The heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Council, the Englishman Tyson Fury, scored a narrow victory by split decision over the former MMA heavyweight champion, the Cameroonian Francis Ngannou, at the Boulevard Hall, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury was a big favorite to win this fight, but he found himself up against a determined opponent in Ngannou, who unleashed powerful punches very effectively.
Ngannou sent Fury to the canvas in the third round, but the Englishman got back up, persevered in the rest of the fight and little by little he equalized the action until he closed better in the last two rounds, to win on two cards 95 -94 and 96-93, while a third judge scored 95-94 in favor of the Cameroonian.