I don't know if there's any official boxing rule saying that a boxer needs to drop to the ground (or kneel etc) before he can be considered knocked down and the counting can begin, but if it's up for the referee to decide, then I see no controversy re the round 9 situation.
Tyson was in trouble but he was conscious, so stopping the fight would be completely wrong, and I don't think Fury would necessarily be KO'd cold if the referee didn't step in. Anything could've happened, but, to me, it looked like Fury was about to drop on his knee before he noticed the ref got between himself and Usyk.
This doesn't matter though, as Usyk has still won, and during the post-fight interview, he wasn't bothered by the situation at all.
I haven't seen the full fight yet, only the extensive highlights, but think Usyk won fair and square. The rematch should be really exciting.
lost money.
Fury was about to go down he couldn't even raise his hands, if it weren't for the referee stepping in, he'd be KO'd. i don't know if referee will also step in if this happens to Usyk but its definitely intervening to a fight result.
no referee would count it as knockdown when you just lean on ropes.
and then in the interview after the fight, Fury is saying that he could have box more if he knew he was losing. of course you are losing, the ref counted 8 on you. or its true that someone in his team advising him to keep coasting since he said he would have hit Usyk more if he just knew he is losing.
idk, its just ungraceful in defeat.
i don\t think Bin Salman is making money out of this kind of fight. they made this fight happen because the West couldn't make this fight to materialize because of the big money involve but this is how they make it?
i doubt there is a rematch to happen in Saudi.