We are approximately two months away from the rematch for the (almost) undisputed heavyweight title between Oleksander Usyk and Tyson Fury.

Their first fight was very close and Usyk got a split verdict. The official scores were 115-112 for Usyk, 114-113 for Fury and 114-113 for Usyk. Fury obviously disagreed with the verdict, and the two have found little to agree on since.

Their rematch on December 21 will mark the halfway point of Riyadh’s season.
At the start of Riyadh’s season, Beterbiev won a 114-114, 115-113, 116-112 majority decision over Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed light heavyweight title in a high-level chess match between the two skilled fighters.

However, the verdict proved controversial, with many fans eager for Dmitry Bivol to win the fight.

However, according to recent media statements from Fury and Usyk, they both scored the unification fight for Beterbiev. Tyson Fury had the win 115-113 for Bieterbiev, as did Usyk.
According to an interview he gave to ESPN, Tyson Fury scored 115-113 on fight night, “just like Glenn Feldman.”

According to BoxNation, Fury later said the following about the fight:

“(My brother) Shane tied it. Bob Howard scored a draw. Another cousin of mine made Bivol win by four rounds. It’s quite similar to my fight with Usyk.
“Here’s the thing: I see this fight with Bivol and Beterbiev and all these theft claims online, yet my fight with Usyk was closer and I don’t see any theft claims. Why is that?”

The answer is that the memory of the fight that many people will have will be round 9, when Fury was almost stopped. Those dramatic moments, in the minds of many fans, have discounted what Fury had accomplished before that, when Fury possibly had Usyk in trouble as well. Fury also found success down the stretch after a disastrous ninth round.

Usually the same fighter wins in rematches, but Fury has proven to be an exception to this rule and many others in his career.