Lewis Claims Fury Was “Playing” When Usyk Hurt, Praises Referee’s Decision

Lennox Lewis thinks the referee did a poor job in the previous fight of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk on his decision not to stop the fight in the ninth round when ‘The Gypsy King’ was out after being hit with a left nail. the hand.

Lewis says Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) was just “playing” for jumping rope to rope while eating repeated headshots from Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), and thinks the referee did the right thing by stopping it. I’ve replayed the fight many times, and it never seems like Fury is “acting” like he’s hurt. He was badly injured, and, shockingly, Lewis didn’t see it.

The referee dismissed Usyk, the Unified heavyweight champion, when he was about to nail Fury at the end of the ninth. The lawyer gave Fury a figure eight, which saved his skin. Win these two prizes:

1. Eating seconds is important
2. To prevent Usyk from messing with him

In the Fury-Usyk rematch in nine days on December 21, Usyk has made it clear that he will come with a knockout. He has taken on the character of Hitman, and he is coming to finish what he started last time.

Fury “Playing” According to Lewis

“He was hit in the nose, which made him fall back on the ropes. He broke the ropes at one point,” said Lennox Lewis to the media about Tyson Fury who was injured by Oleksandr Usyk in the ninth round of their last fight on May 18.

“He was playing when he was bouncing on the ropes because he was using the ropes to stop him. He was jumping on the ropes because he was using the ropes to keep him,” said Lewis about Fury. “I thought the ref was great in that fight because other players would have stopped it. That player stayed focused, he didn’t stop the fight, and he let them fight.”

What on earth is Lewis talking about? Fury was not “playing” when he jumped the ropes after being hurt by Usyk in the ninth. He was out on his feet. How could Lewis know this? Did you do it on purpose??

The way Lennox plays the referee in saving Fury in the ninth round is interesting because he seems to support Fury’s fans, who believe that the referee did the right thing by giving him eight standing points instead of allowing Usyk to finish him off with a coup de. grace

To the fans it looked like the referee gave Fury special treatment to save his skin when he was about to hit the next century. It would be interesting to know if Lennox would have felt the same way if Usyk had been saved by the referee.