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Frank Warren: I thought Fury was in control of the fight
Dec 22, 2024 • 1:00 AM ET
“How come Tyson only got four rounds in this fight?” asked a perplexed Frank Warren after his fighter, Tyson Fury, was judged to have lost 116-112 on three different scorecards in his challenge of heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The fight was close, with several possible swing rounds, and Warren noted that the judges scored multiple rounds differently.
That was the nature of the fight, in which neither fighter dominated – although eight rounds to four did not tell the whole story
Warren said the scoring was “nuts.”
“I don’t get it. I’m really disappointed by that,” the promoter said. “I thought [Fury] was in control of the fight. I think he boxed extremely well, but it is what it is.”
Asked whether he felt the 36-year-old “Gypsy King” would box on, the Hall of Fame promoter Warren said: “That’s up to him. It’s too early after a fight. Emotions are running high.”
Fury was overheard talking to his former trainer, Ben Davison, saying afterwards he felt he had won the fight by at least three rounds.
Fury is now 34-2-1 (24 KOs).
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
