Scorecard: Tyson Fury ends Wladimir Klitschko's heavyweight reign

— -- A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world:

Saturday at Dusseldorf, Germany

Tyson Fury W12 Wladimir Klitschko
Wins world heavyweight title
Scores: 116-111, 115-112 (twice)
Records: Fury (25-0, 18 KOs); Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs)

Rafael's remarks: For more than a decade, Klitschko, who made his name as the 1996 super heavyweight Olympic gold medalist, was the dominant force in the heavyweight division, rolling past one top contender after another. He hadn't lost for 11½ years. He won 22 fights in a row. He successfully defended the title 18 times during his second reign, the third-most in heavyweight history behind Joe Louis (25, best of all time for any weight class) and Larry Holmes (20). And Klitschko held the title for nine years, seven months, seven days, the second-longest tenure in history behind Louis, whose reign lasted a remarkable 11 years, eight months, eight days. And when he stepped into the ring to make a mandatory defense against England's Fury, Klitschko appeared in his 28th world heavyweight title fight, breaking the division record he shared with Louis.

The 6-foot-6, 246-pound Klitschko, untouchable for years since rebuilding his career after three knockout losses, was a huge favorite against Fury, who is 6-9 (if you believe him, because he looked only slightly taller than Klitschko) and 246 pounds. And then the fight began and it was quickly evident that this was not going to be Klitschko's night.

At 39, Klitschko looked every bit his age against the 27-year-old Fury, who was moving well and keeping Klitschko off balance. Fury backed up all of his wild talk by taking Klitschko completely out of his game. But it is not as though Fury seized the world title. He didn't look good either. This was a fight in which one guy looked bad (Fury) and one guy looked way worse (Klitschko), so Fury was the rightful winner and it was nice to see quality scorecards turned in by the three judges on Klitschko's turf in Germany, where he is a major star.

But it was as dreadful a fight as one could imagine, with virtually no action, no clean punching and very little of anything. The CompuBox punch statistics were abysmal for both fighters, especially Klitschko. He landed only 52 of 231 punches (23 percent). Fifty-two punches in a 12-round fight? That is as bad as it gets, especially for a fighter with such a diverse offensive arsenal and great power in both hands. But Klitschko just could not pull the trigger.

Make no mistake though -- Fury was not a whole lot better, connecting on 86 of 371 punches (23 percent). But at least Fury showed a bit of fire, which Klitschko could have used, even after trainer Johnathon Banks was honest with him after the 10th round and told him he needed a knockout. Had Emanuel Steward, Klitschko's late Hall of Fame trainer, been in the corner, he no doubt would have been begging Klitschko to let his hands go much sooner. But perhaps Klitschko, who is from Ukraine and lives in Miami, just grew old after 19 years in the pros and 68 fights.

In the fifth round, an accidental head-butt opened a cut under Klitschko's left eye. In the 11th round, referee Tony Weeks, who had warned Fury for hitting behind the head several times, finally took a point when he did it again. In the end, point deduction or not, Fury was the rightful winner. It was a bad fight, but nobody can ever take that moment away from Fury, who broke out into song in the ring.

He'll have his victory lap and soak up all the attention for his great accomplishment, while Klitschko will have to think about what he wants to do next. If he elects to fight on, there will likely be a rematch, because he has one in his contract if he wants it. If they fight again, however, hopefully it will be a real fight and not a staring contest like this bout mostly was.

Saturday at Tequisquiapan, Mexico

Carlos Ocampo W10 Jorge Paez Jr.
Welterweight
Scores: 100-90, 99-92, 99-91
Records: Ocampo (17-0, 11 KOs); Paez Jr. (39-7-2, 23 KOs)

Rafael's remarks: For the third fight in a row, Mexico's Paez, 27, the son of former featherweight titleholder Jorge Paez Sr., was matched with an undefeated opponent. His matchmaker is doing him no favors as Paez is 1-2 in those fights. He got knocked out by Jose Benavidez Jr. in the 12th round of an interim junior lightweight title bout in May, eked out a 10-round majority decision against Daniel Echeverria in August but was dominated by 20-year-old prospect Ocampo, of Mexico.

The taller, more aggressive and busier Ocampo outworked Paez consistently throughout the fast-paced fight. Paez seemed to be aware he needed to do something dramatic in the final round as he pressed for a knockout but could never land the big blow.