Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury by split decision but is taken to the hospital with a broken jaw after his historic unifying victory.
The heavyweight crown has found a home – on the head of Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk beat Fury by split decision on Saturday to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion. The judges scored the fight 115-112, 113-114, 114-113 in favor of Usyk.
Usky is the first to hold the heavyweight title in 25 years. The last to do it was Lennox Lewis in 1999, and Lewis was on hand to watch a battle of unbeatens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Usyk scored the only knockdown, which came in the ninth round, when Fury was saved by the bell.
Usyk, the Ukrainian, improved to 22-0. Fury, the Brit, 35-1-1.
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