every benefit of the doubt 7-5 Usyk.
     
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  4. lonsdale

    lonsdale Member Full Member

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    Lol I can diagnose this guys depression from here
     
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  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Amazing Usyk was able to land so many good shots to the body when he only had a few inches of target

    This is flagrant cheating but did any of the commentators mention it? We could all see it as clear as day but no one mentioned it. The ref saw it too so why didn't he instruct Belly to pull them down?

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  6. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    I scored it 117-111 for Usyk.

    But since there were a couple of close rounds, 118-110 or 116-112 are also good scorecards.

    I was expecting a robbery, but the judges got it right! Props to the fair and objective judges - Ignacio Robles, Gerardo Martinez and Patrick Morley - they are better at their jobs than the well-known dodgy ones like Craig Metcalfe and Glen Feldman.
     
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  7. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    First watch with company usyk 7-5
    Rewatched this morning and usyk 9-3
     
  8. The Professor

    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    115-113 Usyk.

    However, this was a fight with LOTS of close rounds that could be scored either way. As I see it, anything from 117-111 to a 114-114 Draw is defensible.

    Outside of that, it would seem to me that some kind of bias is entering into the judgment. That is the case, imo, with those asserting Fury won.
     
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  9. Dempsey Gibbons

    Dempsey Gibbons Member Full Member

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    I had it by a round or two for Usyk.
    What I can't explain is Fury's delusion.
    After the fight he claimed "I was on me front foot all night" and "I don't have a mark on me". From what I saw, Usyk frequently had him on his back foot and a mirror would show him there are indeed a few marks on him.

    He is like Joshua. "I am bigger, stronger and did my best for twelve rounds without getting hurt so I should have won".
     
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  10. MetalLicker

    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    Anywhere from 116-112 to 118-110 is how I see it.

    I gave Usyk the close rounds because he was busier and pushing Fury back. Could I have given some close rounds to Fury? Maybe, but I have a hard time giving Fury more than 4 rounds.

    This was a clear Usyk win. He was busier, he landed more and he's just the better fighter.
     
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  11. fourskin

    fourskin Member banned Full Member

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    116-112
    Usyk easily
     
  12. Jab in the Face

    Jab in the Face Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Anyone that has Fury winning that clearly wanted it to get to 1-1, Usyk won this easy
     
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  13. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    You aren't saying you thought Fury won? Surely?
     
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  14. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Usyk 115-114.
     
  15. LenHarvey

    LenHarvey Active Member Full Member

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