Usyk vs Fury 2: Date, fight time, undercard, prediction, latest odds and ring walks
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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury clash again this weekend in the hotly-anticipated rematch of one of the biggest fights of the year in Riyadh. It has been seven months now since the heavyweight rivals finally locked horns in a long-awaited bout that had been delayed by a freak cut suffered by Fury in training, with Usyk forcing Fury to take a standing count and then going on to edge it on points by split decision after a captivating contest to become the first undisputed champion of boxing’s glamour division since Lennox Lewis in 2000.
Fury was quick to exercise a rematch clause after suffering the first defeat of his 36-fight, 16-year professional career, having immediately hit out at the result which saw two judges score the contest 115-112 and 114-113 in favour of Usyk, while a third gave it 114-113 to Fury.
Now the self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ will be out for swift revenge in Saudi Arabia after seeing his latest world title reign ended in May, losing the WBC belt he had held ever since that destructive first victory in his second fight with Deontay Wilder in early 2020.
Undisputed status is not on the line this time however, with Usyk - who holds the WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBO and The Ring belts - vacating the IBF title just weeks after beating Fury as a result of him being unable to face interim champion Daniel Dubois again, with ‘Dynamite’ then upgraded to full champion status before successfully defending the belt emphatically for the first time by knocking out Anthony Joshua at Wembley in September.
