{"id":293257,"date":"2023-10-29T00:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293257"},"modified":"2023-10-29T00:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:24:03","slug":"furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury&#8217;s face is left battered and bruised after his split decision victory over Francis Ngannou&#8230; while the former MMA star looks fine despite defeat<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tyson Fury beat Francis Ngannou via a split decision on Saturday in Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Despite his win, Fury&#8217;s body and face was left battered\u00a0and bruised by Ngannou\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tyson Fury was left with several cuts and bruises on his face after his Battle of the Baddest fight against Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King took on the former MMA star in Riyadh in one of the most eagerly-anticipated bouts of the year on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Fury narrowly won the fight by split decision via a score of 94-95, 96-93, 95-94, but Ngannou left with much credit after a fine display in his first ever professional boxing fight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite his victory, it was clear to see that the Cameroonian had pushed Fury all the way as the Gypsy King&#8217;s body and face looked battered and bruised.<\/p>\n<p>In the third round, Ngannou even knocked down Fury having cut him in the previous round in a sight that is unfamiliar to boxing fans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/00\/77128963-12684425-image-a-1_1698537239141.jpg\" height=\"324\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury was left with several cuts and bruises after his victory over Francis Ngannou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/00\/77128979-12684425-image-a-2_1698537243388.jpg\" height=\"323\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Ngannou looked fine after a highly impressive display on his boxing debut<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Ngannou still looked relatively fresh-faced and didn&#8217;t have any noticeable damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-fight, Fury heaped praise on his opponent and hinted that he had been surprised by how good the former MMA star was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That definitely wasn&#8217;t in the script,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Francis is a hell of a fighter, strong, a\u00a0big puncher and a lot better boxer than we all thought he would ever be.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a very awkward man, a good puncher and I respect him a lot. He wasn&#8217;t coming forward, standing back and waiting for me to land my punches and then trying to counter &#8211; he&#8217;s a good fighter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s given me probably one of my toughest fights in the last ten years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his bruised body and face, Fury defended his performance and highlighted how he got the job done.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;(The knockdown was) nothing. it&#8217;s a part of boxing. I got caught behind the head again. My legs didn&#8217;t hurt or anything and I got back up and I was fine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/00\/77128771-12684425-image-a-3_1698537246477.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury was knocked down by Ngannou in the third round as he took several hits in the face<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/01\/77129741-12684425-image-m-54_1698538431473.jpg\" height=\"583\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King was pushed all the way by the former MMA star during the fight in Riyadh<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was what it was, I got back to my boxing. I don&#8217;t know how close it was but I got the win and that&#8217;s what it is.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been out the ring a long time again. 11 months since my last fight and you can see it in here. Ring rust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But no excuses, Francis is a good fighter and he caught me with some good punches so fair play to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s cut me above the eye. I don&#8217;t know if it was a left hook or headbutt, I&#8217;m not sure but it was a good rough fight. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12684425\/Tyson-Fury-Francis-Ngannou-MMA.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tyson Fury&#8217;s face is left battered and bruised after his split decision victory over Francis Ngannou&#8230; while the former MMA star looks fine despite defeat <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\" title=\"Fury&amp;apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fury&amp;apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fury&amp;apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tyson Fury&#8217;s face is left battered and bruised after his split decision victory over Francis Ngannou&#8230; while the former MMA star looks fine despite defeat [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\",\"name\":\"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boxing\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/boxing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft","og_description":"Tyson Fury&#8217;s face is left battered and bruised after his split decision victory over Francis Ngannou&#8230; while the former MMA star looks fine despite defeat [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/","name":"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-29T00:24:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/furys-face-is-left-with-several-bruises-and-cuts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boxing","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/boxing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fury&apos;s face is left with several bruises and cuts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}