Usyk vs Fury 2 undercard: Who is fighting before heavyweight title rematch in Riyadh?
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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury fight again this weekend in a blockbuster heavyweight title rematch in Riyadh. The sequel to the most highly-anticipated boxing bout of the year sees the self-proclaimed ‘Gypsy King’ on a quest to avenge his maiden professional defeat from back in May, when a close split-decision loss at the Kingdom Arena saw him relinquish his WBC belt as Usyk completed the set to become the first undisputed champion of the sport’s blue riband division since Lennox Lewis in 2000.
Saturday night’s huge event also offers another significant chance for other fighters to make a statement on the biggest stage through the undercard, which features plenty of other British interest and particularly at heavyweight. Moses Itauma and Johnny Fisher are both in action, along with the likes of Ishmael Davis, Dave Allen, Peter McGrail, Rhys Edwards, Isaac Lowe and more. Here’s a full look at Saturday night’s ‘Reignited’ undercard in Saudi Arabia.
Billed as the co-main event of the night, Leeds’ Davis got a late call to step in last week after the withdrawal of Israil Madrimov, who is also due to take on Vergil Ortiz Jr on the stacked Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 card in Riyadh in February.
Madrimov - who lost his WBA light-middleweight title to Terence Crawford in the summer - still seemed set to face Bohachuk, but had to withdraw in the end due to a case of acute bronchitis. Now Usyk’s fellow Ukrainian will instead meet Davis as he seeks a swift response to only his second professional loss at the hands of Ortiz Jr in Las Vegas in August, in which he relinquished the WBC interim belt he had held since outpointing Brian Mendoza earlier in the year.
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