Tyson Fury recovers from knockdown in split decision win over Francis Ngannou

Tyson Fury remains unbeaten in his professional career. Pic: Yazeed Aldhawaihi/AP

Tyson Fury had to get up off the canvas before grinding his way to a highly unconvincing split decision win over Francis Ngannou in their heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia.

What appeared a mismatch between the WBC champion and a mixed martial artist boxing professionally for the first time did not go according to plan for Fury, who was decked by a left hook in the third round.