Commentator Paulie Malignaggi believes Tyson Fury gave away the 11th and 12th rounds by choosing to hold and not working in his loss to to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night in Riyadh.
Malignaggi felt that it was a close fight going into the 11th, but the 281-lb Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) appeared tired from the extra 19 lbs of weight that he’d packed on for this fight from the previous one. He didn’t have the conditioning to finish strong when he needed to in the final two rounds.
Usyk (23-0, 12 KOs) won the fight by a 12-round unanimous decision by the scores 116-112 x 3 to ruin Fury’s chances of getting a trilogy against him or going into his all-British clash against Anthony Joshua on a winning note.
Fury’s Fatigue
Tyson Fury tried some things differently. He tried to make it physical in the second half of the fight, but I’m not sure that was design or because he was getting tired and trying…
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