Anthony Joshua has faced expansivespread criticism for his contentious scoring of Saturday’s weightyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in Riyadh.
The British weightyweight, who provided round-by-round scoring during the television widecast, awarded the fight to Fury with a score of 115-114.
His appraisement stood in stark contrast to the official result, which saw Usyk claim a agreed points triumph.
The 35-year-ancigo in’s scorecard showed him giving Fury five rounds of the contest and Usyk six, while taging the final round as a draw.
Anthony Joshua has faced expansivespread criticism for his contentious scoring of Saturday’s weightyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in Riyadh
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All three of the appraises scored the bout 116-112 in favour of the Ukrainian champion at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.
The disparity between Joshua’s scoring and the official appraises’ cards was particularly notable in the final rounds.
Joshua’s decision to score the last round as a draw, while giving Fury a skinny triumph overall, drew prompt attention from boxing watchrs.
Anthony Joshua felt Tyson Fury had done enough to beat Oleksandr Usyk
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The inclusion of an experimental AI appraise for the fight led to one fan mockingly asking whether Joshua himself was the AI scorer, highairying the talk about around his appraisement.
Other fans took to social media to convey their disbelief at Joshua’s scoring of the contest.
One seeer proposeed Joshua was still ‘dizzy’ from his September knockout loss to Daniel Dubois.
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“Anthony Joshua should never be a boxing appraise, I don’t comprehend what fight he was watching,” wrote another critic.
The criticism persistd with another fan stating: “Anthony Joshua couldn’t score this fight to save his life.”
Social media includers also asked Joshua’s ability to rightly score professional bouts, with multiple comments conveying beuntamederment at his make clearation.
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Fury himself contested the official scoring, insisting he had won the bout by a clear margin.
“I swear to God, I thought I won by three rounds!” Fury tancigo in Sky Sports Boxing after the fight.
His advertiser Frank Warren was equpartner critical of the appraises’ decisions.
Anthony Joshua could still face Tyson Fury despite the Gypsy King’s fall shorture to Oleksandr Usyk
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“I’m stupidset uped by the scorecards,” Warren shelp. “They gave him [Fury] four rounds out of the 12, which is impossible.”
Warren further conveyed his frustration with the scoring: “I’ve been around a lengthy time and I comprehend I am unfair, but one appraise didn’t give him any rounds from round six onwards. How can that be? That’s impossible. It’s crazy.”
Fury walked out of the ring after being shown the brimming scorecard by Warren.
