Tyson Fury might be within the position of a challenger, taking up unified champ Oleksandr Usyk tonight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Usyk-Fury 2 occasion begins at 11 am / 4 pm UK and might be dwell on DAZN PPV. The principle occasion Fury vs. Usyk 2 might be at roughly 5-6 pm. ET.
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Within the chief assist bout, heavyweight Moses Itauma (11-0, 9 KOs) massacred the hapless Demsey McKean (22-2, 14 KOs), blasting him out within the first spherical, two knockdown efficiency. The 19-year-old Itauma clocked McKean with a left-hand punch behind the top for the primary knockdown. McKean was in unhealthy form from the textbook rabbit punch from Itauma.
When the motion resumed, Itauma telegraphed one other left hand, however this one related on 6’6″ McKean’s chin, sending him down for the second time within the spherical. The referee, Bob Williams, then halted the competition.
Total, Itauma regarded good, contemplating he was fed a tomato can coming off a Twelfth-round knockout loss to Filip Hrgovic in his earlier struggle. It might have been extra fascinating if Itauma’s matched him towards Hrgovic as a result of no less than that’s a man with some capacity. McKean had been subdued by rabbit punch a world. The identical factor occurred tonight. Oh properly, I assume that’s the way it goes.
Serhii Bohachuk (25-2, 24 KOs) simply defeated substitute opponent Ishmael Davis (13-2, 6 KOs), scoring a sixth-round TKO victory in a WBC junior middleweight title eliminator. Davis fought properly within the first spherical, utilizing his jab, laborious proper hand, and motion to get the higher of Bohachuk.
Nonetheless, in spherical two, Davis made the error of making an attempt to brawl with the heavy-handed Bohachuk in shut and was dropped by a left hook to the top.
Davis tried to make use of motion and combating on the within to nullify Bohachuk’s energy in rounds three and 4, nevertheless it was no use. Bohachuk talked him, touchdown laborious punches. Within the fifth, Davis took an infinite quantity of heavy pictures from the Ukrainian Bohachuk. After the spherical, Davis staggered again to his nook, wanting in unhealthy form.
In a black eye on tonight’s card, heavyweight prospect Johnny Fisher (13-0, 11 KOs) was given a 10-round break up determination win over Dave Allen (23-7-2, 18 KOs). Allen dominated the struggle from the fifth spherical, dropping Fisher in spherical 5 and hurting him in each spherical within the second half. The scores had been 95-94, 95-94 for Fisher, and 96-93 for Allen. Fisher is a hype job, an entertainer-type heavyweight, however restricted talent-wise. Tonight, we noticed how restricted he was, getting damage by Allen repeatedly, utilizing an unlawful stiff arm, and holding nonstop to outlive from the fifth.
Lee McGregor (15-1-1, 11 KOs) dodged a bullet, overcoming tough ninth and tenth rounds, to defeat Isaac Lowe (25-3-4, 8 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous determination to win the WBC Worldwide featherweight title. The judges’ scores had been 96-92, 97-91, and 97-91.
Lowe, 30, had factors deducted in rounds 9 and ten for dropping his mouthpiece. In complete, he misplaced his gumshield eight occasions within the contest. The purpose deductions might have saved McGregor from being knocked out within the ninth and tenth, as he was damage to the physique and wilting.
Every time Lowe’s mouthpiece got here out, the referee stopped the struggle, taking a approach some extent. Curiously, the referee didn’t police the nonstop holding from McGregor, which extreme and well-deserving of a deduction. It’s unlikely that might have modified the end result as a result of McGregor would have stored holding as a result of he was badly damage and had no different possibility however to carry in final two rounds.
With this efficiency or lack thereof by McGregor, you possibly can’t say he was spectacular and can go far. He’s okay for a domestic-level fighter, however he’s not outfitted to struggle on the world degree. This struggle together with the earlier one is unworthy of being on Turki Alalshikh’s card tonight. It’s extra of a small corridor kind of struggle.
In a razor-close battle, Peter McGrail (11-1, 6 KOs) obtained off to a fast begin after which held to defeat Rhys Edwards (16-1, 4 KOs) by a slim 10-round unanimous determination. The judges’ scores had been 96-95, 96-94, and 96-94. Edwards utilized fixed stress on McGrail, and appeared to get the higher of the motion within the championship rounds. The competition was shut sufficient to be a draw or a win for Edwards.
The tall 6’6″ gentle heavyweight Daniel Lapin (11-0, 4 KOs) outboxed the Frenchman Dylan Colin (14-1, 4 KOs), successful a large 10-round unanimous determination to seize the IBF Worldwide 175-lb belt. Lapin jabbed and fired off strong pictures towards the shorter Colin, catching him as he got here ahead. Colin used nonstop stress all through however lacked the ability to harm Lapin. The judges had been 100-90, 99-91, and 99-91.
Heavyweight prospect Andrii Novytskyi (14-0, 10 KOs) used his in-and-out model to defeat Edgar Ramirez (10-2-1, 4 KOs) by a large 10-round unanimous determination. Novytskyi, 29, didn’t present a lot energy, however he was efficient together with his one-two combos. The judges’ scores had been 98-92, 100-90, and 100-90. It might have been good if Novytskiyi had proven extra willingness to remain within the pocket, as his opponent regarded flabby and never a menace to him. Towards this type of opposition, Novytskyi confirmed extra ambition slightly than throwing one or two pictures and retreating.
Mohammed Alakel smashed Joshua Ocampo, nailing a unanimous determination of their 6-round scrap within the gentle division.
