Tyson Fury suspended from boxing after brutal defeat to Oleksandr Usyk… but Gypsy King is still set to activate rematch clause
- Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion
- Fury suffered no serious damage during the fight while Usyk was taken to hospital
Tyson Fury has been handed a one-week ban from boxing following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk last weekend.
The Gypsy King suffered his first professional defeat against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, losing split-decision after the judges scored the match 115-112, 113-114, 114-113.
It meant Usyk became the first boxer since Lennox Lewis in 1999 to unify the heavyweight division after taking the WBC title from Fury, which was added to his WBA (Super), WBO, IBF and IBO titles.
Fury was in deep trouble at one stage of the fight, with many claiming the referee could have stopped it.
And it has been revealed that the UAE Boxing Commission has given him a rather pointless one-week medical suspension, meaning he wasn’t allowed to fight until this weekend.
Tyson Fury was banned from boxing for a week after his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk
The Brit suffered nothing but cuts and bruises during the brutal 12-round contest.
Usyk, who had to go to the hospital after the fight due to fears of a broken jaw, is not allowed to compete until June 2.
It appears Fury and Usyk will host it again later this year, with promoter Frank Warren confirming his fighter’s intention to activate his rematch clause.
“There will be a rematch,” Warren said. “I think it’ll be better than the original fight.”
“They both know each other, they have shared the ring and they will try to use what they gained from the fight as an advantage to beat their opponent.”
It was a brutal match, but Fury suffered nothing more than surface damage