Oleksandr Usyk will yet again be desperate to show why he’s the best heavyweight of this generation when he faces Tyson Fury for a second time.
The Ukrainian picked up the biggest win of his career last time out, defeating the ‘Gypsy King’ via split decision. While the Brit was having a fair bit of success early on, the tide turned just past the midway point when Usyk nearly finished Fury – with only the ropes keeping the 36-year-old up. Fury then struggled to regain any sort of momentum before eventually hearing the final bell.
While Usyk will be looking to put Fury away for good this time around, the Brit is out for revenge and has cut quite an intimidating figure in the build-up to fight night over in the Middle East. The event serves as a real early Christmas present to fans, with the undercard featuring some big names. Both Moses Itauma and Johnny Fisher are two Brits who are also competing later as they both look to maintain their perfect records. Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s fights…
What time is Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk?
The blockbuster event is scheduled to take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main fight card is due to get underway at around 5pm UK time (12pm ET, 9am PT, 11am CT). The main event ring walks is expected to begin at around 10.25pm UK time (5:25pm ET, 2:25pm PT, 4:25pm CT).
How to watch Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk
You can watch Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 and the full undercard live on DAZN pay-per-view in the UK. The fight is available to buy now for £24.99 as a one-off payment with no subscription required. It also comes with seven-days free access to the full DAZN platform. DAZN has confirmed its broadcast team for the night includes Kate Scott, Ade Oladiop, Andy Lee, Adam Smith, Barry Jones, Darren Barker, Eddie Hearn and Emily Austin.
DAZN can be watched anywhere using the DAZN App on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles, streaming devices and any device with a web browser. Alternatively, Fury vs Usyk 2 will be available on PPV with TNT Sports Box Office via Prime Video for £24.99 and Sky Sports Box Office for £24.95.
Full fight card and undercard
Serhii Bohachuk vs Ishmael Davis – Light middleweight
Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean – Heavyweight
Johnny Fisher vs Dave 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: “A lot of people, when they come to training camp, I’ve been saying this to my team all week, everybody thinks the job’s done. Oh, you got through camp unscathed and everything’s good, you’re here in one piece. I think fight week is the most important time of your training because during camp you can make a mistake, you can have a late night, you cannot sleep one night, whatever. And it’s fine. You get through, because you’re a long time [out for]. Make them mistakes in fight week, you go around too many people, you catch cold, you get an illness, whatever, even on the day before it’s all – it can all be finished. Remember when I fought Ngannou? They did a gala dinner or something the night before and I didn’t sleep. I woke up on Thursday morning, say – whatever time, 8 o’clock. I never slept again until Sunday morning about 4 in the morning. I was awake all that time and no sleep from Thursday morning waking up to well after the fight, late into Sunday hours in the morning. It really affected me. I don’t even know how I got through the fight, never mind from the fight. Yeah. It’s very important, this week.”
Oleksandr Usyk: “I feel good. It continues, the 13th round because I feel like this. Tyson Fury too had a chance in the sixth round, maybe the seventh round, maybe 12th, 11th, first, second. But Tyson did not do it. It’s just talk. Tyson said I had the chance. Yeah, no problem. We have a second fight, I’ll try.”