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Plane-side forgiveness: Fury forgives referee after Usyk stops Verhoeven

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Source: Boxing Scene
Plane-side forgiveness: Fury forgives referee after Usyk stops Verhoeven
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Oleksandr Usyk won by stoppage in the 11th round against Rico Verhoeven in Egypt, and on the flight home Peter Fury confronted the referee Mark Lyson about the stoppage before forgiving him, saying he hadn’t heard the bell and that the call was a genuine mistake made in the heat of the moment.

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