Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury’s heavyweight rematch for the WBC, WBA (Super) and WBO titles in Saudi Arabia.
The pair first fought in May and it was Usyk, 37, who came out on top to become boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.
The Ukrainian — who previously reigned as the undisputed world cruiserweight champion before moving up in weight — came desperately close to stopping Fury in a thrilling ninth round only to ultimately prevail on points.
The scorecards read 115-112 and 114-113 for Usyk, with a third judge scoring it 114-113 to Fury. Those verdicts meant that Fury, 35, lost for the first time in a 16-year professional career.
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