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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are expected to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship DAZN pay-per-view Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury (34-0-1, 24 KO) owns the WBC belt while Usyk (21-0, 14 KO) is the IBF, WBA and WBO champion.
Fury on Friday weighed 262 pounds, his lightest since he hit 254½ for his fight with Otto Wallin in 2019. Usyk’s heaviest in his career is 223½.
Also on the card:
- Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Breidis, cuiser (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 serious opponent
- Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Wahab, lightweight
The show’s highlights are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. (main event later in the show).
Boxing Junkie will post round-by-round analysis of the main event and results of featured fights, as well as brief recaps immediately after the fight ends. Simply come back to this post and refresh when the time comes.
Full coverage – detailed fight stories, analysis and more – will appear on separate posts the night of the card and the day after.
Enjoy the battles!
