Exactly how I scored it, though the 10th was so close it could have been a draw. I thought every round other than the 10th was very clear.
Though the 10th could have been 10-10 it's pretty hard to do that, you want to pick a winner, and I think you have to give the 10th to Fury. Even though he didn't fight like a champion should during the 10th, Ngannou didn't fight like a guy who deserved to take the belt away.
I think a draw best represents the "overall" of the fight, but round by round if you have to score each round, Fury takes it 95-94
There were a few times, like many fights where both swung at the same time, and it wasn't clear what landed. Quite a few non eventful rounds that fury seemed to edge in retrospect.
Watching it live, the bt commentary were going wild, claiming that fury was way behind, though I had my doubts about that.
Ngannou clearly won the moral victory. He hurt fury, knocked him down. Fury didn't hurt ngannou, notably when he came out in the first with a big right.
Ngannou proved he could box ok, hold his own, and certainly a threat with his power.
Really an extraordinary achievement by ngannou. Very close to beating the boxing heavyweight champ in his first fight.
Was fury just using it as a little warm up camp prior to usyk. Is ngannou really just that dangerous. A huge, heavy, powerful strong and athletic man that boxing had yet to see. Unanswered questions.
Bad timing, in that in deserves a rematch but we now have the undisputed fight with rematch clause next. Which should be good, though some of the wind has come out of the sails. Advantage may edge towards usyk now, after that sloppy performance. But fury, if his confidence is still there, holds a lot of advantages.
And what does ngannou do. Box or do mma. Plenty to consider.
