- Oleksandr Usyk put in an impressive performance to beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh
- The Ukrainian star showed off the WBC belt he won from Fury on social media.
- More than a million people have already liked Usyk’s social media post for his fans.
Oleksandr Usyk has shown his battle scars from his heavyweight title fight with Tyson Fury as the Ukrainian star posed with his new belt on social media.
Usyk became the undisputed world heavyweight champion on Saturday night after a split decision victory over Fury in Saudi Arabia.
The Ukrainian fighter was awarded the fight by two judges after the 12-round fight, while the other scored the clash in favor of Fury.
The judges scored the fight 115-112 Usyk, 114-113 Fury and 114-113 Usyk, as the 37-year-old secured all four heavyweight belts.
Usyk had become the contest with the WBA (Super), WBO, IBF and IBO titles.
Oleksandr Usyk welcomed his new belt ‘to the family’ after beating Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia
Usyk (left) staged a stunning comeback to beat Fury (right) on Saturday night in Riyadh.
The Ukrainian had Fury in trouble in the ninth round and almost knocked out the Gypsy King
The 37-year-old claimed Fury’s WBC belt by beating Gypsy King, becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era.
In a social media post, which garnered more than a million likes in eight hours, Usyk showed off his new belt.
“Welcome to the family,” Usyk wrote.
The photo also showed injuries sustained by Usyk during Saturday night’s brutal brawl.
Near both of the Ukrainian’s eyes are cuts that were repaired after the contest.
Usyk was forced to fight through the early stages of the fight as Fury took control in the early rounds.
The 37-year-old fought his way back into the fight and landed a series of punches to leave Fury reeling in the ninth round.
Usyk was sporting battle scars in his photo after getting through tough rounds with Fury.
The victory makes Usyk the first undisputed heavyweight champion this century.
Fury came out shaken in the ninth to end the contest, but Usyk emerged as the winner.
Usyk is expected to be the undisputed heavyweight champion for just a few weeks.
He is expected to be stripped of his IBF title, with the 37-year-old focusing on a contracted rematch with Fury, which is expected to take place around October.
This is because Filip Hrgovic, Usyk’s mandatory challenger for the IBF title, will not wait for that rematch to take place, meaning Usyk will vacate the IBF belt and then it will be up for grabs when Hrgovic faces Daniel Dubois in June of this year. year.
Whoever wins that June fight is expected to face Anthony Joshua at Wembley in September.
This means that at the time of the rematch between Usyk and Fury, the winner of that fight will not be the unified world champion as he will miss out on the IBF crown.
Usyk will be the undisputed champion for a few weeks as he will soon lose his IBF title.
Usyk downplayed the issue of losing the IBF title in a post-fight press conference.
“I’m not thinking about boxing now, please,” Uysk said when asked if he would do it again with Fury.
‘My camp started in September 2023, I worked for nine months. I missed Happy New Year, I missed my son’s birthday, I missed my other son’s birthday, I missed my daughter’s birthday and then my daughter’s birth.
‘I also missed family holidays. I was just focused on this fight, now I’m happy and I want to go home.’