Tyson Fury has disputed the judges’ decision following his second consecutive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk last Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Fury was outpointed by a score of 116-112 by the three ringside judges as Usyk underscored his reputation as the finest heavyweight fighter of his era with what many observers saw as a close but conclusive decision win for the Ukrainian champion.

The ‘Gypsy King’, though, didn’t quite see it that way, as he outlined to reporters — including The Mac Life — post-fight in Riyadh.

“I was quite confident,” Fury said of how he was feeling before the result was announced.

“I thought I won that fight again. I think I’ve got ‘Larry Holmes’d’ here. I thought I’ve won both fights, but then again I’ve gone home with two losses on my record now, so there’s not much I can do about it. I can just fight my heart out and do the best I can. But again, I’ll always believe until the day I die I’ve won that fight.”

The fight wasn’t quite as dramatic as their first, in which Fury was nearly finished by Usyk during a chaotic ninth round, and likely had some rounds that were difficult to score. In the end, though, it was Usyk’s ringcraft that was judged to have been the more effective — even if Fury and his team don’t quite agree.

“I was on the front foot all night, landing body and head,” he said. “Frank [Warren] had me three or four rounds up, a lot of people had me at least two. I just don’t know. Listen, it is what it is. I’m not going to cry over spilled milk, it’s happened now.

“I know boxing, been in it all my life, you can’t change no decisions, but I’ll just always feel a little bit hard done by. Not a little bit, actually a lot, but I think when you don’t get the knockout, this is what happens. You can’t guarantee a win.

“I felt a little bit of Christmas spirit in there and I think he got a little Christmas gift from them judges.”

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