Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury fight date, time, TV and stream information, betting odds and more

The rematch comes seven months after the Ukranian defeated the Gypsy King via split-decision

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Dec 18 2024
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Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury do battle once again this weekend, with the IBO, WBC and WBO heavyweight world titles on the line. The rematch comes seven months after the Ukranian defeated The Gypsy King via split-decision to maintain his undefeated status.

Two of the judges at ringside scored the bout in Usyk's favour (114-113 and 115-112), while the other had it 114-113 to Fury. The English heavyweight is confident of avenging the first defeat of his career. However, he says he won't change much for the rematch.

Here's what you need to know:

Date

Saturday, December 21.

Time

Ring walks for the main event are expected to commence around 10pm Irish time.

However, the action kicks off hours earlier, with the first fight likely to start around 5pm.

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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to lock horns again on December 21 with the Brit attempting to avenge his defeat by the Ukrainian in May. Victory for Fury could also set up a huge domestic showdown with bitter rival Anthony Joshua next year

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Venue

The Kingdom Arena in Riyadh will stage the event. It can accomodate up to 40,000 spectators.

TV and stream information

The action will be shown live on DAZN pay-per-view, TNT Sports Box Office, and Sky Sports Box Office – priced at€27.95. You can purchase it on DAZN here.

Full fight card

Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury - IBF, WBC and WBO world heavyweight titles
Serhii Bohachuk vs Ishmael Davis - super-welterweight
Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean - heavyweight
Johnny Fisher vs David Allen - heavyweight
Peter McGrail vs Rhys Edwards - super-bantamweight
Isaac Lowe vs Lee McGregor - featherweight
Daniel Lapin vs Dylan Colin - light-heavyweight
Andrii Novytskyi vs Edgar Ramirez - heavyweight
Mohammed Alakel vs Joshua Ocampo - super-featherweight

Quotes corner

Tyson Fury: “I’m just going to use my boxing, like I did last time. I’m not going to do anything drastic, like a total change of gameplan because it’s not needed.

“If it was five, six or seven rounds the opposite way and it was a landslide, then fine. Then I’d have to change something drastically.

“But because it was a very close fight, I don’t really need to change much. I just need to be a little bit more focused and that’s it really.

“Why would I change something when I had control of the fight for maybe 80 per cent of it?

“I’m landing on him at will, head and body, lead right uppercuts, left hooks, right hooks to the body. Doubles at times. I don’t feel I need to change anything.

“I don’t think Usyk will change either because his key to victory has to be coming forward. He ain’t going to outbox me on the back foot. It’s not possible. So he has to come forward and make a fight of it.”

Lennox Lewis: "I think he (Fury) will be coming back to avenge his loss. I’ve been in that position and when you’re a competitor and a champion like Tyson Fury, he’s going to be looking at it and saying, I need to do something different.

“I feel he could be more serious in the first few rounds. I think the showboating and all that type of thing, he has to push that out of the way and be more focused on the win.”