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Tyson Fury believes he beat Oleksandr Usyk in May’s undisputed heavyweight contest and says the Ukrainian was like a “local amateur boxer”.<\/b><\/p>\n
Usyk, 37, won the bout by split decision<\/a> in Saudi Arabia to become boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n Fury disputed the result in the immediate aftermath and maintains the belief that he did enough to get his arm raised.<\/p>\n “I’ve watched the fight back lots and still got the same answer – I thought I won,” Fury said on his YouTube channel, external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n “Usyk knows he didn’t beat me. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it’d be. <\/p>\n “My problem was I probably had too much fun. It was too easy. It was like I was in there with a local amateur boxer. <\/p>\n “I was enjoying it too much, messing around and paid the ultimate price in round nine.”<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Usyk is undefeated in 22 professional fights, won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics and was the undisputed champion at cruiserweight.<\/p>\n The scorecards read 115-112 and 114-113 for the Ukrainian, with a third judge scoring it 114-113 to Fury.<\/p>\n