Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk LIVE RESULTS: Usyk ROCKED in thrilling main event – latest updates
TYSON FURY is taking on Oleksandr Usyk in the fight of the century RIGHT NOW – and the Gypsy King is finding his range!Fury puts his WBC title on the line while the Ukrainian’s WBA, IBF and WBO straps will be up for grabs in Saudi Arabia in the first heavyweight undisputed fight in 25 years.A thrilling undercard has concluded in Riyadh which saw Joe Cordina controversially stopped by Anthony Cacace, and a bloody Jai Opetaia outpoint Mairis Briedis.TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK: FREE BETS, ODDS AND PREVIEWFollow all the action from Riyadh with our live blog below…Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 7
Usyk once again closes the distance after the restart but he’s getting picked off at range.
And when he does take a step back, his body is getting blasted by nasty hooks.
Usyk finds a home for his straight left but Fury eats it like a packed lunch made by his loving wife Paris.
Another straight left snaps back the head of Fury, who circles back out of range to try to create space for a body shot
Usyk manages to close the distance with seconds remaining ad finds a home for a two-punch combo.
But Fury manages to circle away to hear the bell.
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Usyk is on the front foot straight after the restart and is looking to put Fury on the back foot again.
A hard body shot to the solar plexus gives Usyk more food for thought.
Fury almost closed the show with a huge uppercut with a minute and a half of the round remaining.
But he finds a home for it 20 seconds later and Usyk is in retreat mode.
Fury closes out the round with a bit of showboating, put his hands behind his back before resting his arms on the ropes.
A huge round for the Wythenshawe warrior
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Usyk takes the centre of the ring after the restart and looks to feint his way into range.
Fury is doing a good job of keeping the Ukrainian at bay when he looks to close the distance.
A rasping uppercut snaps back the head of Usyk.
Fury is hurting Usyk to the body with relentless hooks to the midriff.
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Fury goes to work to the body with two hard shots after the restart.
He’s absolutely loving this, dancing around after landing his shots.
But he’s still allowing himself to get backed up and invite the pressure from Usyk.
Fury lands a beautiful counter right as Usyk comes forward.
Usyk has his head snapped back by another hellacious uppercut.
Both men nearly land hard back hands before the bell, with Fury narrowly missing an uppercut and Usyk an overhand left.
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Fury is on his bike after the restart and lands a stiff straight right from range.
Usyk has decided to close the distance after eating that shot and is going to work on Fury’s trimmed-down torso.
A solid overhand left snaps back the head of Fury with just over a minute of the stanza remaining.
Fury lands a good combo with thirty seconds remaining. But he gets pushed back against the ring again and eats another flurry before the bell.
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Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 2
Usyk opens up the round with a big one-two that snaps back the head of Fury.
Fury tries to make light of it but that combo clearly stunned him.
Usyk is setting the stone and the pressure as he advances forward.
A big uppercut narrowly misses for Fury, who knows all too well that’s the shot to deploy on a shorter opponent.
Fury is throwing more punches but isn’t being as accurate as Usyk.
Usyk backs up Fury into the corner and lands a good three-punch combo.
But Fury comes roaring back with a hard body shot after circling away from danger.
Fury finally lands an uppercut, albeit to the body of the former cruiserweight king.
That round goes to Fury.
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Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 1
Here we go. Both men look to establish dominance early by taking the centre of the ring.
Fury marches down the Ukrainian, who opens up with a stiff body shot.
The Gypsy King looks massive in comparison to Usyk, who is no dwarf whatsoever.
Usyk is happy to operate on the outside, although the early jab he’s eaten will have given him some food for thought.
Fury is trying to draw out attacks from Usyk, who is not putting too much into his punches.
Fury gets backed into the corner and channels his inner Muhammad Ali by doing the rope-a-dope.
Usyk lands a big overhand left just seconds before backing Fury into the corner.
Fury dodges the ensuing flurry and gestures to the crowd as if demanding them to acknowledge his head movement.
Copy linkCopiedFury fans are making themselves heard
You can hear faint chants of “There’s only one Tyson Fury.”
There is only one Gypsy King, but within the next 40 minutes, there’ll only be one man who can call themself the undisputed king of the heavyweights.
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Copy linkCopiedHere comes Fury
Tyson Fury is on his way to the ring – and he’s pulled out some absolute bangers for his walkout.
Who would’ve thought we would’ve heard Barry White and Bonnie Tyler would be blaring out of the speakers ahead of the biggest fight of the last 25 years?
Not me, that’s for sure.
Copy linkCopiedHere comes Usyk
Oleksandr Usyk is making his way to the ring for the biggest fight of his career.
And he’s paying homage to the ancient Kossack warriors of yesteryear with his out.
He couldn’t get any cooler if he tried.
Oleksandr Usyk looks imperious during his ring walk at Fury fight
Copy linkCopiedFury faithful in full voice
The travelling army of Tyson Fury fans were in full voice before this impromptu JID concert.
And, unsurprisingly, they were belting out Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’.
Fury fans are in full voice with renditions of ‘Sweet Caroline’ and ‘Fury’s on Fire’ ahead of undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk
Copy linkCopiedWe have a pre-fight concert, really?
