USYK IS THE MAN

<p>Four days have passed since Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to become the ‘undisputed’ heavyweight champion.</p><br><p>The magic of that victory and occasion still fills the air in the boxing world but, already, one of the sanctioning bodies is hinting that Usyk might be stripped.</p><br><p>Which begs the question: What really is the point of those sanctioning bodies?</p><br><p>We take a deep dive into the fight, re-examine the scoring, the momentum swings, the voices in Fury’s ear and wonder if a rematch is really the best idea.</p><br><p>In This Week, we go back to 1981 and a fight when Wilfred Benitez scored one of the greatest KOs against Maurice Hope.</p><br><p>Your support has been legendary and we thank you. If you want to support this independent venture financially, please head to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheOpeningBellPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/TheOpeningBellPodcast</a></p><br><p>If you’re not in a position to, don’t worry. Just leave a review instead…</p><br><p>If once you have subscribed to Patreon your ad-free content is not automatically coming up in your feed then please follow this link: <a href="https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/212055866-Subscribe-to-your-Audio-RSS-link-on-the-Patreon-app#h_9002c5a9-26d7-4b30-8abe-956dadc86655" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/212055866-Subscribe-to-your-Audio-RSS-link-on-the-Patreon-app#h_9002c5a9-26d7-4b30-8abe-956dadc86655</a> </p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/12231422">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Opening Bell; A boxing podcast · Matt Christie and Alex Steedman