Lennox Lewis believes the referee did a tough job in the previous Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight with his decision not to stop the fight in the ninth round when ‘The Gypsy King’ was on his feet after being knocked out by a left side is nailed. hand.
Lewis says Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) was just “play around” by bouncing from rope to rope while eating repeated head shots from Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), and he thinks the referee did the right thing by stopping it. I watched the fight a dozen times, and at no point did Fury “play” like he was hurt. He was mortally wounded, and shockingly, Lewis couldn’t see it.
The referee pushed the Unified heavyweight champion, Usyk, out of the way when he tried to nail Fury with the finishing blow in the ninth. The ref gave Fury a standing eight count, which saved his skin. It achieved these two wallets:
- Eats up valuable seconds
- Prevent Usyk from poleaxing him
In the Fury-Usyk rematch in nine days on December 21, Usyk let it be known that he was coming for a knockout. He’s got the Hitman persona he’s taken on, and he’s coming to finish what he started last time.
Fury “Plays” According to Lewis
“He hit the nose and it made him stand back on the ropes. He jumped off the ropes once,” Lennox Lewis told the media about Tyson Fury being hurt by Oleksandr Usyk in the ninth round of their previous fight on May 18.
“He was playing when he was bouncing off the ropes because he was using the ropes to hold him up. He was bouncing off the ropes because he was using the ropes to hold him up,” Lewis said of Fury. “I thought the referee was great in that fight because some referee would have stopped it. That referee stayed focused, didn’t stop the fight and allowed them to box.”
What on earth is Lewis talking about? Fury was not “playing” when he bounced off the ropes after being hurt by Usyk in the ninth. He was out on his feet. How could Lewis not know that? Is he being obtuse on purpose?
Lennox’s spin on the referee saving Fury in the ninth round is an interesting one as he appears to be supporting Fury’s supporters, who believe the referee did the right thing by giving him a standing eight count instead than allowing Usyk to finish him off with the coup. mercy.
It appeared to fans that the umpire gave Fury special treatment to save his skin as he was about to be bumped into the next century. It will be interesting to know if Lennox would have felt the same if Usyk had been saved by the referee.
