FORMER WBC super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall is backing Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch if it happens.
Now TNT Boxing champion and commentator Woodhall was on hand last night to watch Usyk be crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion after defeating Fury to win by split decision.
In a fight that exceeded expectations there were twists and turns, exciting drama, a standing count on Fury in the ninth round before the Brit rose again in a tense final session.
With a rematch clause in place, and a return fight scheduled for October, Fury could score points according to Woodhall who spoke to him. Debate News after last night’s events in Riyadh.
“I believe that Tyson Fury will go back, he will look at where he did well in the fight, analyze that, the box like that of the rematch and I think he will beat Oleksandr Usyk, that’s my opinion,” said Woodhall. .
“I thought Tyson was cruising at one point but then he let it slip. A lot of lapses in concentration and he was caught with a good shot [in round nine] and at that moment it was an important moment maybe but I think it could have gone either way, it was very close.
“Obviously they thought they had won it in Fury’s camp and I understand that but it was close. I actually had it 114-114 so it was a point either way. “
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