Oleksandr Usyk retained all four WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight boxing championship belts after again defeating Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.
Usyk is the first boxer to hold all four heavyweight titles simultaneously since Lennox Lewis did so for just a few months in 1999.
Saturday’s fight was the pair’s second bout this year, after Usyk’s points win in May in the same arena.
Despite another closely-matched fight, judges were unanimous in the points decision, with all three scoring the fight 116-112 in favour of Usyk.
The 37-year-old Ukrainian was the harder worker during the rematch, landing punches more frequently and with greater impact.
Late in the sixth round, in particular, a combination of a right hand to the body followed by a left to the forehead from Usyk seemed to shake Fury, but the bell soon intervened.
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