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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are expected to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Saturday’s pay-per-view in Saudi Arabia.
TYSON FURY (34-0-1, 24 KOs)
WITH. OLEKSANDR USYK (21-0, 14 KOs)
- Day: Saturday, May 18
- Time: 12pm ET / 9am PT (main event will be shown later)
- Where: Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Television/Streaming: DAZN pay-per-view
- Assignment: Heavy (unlimited)
- Under threat: Usyk’s Fury’s IBF, WBA, WBO and WBC titles
- Pound-for-pound boxing addict: Usyk No. 3, Fury No. 9
- The odds: Even (average of many stores)
- Meaning (maximum five stars): *****
- Also on the card: Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Breidis, cuiserweights (for vacant IBF title); Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace junior lightweight (for Cordina’s IBF title); Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Safar, cruiserweight; Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez, a strong opponent; Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Wahab, lightweight
- Background: The time has finally come. The Fury-Usyk talk for the undisputed heavyweight championship started the moment Usyk beat Anthony Joshua for the first of two times in September 2021. The fight was originally scheduled for the 17th. February but it was pushed back after Fury was cut during the fight. Fury just had the worst performance of his career. Split decision on Francis Ngannou in the MMA star’s boxing debut. Fury fought back from the knockdown in the third round but was lucky to have his hand raised. Many believe he did not prepare well for the match, a mistake he will not make ahead of Saturday’s game. The 35-year-old player from England seems to be in very good shape. Usyk also did not give his best effort in his most recent fight against Daniel Dubois in August. The 37-year-old former 200-pound champion went down after a controversial body shot that was considered a low blow in the second round. years, giving him more time to recover. He recovered to Stop Dubois in ninth place to retain his title.
- Guess: Fury UD
