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OLEKSANDR USYK has beaten Tyson Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world after a stunning split decision win in Riyadh.Usyk added Fury’s WBC title to his WBA, IBF and WBO straps after a thriller in Saudi Arabia which saw Fury survive a brutal knockdown in the ninth round.The Ukrainian icon was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw after his historic win over the Gypsy King.Post-fight Fury confirmed he would discuss the potential rematch, loosely scheduled for October, with his wife and children.Follow all the reaction from Riyadh with our live blog below…Usyk pays tribute to dad
Oleksandr Usyk broke down in tears after beating Tyson Fury as he revealed he begged his deceased dad not to visit his dreams.
He didn’t come to me because the last time he came to me in my dream. I miss my father.
I said to him, you live there, I live here, please don’t come to me, I love you.
For me it’s hard when my father comes to me because I remember how my life… I know he is here.Oleksandr Usyk
Emotional Oleksandr Usyk IN TEARS as he pays tribute to his father after beating Tyson Fury

Copy linkCopiedLennox Lewis breaks silence
Lennox Lewis – the last man to hold all the heavyweight titles – took to Twitter to congratulate Oleksandr Usyk for following in his footsteps and becoming the undisputed ruler of the division.
He tweeted: “Welcome to the club! z@Usykaa.
“Tonight we witnessed a crackin’ fight and history made.
“I was happy to welcome either one of these incredible champions to the Undisputed HW club and tonight it was Oleksandr The Great.
“Looking forward to seeing them do it again. @usykaa has proved that it never too late to add to your legacy. Congrats!
“Fury will learn from this and he’ll be back! Losing is also part of the game, it’s how u respond to a loss that makes all the difference.”

Copy linkCopiedFury quizzed about post-fight comments
Tyson Fury was quizzed about his suggestion that the judges gave Oleksandr Usyk the victory because his native Ukraine is at war.
He said: “It was what it was. It’s not up to the fighters.
“One of the judges had me winning, two of them didn’t. It was what it was.”

Copy linkCopiedSealed with a kiss
Oleksandr Usyk was quick to embrace his wife, Yekaterina, after fulfilling his dream of becoming undisputed heavyweight champion.
What a moment for the couple.

Copy linkCopiedWatch: the moment Usyk dropped Fury
Tyson Fury was literally saved by the bell in truly dramatic fashion against Oleksandr Usyk.
After a slow start, the unbeaten Gypsy King looked to be taking control of the undisputed world heavyweight title fight in Riyadh.
However, Usyk turned the tide again in emphatic fashion in the ninth round.

Copy linkCopiedBattered and bruised … but still standing
Oleksandr Usyk had to be helped back to his dressing room by a member of his team.
The Ukrainian was spotted limping as he made his way backstage.
It’s unclear what injury he suffered.

Copy linkCopiedIn pictures – Fury v Usyk
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Copy linkCopiedHow the fight unfolded …
An explosive ninth round in which Fury was given a 10 count after reeling from a series of left hands before then being saved by the bell swung the contest in the new WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO champion’s favour.
Usyk won 115-112 and 114-113 on two scorecards while the third judge saw it 114-113 for Fury, who felt he should have been given the decision.
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Copy linkCopiedUsyk’s sacrifices
Usyk has missed children’s birthdays and even the birth of his daughter during his eight-month camp for the Fury fight, originally scheduled for February before the Briton suffered a cut in training.
His promoter Alex Krassyuk believed that Usyk was denied a knock-out victory when the referee stepped in as Fury looked about to hit the deck in round nine.
“I believe the referee saved Tyson from a knock-out and stole the ninth-round knock-out, which should have happened,” Krassyuk said.
But Usyk said: “No knock-out, no problem.”
“I don’t think about it because we had a win.”
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Copy linkCopiedSteven Gerrard among the stars in Riyadh
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard joined celebs Anthony Joshua and Cristiano Ronaldo to watch the Fury v Usyk fight in Riyadh.

