Oleksandr Usyk beat Tyson Fury by split decision to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 25 years on Sunday, in Saudi Arabia.

Two judges scored it for Usyk by scores of 115-112 and 114-113 while the third gave it to Fury 114-113. 

The victory extended the 37-year-old Usyk’s professional record to 22-0. After his first loss, 35-year-old Fury stands at 34-1-1.

Ukraine’s Usyk, who remains undefeated with an unprecedented feat in boxing’s four-belt era, joins the likes of Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, and Mike Tyson as undisputed heavyweight champion, the first since boxing recognised four major belts in the 2000s.

Britain’s Lennox Lewis was the last man to unify the heavyweight belts — three at the time — after beating Evander Holyfield in 1999.

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