Usyk vs Fury 2: Live Round-By-Round Updates & Scoring

It’s fight day, which can only mean we are moments away from the big rematch between unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) on DAZN PPV. FightsATW will provide live round-by-round updates on the unified heavyweight title fight while scoring each round. Heading into the main event, Usyk is still the slight betting favorite, but with heavyweight boxing, anything can happen. Will it be repeat or revenge?

OLEKSANDR USYK vs TYSON FURY 2 BETTING ODDS

Per DraftKings SportsBook, Oleksandr Usyk is the favorite at -145, and Tyson Fury is the underdog at +120.

Oleksandr Usyk: TKO/KO +300; Decision +185

Draw: +1400

Tyson Fury: TKO/KO +300; Decision +350

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OLEKSANDR USYK vs TYSON FURY 2 LIVE ROUND-BY-ROUND COVERAGE

Round 1: Fury came out from the start on the front foot and leading with his left jab. On occasion, Fury slipped in a straight right hand which stopped Usyk in his tracks. On the other hand, Usyk was moving a lot and changing the levels of his punches. Fury was the busier fighter in the opening round.

Score: 10-9 Fury

Round 2: Usyk wasted no time in dedicating his offense to Fury’s body. Usyk landed some hard body shots that made Fury back up. When Usyk would come in, Fury would land a counter right hand. Usyk was in complete control until the last ten seconds of the round when Fury landed a big right hand that stunned him.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 3: It was a high level chess match type of round. Fury kept switching from conventional to southpaw which saw him land some good, clean punches. Usyk was using great footwork to land his overhand left and a right jab to the body.

Score: 10-9 Fury

Round 4: Usyk began to crouch down and land that big overhand left. In the middle of the round, Usyk did just that and landed two huge left hands that rocked Fury. Although Fury was buzzed, he came right back with a hard, straight right hand that then buzzed Usyk. It was a great, close round.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 5: Fury had a bounce back round as he flicked his left jab and landed hard, straight right hands. Fury landed a right uppercut to Usyk’s body that nearly folded the Ukrainian. Fury controlled the majority of the round while Usyk smiled at the punches landed on him.

Score: 10-9 Fury

Round 6: Usyk was doing a ton of movement and feints throughout the round. Fury landed a few of his left jabs but a Usyk overhand left with about a minute remaining hurt Fury. Although Fury would shrug it off, Usyk would land another two consecutive overhand lefts that landed cleanly which had Fury hurt again.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 7: Being that the fight was being fought at such a high pace, Fury took a breather throughout the round as Usyk kept landing his right jab and forcing Fury to think. Usyk landed a straight left hand that buzzed Fury again but he was able to lean on Usyk to survive the round.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 8: Usyk continued his control of the fight and increased changing the levels of his punches. Fury was off balance throughout the round. Usyk invited Fury to come inside as Usyk kept doing what he wanted throughout the round.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 9: Fury had a much better round and forced Usyk to move more than what he wanted to at this point of the fight. Towards the end of the round, Usyk kept landing the big left hand as Fury was taking visibly deep breaths. it was a hard round to score but Usyk slightly won it for me.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 10: Fury went right back to his uppercuts and when they missed, he held and leaned on Usyk. Fury used every bit of his weight advantage to try and wear out Usyk. Again, towards the end of the round, Usyk rallied back but a few of the punches missed with Fury using some good head movement.

Score: 10-9 Fury

Round 11: Usyk used his speed to dominate the round as Fury could not deflect all of the punches that were coming at him. Usyk clearly won the round but with ten seconds left, Usyk walked into a Fury right uppercut that stopped him in his tracks.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

Round 12: The last round was super close. Usyk and Fury both had their moments as Usyk landed a straight left hand that rocked Fury but then Fury landed an uppercut that did the same to Usyk.

Score: 10-9 Usyk

FightsATW Final Scorecard: 8-4 Usyk

OLEKSANDR USYK vs TYSON FURY 2 FIGHT RESULTS

FightsATW and the ringside judges saw the fight exactly the same: 116-112 for Usyk. Down the stretch, Usyk closed the show more than Fury did. The extra weight on Fury zapped his stamina in the championship rounds, clearing the path for Usyk to dominate. Usyk earned the clear, unanimous decision that he was likely aiming for.

Abraham Gonzalez

Abraham Gonzalez is the founder of FightsATW. His journalistic work has been published and used across several platforms to include online, network TV and promotional companies. He is an American Public University alumnus and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Abraham was the Managing Editor for NYFights, Big Fight Weekend, contributed to FanSidedMMA and ProBoxTV.

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