Copy linkCopiedUsyk – undisclosed injury
Usyk was taken to hospital for a scan on an injury that his promoter Alex Krassyuk refused to disclose after inflicting the first loss of Fury’s career in an enthralling clash that surpassed expectations.
An explosive ninth round in which Fury was given a 10 count after reeling from a series of left hands before then being saved by the bell swung the contest in the new WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO champion’s favour.
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Copy linkCopied’His country is at war – people side with that’
Tyson Fury appeared to claim that he lost his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk because the judges sided with the Ukrainian over the war in Ukraine.
“I believe I won that fight,” Fury said. “I believe he won a few of the rounds, but I won the majority of them, and I believe it was one of those what-can-you-do, one of them … decisions in boxing. We both put on a good fight, best we can do.
“You know, his country is at war, so people are siding with a country at war.”
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Copy linkCopiedUsyk in tears at press conference
An emotional Oleksandr Usyk shed tears for his late father after beating Fury to be crowned the undisputed heavyweight world champion on Sunday.
He shrugged off concerns that he might have suffered a broken jaw while reflecting on defeating Tyson Fury in a riveting battle in Riyadh.
Usyk said he wanted to focus on his family, rather than boxing, and he shed tears at the press conference as he remembered his late father who died just days after he won the Olympic heavyweight title at London 2012.
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Copy linkCopiedWally Downes Jr gives his verdict
Tyson Fury is a dad-of-seven, has £300m in bank and has earned the right to surrender – so why didn’t he against Usyk, writes Sun boxing reporter Wally Downes Jr.
Read Wally’s big fight verdict in the link, below.

Copy linkCopiedUsyk speaks after stunning win
Oleksandr Usyk addressed the media in the early hours of this morning after his stunning victory over Tyson Fury.
Usyk said: “We have a winner. There wasn’t the knockout but no problem.
“We have a winner.”

Copy linkCopiedYou should see the other guy … post-fight in pictures
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Copy linkCopied’I’ll see what I want to do’
Tyson Fury says he is undecided about a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk after losing his unbeaten record in one of the biggest fights in boxing history.
“I’ll have a holiday, go home, put it to the wife and kids I’ll see what I want to do,” the self-styled ‘Gypsy King’ told reporters after the fight.
Copy linkCopiedFull fight breakdown
How the big fight went down last night as Oleksandr Usyk became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world with his stunning win over Tyson Fury:

Copy linkCopiedWhen is the rematch?
Here is what we know about when the HUGE rematch will take place.
Saudi boxing chief, H.E. Turki Alalshikh, confirmed before the fight started that Fury vs Usyk II has been pencilled in for the weekend of October 12/13.
Alalshikh plans to have the rematch to kick off another Riyadh Season.
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Copy linkCopiedHow that ninth round unfolded
How SunSport’s Chisanga Malata saw that dramatic ninth round when Tyson Fury was DROPPED:
Oleksandr Usyk is slowly but surely allowing the gap to be closed, which leads to him eating a big left hand flush in the corner.
Fury gets hurt and is stumbling around the ring. It was a left hand that did the damage.
Fury doesn’t know where he is and is eating a barrage of crisp follow-up shots. He beats the count and the bell thankfully saves him. 
Score: USYK 10-8
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Copy linkCopiedEddie Hearn weighs in
Matchroom Boxing chief and Anthony Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn has given his thoughts on Tyson Fury’s stunning survival of the ninth round against Oleksandr Usyk.
He told DAZN: “How he survived the ninth [round]?
“I thought he was very lucky that the referee didn’t jump in.
He showed unbelievable heart to stay on his feet and unbelievable composure coming out for the tenth and eleventh rounds.
“He was losing those rounds, but he was recovering.”
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Copy linkCopiedUsyk to be stripped of title
Oleksandr Usyk faces only being able to call himself undisputed champion for a matter of weeks.
Usyk prevailed in what was been dubbed “the fight of the century” after beating Fury via split-decision in Saudi Arabia.
Fury lost his WBC title, while Usyk added to his WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
And despite all the attention and build up to the first undisputed heavyweight bout in over 25 years, his status will only last a fraction of that time.
Boxing journalist Dan Rafael has reported that the winner of tonight’s bout will maintain the undisputed title for “less than two weeks”.
It’s said that both Fury and Usyk’s contracts dictate that they must vacate the IBF title ahead of overdue mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic’s bout with Daniel Dubois.
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Copy linkCopiedLennox Lewis breaks silence
Lennox Lewis – the last man to hold all the heavyweight titles – took to Twitter to congratulate Oleksandr Usyk for following in his footsteps and becoming the undisputed ruler of the division.
He tweeted: “Welcome to the club! z@Usykaa.
“Tonight we witnessed a crackin’ fight and history made.
“I was happy to welcome either one of these incredible champions to the Undisputed HW club and tonight it was Oleksandr The Great.
“Looking forward to seeing them do it again. @usykaa has proved that it never too late to add to your legacy. Congrats!
“Fury will learn from this and he’ll be back! Losing is also part of the game, it’s how u respond to a loss that makes all the difference.”

