Tyson Fury will look to avenge his first-ever skilled defeat when he rematches Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia this Christmas.
The Gypsy King missed the possibility to change into the primary undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999 when he lost in his historic meeting with the Ukrainian.
Usyk dropped Fury within the ninth round en path to victory within the pair’s bid to unite all 4 belts for the primary time in 25 years.
‘The Cat’ claimed a split-decision win with scorecards of 115-112 and 114-113 in his favour while the third judge gave it to Fury 114-113.
A second fight between the 2 had been targeted for autumn 2024 but was pushed back to permit Fury and Usyk to get better from their respective facial injuries.
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The rematch is not going to be for the undisputed titles, with Usyk being forced to vacate his IBF belt.
The winner of the clash could then be set to face Daniel Dubois next yr after he retained the IBF title in style in September by knocking out Anthony Joshua.
Fury vs Usyk 2: Date and begin time
This 12-round heavyweight title clash is ready to happen on Saturday, December 21.
The rematch will again be held on the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Start times and extra details are expected to be announced in the end.
If it follows the timings of the primary fight, the undercard will get underway at 7pm UK time, with principal event ringwalks around 11:30pm.
The event is anticipated to be broadcast live to tell the tale TNT Sports Box Office – the brand new name for BT Sport – but pricing is yet to be revealed.
talkSPORT could have updates throughout fight week and talkSPORT.com will probably be running a live blog of all of the motion as well.
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Fury vs Usyk 2: Undercard
Subject to alter…
- MAIN EVENT: Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury – for IBO, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles
- Serhii Bohachuk vs Israil Madrimov
- Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean
- Johnny Fisher vs Dave Allen
- Dennis McCann vs Peter McGrail
- Isaac Lowe vs Peter McGregor
Fury vs Usyk 2: What has been said?
Fury has told Usyk that he’ll knock him out.
The duo met at the primary pre-fight press conference in late October, and the Gypsy King set out his intentions.
He said: “We have got to place that behind us, what happened within the fight.
“I actually have to be slightly bit more focused and slightly bit more smart to get the victory.
“I all the time find yourself knocking them out within the rematch. Whoever I’ve faced greater than once, I’ve ended up knocking them out within the rematch.”
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Nonetheless, despite initially claiming he felt he must have won, Fury has now dropped those comments.
He said: “I’m very completely happy that Usyk got the choice.
“That was meant to be and we’re going to seek out out what’s meant to be December 21.
“I imagine it’s my time this time. I imagine that each one things that occur, negative or positive, are lessons.
“What we all know the right way to do best is getting into there and knock the [stuffing] out of one another.”
