Former undisputed WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury has been urged to make his return to boxing on dwelling soil subsequent by former world heavyweight titleholder, Lennox Lewis — who believes himself and fellow ex-champion, Anthony Joshua can nonetheless meet in London within the “greatest combat in historical past.
Fury, a former undisputed WBC heavyweight champion, succumbed to his second consecutive defeat in a single day in Riyadh, dropping a back-and-forth unanimous resolution (116-112, 116-112, 116-112) loss to former undisputed world heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk.
The outing marked Morecambe native,Tyson Fury’s first matchup within the ring since earlier this yr in Might, wherein he was virtually stopped in a ninth spherical technical knockout en path to a cut up judging loss to Ukrainian fan-favorite, Usyk.
Tyson Fury urged to hunt out grudge matchup with Anthony Joshua subsequent
And off the again of final evening’s loss — wherein Brit veteran, Tyson Fury claimed Usyk was “gifted” a win by the judges forward of the Christmas holidays, the 36-year-old was urged to nonetheless hunt down a long-drawn out grudge combat with compatriot, Joshua.
“It was a good fight,” Lennox Lewis informed TNT Sports activities reporter, Carloline Pearce. “I’d’ve appreciated to see Tyson (Fury) slightly bit extra aggressive and go at (Oleksandr) Usyk a bit extra. As a result of he gained the primary combat, so it’s as much as Tyson to go after him and ensure he wins the second combat.
“I didn’t hear the scoring. In terms of the winner, yes [they got it right],” Lennox Lewis defined. “He will feel he maybe won the fight. I don’t know because I felt like he could’ve done more work. You know, Usyk was hitting him to the body a couple of times, getting those free shots, and those are scoring points, so I guess that’s what the judges were looking at. He (Fury) goes to London for the biggest fight in history. Maybe [against] Anthony Joshua.”
