Oleksandr Usyk emerged victorious over Tyson Fury in Riyadh on Saturday night, becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion for 25 years.
The fight went the distance, with judges scoring the fight 115-112 to Usyk, 114-113 to Fury and 114-113 to Usyk to crown him as champion after an incredibly entertaining boxing match.
It was a true sporting spectacle, with Fury being rocked in the ninth round and coming back from the brink of defeat to go the full 12.
The result takes Usyk's boxing record to 22-0-0 with 14 wins by KO, following up on a win against Derek Chisora, back-to-back wins against Anthony Joshua and a win against Daniel Dubois in his previous bouts.
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He is now not only the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, but has done it after becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion earlier in his career, before making the jump up in weight-class.
The Gypsy King got off to a slow start, with Usyk fully on the front foot for the first few rounds, peppering the Mancunian boxer with several shots, and left-handed shots in particular.
Fury then started to go on the offensive in round four, putting the Ukrainian off balance and then landing an uppercut - round five and six was where the Brit's gameplan started to show, going for multiple body shots to tire his opponent, continuing to land some huge shots on Usyk.
The end of the seventh saw a flurry of punches from Usyk on Fury, which led to an eighth round that belonged to the Ukrainian.
In the fateful ninth, the Ukrainian landed several consecutive shots on Fury, who was left rocked and stumbling around the ring, bouncing off the ropes to get away from his opponent, in a state that he hasn't been seen in throughout his career as Usyk scored a knock-down.
The tenth and eleventh saw Fury come back into the fight, with Usyk continuing to look lively.
The final round saw everything put on the line, with Usyk hunting for the knockout, while Fury continued to tap into his other-worldly spirit to continue to soldier on, though it proved too little, too late.
But the official punching stats from the fight have been revealed, as TNT Sports Box Office stating that Fury threw almost 100 punches more than his opponent, though Usyk was a lot more accurate.
The Brit threw 567 punches, landing 135, while the champion threw 482 punches, landing 185 of them.
For Usyk, it is the most punches that a boxer has ever been able to land on Fury throughout his 36-match career, as the Ukrainian boxer's game plan came to fruition after looking burnt out.
Both landed 95 shots to their opponent's head, but as far as percentages go, Usyk's hit accuracy stood at 39 percent, while Fury's came in at a measly 24 percent.
Despite landing some nasty shots to the Ukrainian's body, 39 to be exact, Fury was hit with 89 body shots by his opponent - despite the difference in numbers, there is no question that both fighters endured a gruelling fight, with both left battered and bruised.
Fury attended the post-match conference, claiming that Usyk wasn't present as he went to hospital with a broken jaw, according to ESPN.
Fury will exercise his rematch clause, with the second fight set to take place in Saudi Arabia in October this year, as both fighters indicated that they are up for getting back in the ring with each other.
At the post-fight press conference, Fury stated: "We'll go back to our families and I'll see him again in October. We'll go back, rest up.
"I believe I won the fight but I'm not going to sit and cry and make excuses. We'll run it again in October."
Topics: Boxing, Sport, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk
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