Frank Warren reveals stance after rewatching Tyson Fury defeat to Oleksandr Usyk - 'Closer than I thought'

When it was announced that Usyk had, once again, come out on top both Warren and Fury were left enraged.

Fury claimed he was 'robbed' by the judges, while Warren hit out at their verdict by expressing his bewilderment.

Now, the boxing promoter has revealed he's watched the fight back.

And though Warren concedes that the bout was closer than he first thought, he's still adamant Fury didn't deserve to lose.

“I still feel that Tyson won it, I think it’s much closer than I thought the first time, but I still thought he won it," the 72-year-old told Box Nation.

"I watched it again, and a lot of people involved in the sport who I consider to be quite knowledgeable, and I consider myself to be quite knowledgeable, having been doing it for 47 years and guided god knows how many champions in my time, I don’t see how one of the judges did not give Tyson one of the last seven rounds.

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"I cannot see that. I watched it back and the other two judges each gave him a round each. I don’t understand that.

"It was a close fight, like the first fight. I thought Tyson would be stopping him this time, but it didn’t happen.”

Warren previously said it was 'nuts' that Usyk had been given the win - while also branding the decision 'very harsh'.

"It's nuts," he said earlier this month.

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"Did you have him as only winning four rounds out of eight?

"Very harsh. It's nuts. I don't get it. But it is what it is, and we'll see what happens in the future with Tyson.

"Tyson was dumbfounded. They gave him four rounds out of the 12, which is impossible.

"I've been around a long time and I know I'm biased, but one judge didn't give him any rounds from round six onwards. Look! No rounds. How can that be? That's impossible.

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"Same with the other judge. They gave him one round in the last six, and the same here with this guy. It's crazy. I'm calm and collected, I'm not screaming and shouting. That is nonsense."

Fury, for his part, insisted he wouldn't be appealing the decision.

But he did allege that the judges had decided to give Usyk the victory as an early Christmas present, with the 36-year-old saying: “I felt a little Christmas spirit in there and I think he got a little Christmas gift from them judges. An early Christmas gift.

“I was confident I had won that fight again. I thought I’d won both fights, but then again I’ve gone home with two losses on my record. I will always believe until the day I die that I won that fight.

“I’m not going to cry over spilt milk. It’s happened now. I know boxing, I’ve been in it all my life and you can’t change no decisions.

“I will always feel a little bit hard done by. Not a little bit, actually a lot. When you don’t get the knockout, this is what happens. You can’t guarantee the win.”