Usyk's narrow win over Fury in pictures

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.

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

Fury produced an epic ringwalk, which we assume was a homage to Santa Claus

For those of you who missed Fury's boots during the frantic action, here is a close-up

The fight began cagily as both men tried to assert themselves

Usyk's left hand landed a lot of shots in the fight

Usyk dropped to his knees at the final bell, believing he had won

Fury soon joined him, with the heavyweights sharing 24 epic rounds together across two fights

Fury then got around to some celebrations of his own

But it wasn't to be for Fury, who had not suffered back-to-back losses as a boxer since 2008, when he was an amateur

Usyk improved to 23-0 and has been unbeatable across both the heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions

Fury said after the fight he felt he had won the bout by at least three rounds