Tyson Fury Edges Francis Ngannou, Escaping Huge Upset

Tyson Fury won the fight on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but it feels like the real winner was Francis Ngannou of the event.

Despite Ngannou dropping Fury in the third round of their non-title match with a scraping left hook, the latter escaped the fight with a narrow split-decision victory. The official judge’s scorecards were as follows in Fury’s favor: (94-95, 96-93, 95-94).