Round-by-round report: Tyson Fury suffered a knockdown before winning a split decision over Francis Ngannou in Riyadh. Bryan Graham was watching
Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesThanks as always for following along and be sure to check back shortly for Donald McRae’s report from ringside in Riyadh.“I’m a fighter. And I’m ready to fight any time soon. We can run it back again, and I’m sure I will get the better. This was my first boxing match. It was a great experience. I’m not giving any excuse. I know I came up short. But I’m going to go back and work harder with a little more experience and little more feeling of the game.
“He wasn’t coming forward. He was just standing back waiting for me to land my punches and then trying to counter. He’s a good fighter. He’s given me probably one of my toughest fights in the last 10 years.”Michael Buffer reads the judges’ scorecards. The first from Garner is 95-94 for Ngannou. The second from Krebs is 96-93 for Fury. And the third from Pelayo is 95-94 ... for Fury.
Drake’s Started From the Bottom plays on the arena sound system as 10 performers spread across the semi-circled stage wave Cameroon flags to the beat of the track. It appears there might be a slight delay as Buffer treads water on his introduction. And here finally is Ngannou, who appears beneath a gold crown wearing black robe with gold trim.
It’s difficult to be indignant about just sporting greed, or even the heavily hyped Battle of the Baddest between Fury and Ngannou, when something terrible remains lodged in the heart of Saudi society. And so the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo gave NgannouOn Monday I spoke to Lina al-Hathloul, a Saudi Arabian woman in exile in Belgium. Her sister Loujain al-Hathloul is the most internationally renowned female activist in Saudi Arabia.
The 28-year-old Ipswich man abruptly dropped his rival with a vicious right-left combination upstairs midway through the seventh. Adeleye made it to his feet but was unable to defend himself as Wardley rushed in to close the show and referee John Latham waved it off at the 2:43 mark.
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