Here’s everything you need to know about the heavyweight title unifying fight in Riyadh.
The long-anticipated world heavyweight title unifying fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk is to take place in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Fury, the 35-year-old British WBC champion, and his 37-year-old Ukrainian counterpart, Usyk – who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts – will lock horns over 12 rounds in the Ring of Fire boxing event in Riyadh.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the clash:
Building up to the match, the weigh-in will take place on Friday at 9pm (18:00 GMT).
The undercard event will begin on Saturday at 7pm (16:00 GMT).
Usyk and Fury will be starting their ring walks for the main event at 1am local time on Sunday (22:00 GMT on Saturday).
The fight will start shortly afterwards.
The venue for the match is Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia’s capital.
Usyk, who is also undefeated, is an Olympic gold medalist from Ukraine who has fought and won 21 matches (21-0, 14 KOs). He currently holds the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight belts. The 1.9-metre (6ft, 3 inch) tall fighter has spent time on patrol at home during Russia’s war on Ukraine.
This is the first undisputed world heavyweight title championship since 1999 when Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield.
Fury and Usyk are fighting for the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF titles.
media will run a live page for build-up and text commentary of the fight.
What are the pre-fight events?
The fight will be streamed and broadcast live on multiple regional platforms that are charging pay-per-view fees.
The final prize money has not been revealed and will be known only after the fight, but Fury’s promoter Bob Arum has suggested the British champ will bag more than $100m, about 70 percent of the purse.
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