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Usyk's narrow win over Fury in pictures

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Oleksandr Usyk remains Mr Untouchable in the boxing world as he defeated Tyson Fury on points to retain his heavyweight world titles on Saturday.

Usyk, 37, improved to 23-0 as he narrowly outpointed Briton Fury over 12 extremely competitive rounds.

The Ukrainian retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC belts and could face another Englishman in Daniel Dubois next.

But his fight with Fury was another thrilling encounter, and BBC Sport has selected the best pictures from the fight in Riyadh.

Tyson Fury enters the ring dressed as Santa
Fury produced an epic ringwalk, which we assume was a homage to Santa Claus [Getty Images]
Tyson Fury red boxing boots that say 'We are Spartans'
For those of you who missed Fury's boots during the frantic action, here is a close-up [Getty Images]
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk punch each oher
The fight began cagily as both men tried to assert themselves [Getty Images]
Oleksandr Usyk lands a left hand on Tyson Fury
Usyk's left hand landed a lot of shots in the fight [Getty Images]
Oleksandr Usyk drops to his knees
Usyk dropped to his knees at the final bell, believing he had won [Getty Images]
Tyson Fury embraces Oleksandr Usyk
Fury soon joined him, with the heavyweights sharing 24 epic rounds together across two fights [PA Media]
Tyson Fury celebrates
Fury then got round to his own celebrating [Reuters]
Tyson Fury looks dejected in the ring
But it wasn't to be for Fury, who had never suffered back-to-back losses as a boxer since 2008, when he was an amateur [Getty Images]
Oleksandr Usyk celebrates
Usyk improved to 23-0 and has been unbeatable across heavyweight and cruiserweight [Reuters]
Tyson Fury, battered and bruised, speaks at a news conference
Fury said after the fight he felt he had won the bout by at least three rounds [Reuters]

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