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TYSON FURY has been urged to hang up his gloves following his crushing loss to Oleksandr Usyk.

The Wythenshawe warrior suffered a second straight Saudi points defeat to the slick southpaw in their Riyadh rematch earlier this month.

Tyson Fury suffered a second straight defeat to Oleksandr Usyk earlier this month
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Tyson Fury suffered a second straight defeat to Oleksandr Usyk earlier this monthCredit: GETTY
The Gypsy King is at a career crossroads but has ruled out the prospect of retirement
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The Gypsy King is at a career crossroads but has ruled out the prospect of retirementCredit: PA
Former Brit world champ Duke McKenzie reckons Fury should call it a day
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Former Brit world champ Duke McKenzie reckons Fury should call it a dayCredit: REX

Fury, 36, is at a career crossroads following his failure to reclaim the unified titles and become a three-time heavyweight champion.

A lucrative and long-overdue domestic dust-up with Anthony Joshua will soon be on the table, but former world champ Duke McKenzie Fury should swerve the fight and call it a day.

The former three-weight champion told : “There is no need for a rematch.

"Tyson Fury should just retire.

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"He’s got nothing more to prove, he’s been heavyweight champion of the world.

"[You] can’t ask for more than that, and he’s got more money than he can spend."

McKenzie reckons sticking around for a huge payday against AJ, or anyone else for that matter, could end up being detrimental to the Gypsy King's health long-term.

He continued: “He [Fury] runs the risk now of one or two of the other heavyweights now that should retire that probably won’t.

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Fury vs Usyk 2 round by round: How SunSport scored the controversial heavyweight thriller

OLEKSANDR USYK took another controversial decision over Tyson Fury to regain his heavyweight throne.

Seven months on from their split-decision thriller, this time the scorecards were unanimous 116-112 all in Usyk's favour.

The Gypsy King stormed out of the ring as his promoter Frank Warren was left stunned by the cards.

Here’s how SunSport’s Wally Downes scored the fight…

Round 1

The rules were ignored and Fury arrived at 11:15pm local time with a beard that would make Brian Blessed’s chops feel naked.

If we thought his face fuzz looked overgrown, we were stunned to see the size of his belly when the cameras caught him topless in his dressing room.

His red shorts were so high that you couldn’t even see much of his gut, an inch higher and the 20st beast would have had the option of tucking his nipples down there too.

Fury tried to intimidate Usyk with the final face-off, widening his eyes like a monster but the champ remained ice cold.

They swapped jabs and fenced with their lead hands. Usyk drove left hands into his wobbling belly and then clipped him with a head shot to snatch the opener. Usyk.

Round 2

Usyk lands a scoring one-two to the head as soon as the session starts but then returns to the body and lands lefts, one even makes Fury stumble.

But the Gypsy King lands a treble-jab and then a meaty right hand to take the round.

Still no signs of the body blows and uppercuts that won him the middle rounds of the May fight. Fury

Round 3

Three times Usyk scores with a jab to the body and left hand upstairs.

Fury struggles to deal with the pressure. Fury lands a little check hook and even tries the southpaw stance.

But all his threats to skin and cook the bog-eyed rat or ugly rabbit prove empty. Usyk.

Round 4

Fury makes a bright start with a chopped right hand.

Bit Usyk almost whacks his whiskers off with two left hands that score well.

But Fury pings back with a big right hand that forces Usyk back.

Then that uppercut returns and cuts through Usyk’s guard. Draw.

Round 5

Fury takes control instantly when a right hand is the perfect start to the session

Then the Brit gets warned for rabbit punches as he bids to bully the champ.

Usyk is then walked into a lead left uppercut and then he starts shipping body blows. Usyk scuttles off and has to recover. Fury.

Round 6

Fury in trouble. The challenger’s bloated body starts to sweat and Usyk keeps targeting it with his power-punch left.

Then he goes head hunting and clips Fury’s skull.

The Morecambe giant is buzzed and worried, his head got rocked backwards. He hides the rest of the round. Usyk

Round 7

A quiet round only really features a crisp Fury one-two and a single Usyk left. Draw.

Round 8

A one-two-hook works for Usyk as he pushes all of the pace an pressure and Fury tries to hide his 20st target.

An accidental clash of heads thankfully leaves no cuts.

Fury does launch a limp attack but Usyk smiles back and shakes his shaven head. Usyk.

Round 9

Fury starts to tire, he has so much timber to lug around and lumberjack Usyk loves chopping him down.

He’s too big to dance and rub and counter.

He is playing super-fit Usyk’s game. Usyk.

Round 10

Fury lands a rare uppercut and attacks Usyk’s body. He takes the centre of the ring but then eats a couple of shots.

Fury tries to hold and lean and sap at Usyk’s engine. But he is punished with a left to the cheek.

Big left from Uysk lands and scatters Fury sweat beads off his head.

But Fury cracks back with an uppercut. But Usyk’s pressure and punches win in. Usyk.

Round 11

These could well be the deciding rounds. Usyk is busier, Fury throws an uppercut but it only grazes his guard.

Fury walks onto a tippy-tappy combination but then two serious shots. The wind is coming out of his giant red sails.

Usyk is relentless and bouncing and prodding and punching and Fury is 20st and flagging. Usyk

Round 12

Fury starts like a man who knows he needs at least a lockdown but that helps Usyk counter him.

A combo of three straight punches score for the Ukraine icon.

But Fury keeps swinging and slashing and pulling up the shorts that slip down his back and love handles from all the sweat Usyk has drained out of him.

With a section of the ungrateful crowd booing and whistling they slug it out for the final ten seconds finish. Usyk

SunSport's scorecards: Usyk 118-112 Fury.

"I’d like to see him retire.”

Fury has, so far, snubbed the prospect of retirement, with SunSport exclusively revealing he told his loved ones "it's not over" after he arrived back home.

And AJ promoter Eddie Hearn insists a Wembley war with AJ is all that's left for the Brit.

He told DAZN: "I don't think it's time to start screaming, this night is Usyk vs Fury.

"But the reality is there's only one fight for Tyson Fury and that's Anthony Joshua.

"It's the biggest fight probably in the history of British boxing, everyone will always want to see it.

"And by the way, that wasn't a Tyson Fury that looked finished, it wasn't a flat performance, it wasn't a poor performance.

Eddie Hearn insists a fight with Anthony Joshua is the only one left for Tyson Fury
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Eddie Hearn insists a fight with Anthony Joshua is the only one left for Tyson FuryCredit: Reuters

"He didn't look gun-shy, he didn't look like his punch resistance was in question like we talked about earlier.

"I think Tyson Fury is still potentially at the peak of his powers, just not good enough to be Oleksandr Usyk tonight.

"But for me, AJ against Fury is the one, it's the one at Wembley.

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"I'm going to be pushing His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] to make the fight.

"But that's maybe one for another day, tonight belongs to Oleksandr Usyk.

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"But Fury will struggle with this, I think.

"All fighters do, AJ struggled with the Dubois defeat as well, you're a winner and when you get beat it hurts and this will hurt Fury."

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