Copy linkCopiedFury quizzed about post-fight comments
Tyson Fury was quizzed about his suggestion that the judges gave Oleksandr Usyk the victory because his native Ukraine is at war.
He said: “It was what it was. It’s not up to the fighters.
“One of the judges had me winning, two of them didn’t. It was what it was.”

Copy linkCopiedHospital trip
Oleksandr Usyk has suffered a broken jaw and has been transported to the hospital.
So he will not be taking part in a post-fight press conference this morning.
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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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Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 6
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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Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 5
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.
Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 4
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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Copy linkCopiedTyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – Round 3
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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TYSON FURY is taking on Oleksandr Usyk in a historic undisputed world title fight TONIGHT!The Gypsy King puts his WBC title on the line while the Ukrainian’s WBA, IBF and WBO straps will all be up for grabs in Saudi Arabia.Tonight’s winner will be crowned the first undisputed heavyweight king since Lennox Lewis in 1999 – and the first in the four-belt era.TYSON FURY VS OLEKSANDR USYK: FREE BETS, ODDS AND PREVIEWFollow all the action from Riyadh with our live blog below…Usyk weight blunder
Oleksandr Usyk’s weight was announced incorrectly ahead of his dream match with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk took to the scales on Friday and officials were heard saying that he was at 233lbs (16.6 stone).
However, the announcers later went on to incorrectly say that the Ukrainian actually weighed 223lbs (15.9 stone).
Oleksandr Usyk’s weight announced WRONG at Tyson Fury weigh-in as fans perform massive U-turn on predictions
Copy linkCopiedWhat channel is it on?
The fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will be broadcast on three different channels here in the UK.
You can watch the clash on TNT Sports Box Office, Sky Sports Box Office as well as DAZN PPV.
Boxing fans can stream the action from the TNT Sports Box Office app, Sky Sports Box Office app, or the DAZN app, all of which are available onto your mobile, tablet and Smart TV.
You can also follow all the action in SunSport’s live blog HERE
Copy linkCopiedWhen is Fury vs Usyk?
Tyson Fury’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk will take place tonight in Saudi Arabia after the original date of February 17 was postponed.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Boxing fans can expect main event ring-walks to get going from around 11pm BST, with the main card likely to start from 5pm BST.
Copy linkCopiedFury vs Usyk preview
Tyson Fury takes on Oleksandr Usyk in the first undisputed heavyweight title clash since 1999 tonight in Saudi Arabia.
The Gypsy King holds the WBC title in boxing’s glamour division, while Usyk is in possession of the WBA, WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine straps.
The undefeated heavyweights have been on a collision course to fight for 18 months, following the Ukrainian’s rematch win over Anthony Joshua in 2022.
Usyk is looking become the first man in history to win undisputed titles at both cruiserweight and heavyweight – and he’s just one win away.
A victory for Fury, on the other hand, would set up an all-British mega-bout with Anthony Joshua in the near future.
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