Seven months after their glitzy and vastly fashionable undisputed heavyweight boxing struggle, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are set to face off as soon as once more.
The Might 19 struggle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, noticed Usyk grow to be the primary undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 24 years. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian misplaced the ‘undisputed’ crown after he vacated one among his 4 world title belts just a few weeks later.
Now, the famous person fighters will step within the ring as soon as once more in a a lot anticipated rematch.
Right here’s the whole lot you could find out about Fury-Usyk 2:
What’s the date and ring stroll time for the Fury vs Usyk rematch?
The struggle night time is on Saturday December 21.
The ring stroll for the Fury vs Usyk struggle is predicted to begin at 22:00 GMT on Saturday, which is 1am native time on Sunday morning in Riyadh.
The place is Fury-Usyk 2 being held?
Riyadh’s Kingdom Area is the venue for the struggle – the identical location as the primary contest again in Might.
The place can I comply with and watch the Fury vs Usyk rematch?
Al Jazeera’s live text commentary and photo coverage will start at 18:00 GMT on Saturday December 21. We are going to convey you all of the pre-fight speaking factors, evaluation and build-up.
The struggle might be streamed as a dwell pay-per-view occasion on numerous streaming providers.
Who’s on the undercards?
The principle undercard bouts are anticipated to start at 1800 GMT, which is 9pm native time.
- Serhii Bohachuk vs Ishmael Davis
- Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean
- Johnny Fisher vs Dave Allen
- Isaac Lowe vs Lee McGregor
- Daniel Lapin vs Dylan Colin
- Andrii Novytskyi vs Edgar Ramirez – WBC Worldwide heavyweight title
Which titles are Fury and Usyk preventing for?
The rematch won’t be an undisputed championship struggle, and the titles on the road might be Usyk’s WBC, WBA and WBO belts.
What’s the struggle purse?
The prize cash for the rematch is reported to be 190 million {dollars}.
Fury and Usyk will each earn greater than their first heavyweight title struggle in Might though the purse cut up has not been introduced.
Why did Usyk lose his IBF title?
Having determined not to defend the IBF crown in opposition to interim champion and necessary challenger Daniel Dubois, Usyk vacated the belt in June.
Who’s Tyson Fury?
Fury is a two-time heavyweight world champion and has been an expert boxer since 2008. The Manchester-born 36-year-old stands 2.06 metres (6ft, 9 inches) tall with a report of 34 wins, 24 by knockout, and one defeat (34-1-1, 24 KOs).
Who’s Oleksandr Usyk?
Usyk is an undefeated Olympic gold medallist from Ukraine who has fought and gained 22 matches (22-0, 14 KOs). The 37-year-old at present holds the WBA, WBO and WBC heavyweight belts. The 1.9-metre (6ft, 3-inch) tall fighter has hung out on patrol at residence throughout Russia’s warfare on Ukraine.
What occurred within the first Fury-Usyk struggle in Might?
Usyk beat Fury by scoring a razor-thin cut up choice to win the world’s first undisputed heavyweight championship in 24 years, an unprecedented feat in boxing’s four-belt period.
Fury was the early aggressor, however Usyk steadily took cost, and the British fighter was saved by the bell within the ninth spherical earlier than slumping to his first profession defeat.
(Learn Al Jazeera’s blow-by-blow account of the struggle.)
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What was the results of the Fury vs Usyk struggle?
The three judges voted:
- 115-112 to Usyk
- 114-113 to Fury
- 114-113 to Usyk
What did Usyk say after beating Fury?
Usyk was moved to tears and hailed his crowning as an enormous second for him, his household and his nation.
“It’s a good time, an awesome day.”
What did Fury say concerning the struggle?
Fury kissed Usyk on the pinnacle after the ultimate bell however demanded a rematch, claiming he had gained the struggle.
“I consider he gained just a few of the rounds, however I gained nearly all of them, and I consider it was a type of what-can-you-do, one among them … selections in boxing. We each placed on a superb struggle, greatest we are able to do.”
Why are Fury and Usyk having a rematch?
The unique struggle had a rematch clause and even earlier than it was over, consultants predicted the dropping fighter would demand one other struggle.
Proper on cue, Fury mentioned: “I’ll be again. I’ve bought a rematch clause.”
What has Usyk mentioned concerning the rematch?
The Ukrainian has mentioned he’s “a bit bit sick of boxing” however will look to knock out Fury if he will get a chance.
What has Fury mentioned concerning the rematch?
Fury has promised to place in additional effort within the preparations and the struggle the second time round.
“I’ll simply throw extra this time,” Fury mentioned. “Hold hitting him within the face extra typically than I did final time.
“I’m simply going to field good, field intelligent and if I catch him, get him out of there. Fairly much like what I did final time.”
The British fighter additionally desires to chop down on the showboating that was the spotlight of the sooner rounds of the primary struggle.
“A bit of bit much less clowning round and a bit extra focus and that’s it, actually.
“I did extra clowning than anyone in any high-level struggle’s ever accomplished. It’s taken my focus away as effectively, so possibly rather less clowning and extra deal with the precise victory. I used to be messing round an excessive amount of in there.”