Unsurprisingly, we have an impromptu pre-fight concert.
JID – who is signed to J. Cole’s label – currently spitting bars in a glass box above the ring.
I’m a fan, but this isn’t what we’re wanting to see right now.
Copy linkCopiedTale of the tape
Here is how Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk stacked up before Friday’s weigh-ins.
Copy linkCopiedIt’s almost time, folks
The Fight of the Century is just moments away.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk for all the heavyweight marbles.
History will be made as the first undisputed king of the heavyweights in the four-belt era will be crowned.
I’ve got goosebumps just thinking about the pair FINALLY trading heavy leather.
Not long until we get to see the pair try to outfox one another.
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Copy linkCopiedWally’s word
SunSport’s Wally Downes Jr, who is perched ringside, spotted an unusual shirt choice from referee Howard Foster.
Usually, a ref wears a white shirt and any blood turns it a bright and flamboyant pink.
But Howard Foster is in a blue number and the claret has mixed to create a purple-to-brown hue.
He looks like he’s just really enjoyed a good plate of BBQ ribs – not officiated a bloody world title fight.
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Copy linkCopiedOpetaia wins!
Jai Opetaia regains the IBF cruiserweight title with a second successive win over Mairis Briedis.
The fight went to the final bell and the judges turned in scorecards of 117-111, 116-112 and 116-112.
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Copy linkCopiedWally’s word – Ronaldo and AJ’s natter
AJ and Ronaldo didn’t even watch much of that round 11 action between Opetaia and Briedis, they were nattering away like a pair of grannies in the Co-Op.
“Oh you should have heard what Carl Froch said about you.”
“Ohh that Ten Hag was so mean to you…”
Anthony Joshua and Cristiano Ronaldo chat and smile at ringside ahead of Fury vs Usyk
Copy linkCopiedOpetaia vs Briedis – Round 12
Briedis is going for broke and swinging for the fences.
And who can blame him given the success he had in the 11th round.
This is the most trouble we’ve seen Opetaia in. He needs to establish the distance and pump out the jab to keep the Latvian at range.
A HUGE right hand from Briedis stiffens the legs of Opetaia. But Opetaia recovers.
Briedis is sensing a big, big upset in the final seconds of the fight. But he fails to land the Hail Mary he needs to level their series.
What a fight.
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Copy linkCopiedOpetaia vs Briedis – Round 11
Briedis landed a good right hand towards the end of the tenth and is coming on strong after the restart.
The momentum has shifted and the Lativan is putting Opetaia on the backfoot.
And he’s trying to turn this contest into a dogfight. Opetaia would be wise to get on his bike and box at range in the final round.
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Copy linkCopiedWally’s word – A quiet Kingdom
The packed Kingdom Arena is silent but it’s out of respect and intrigue instead of ambivalence.
The crowd claps at the end of every exciting round. But they are spellbound during the action and have no bar to race to during every break.
There are the occasional loud shouts for a favourite, the Irish went nuts for Cacace.
But the travelling Traveller army will light the place up when they bundle in soon.
AJ is sat next to Ronaldo, Teddy Atlas and Roberto Duran have been having a laugh.
David Haye has one of his girlfriends here with him. IT’S ALL GOING OFF
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Copy linkCopiedOpetaia vs Briedis – Round nine
Opetaia is clearly up on the scorecards and cruising to a victory.
But the Aussie has extremely high standards and will no doubt be disappointed with his display so far.
Briedis, despite being outclassed, is still chipping away – albeit with singular telegraphed shots.
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Copy linkCopiedWally’s word – Time for Joe Cordina to move up
Joe Cordina’s career at super-feather looks over after Anthony ‘Apache’Cacace took his scalp and IBF world title.
The Welsh Wizard looked more haggard than Hagrid as he had abused himself to make the 9st 4lb limit.
Cacace dropped him and bullied him before ref Bob Williams finally jumped in – it should have been earlier.
If Cordina cannot safely make the weight in 40-degree Riyadh heat – over three weeks – he won’t be able to make it anywhere, if he tries to rebuild.
Up to lightweight or into the Wales history books he goes.
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Copy linkCopiedOpetaia vs Briedis – Round seven
Say what you like about Briedis, but he’s well and truly giving it his all.
He’s out-skilled and somewhat outgunned, but he’s turning in a hell of an effort.
All at the ripe old age of 39.
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Copy linkCopiedWally’s word on Sanchez vs Kabayel
SunSport’s Wally Downes Jr is live on the scene at the Kingdom Arena.
And here are his thoughts on Agit Kabayel’s upset of Frank Sanchez.
Frank Sanchez, the Cuban prospect who looks like a veteran of the world’s hardest paper round, was undone perfectly by Agit Kabayel.
The German pinged the Team Canelo heavyweight all over the Riyadh ring before the referee stopped the beatdown.
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Copy linkCopiedOpetaia vs Briedis – Round six
Briedis, despite being up there in age, is still a live dog in this.
And the cracking right hand he landed as Opetaia wildly entered range is a testament to that.
A huge shot from Opetaia seemingly shatters the nose of the Latvian, who is bleeding like a stuck pig.
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