Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 is just one sleep away.
The blockbuster heavyweight rematch between WBA, WBO and WBC champion Usyk and former champion Fury goes down Saturday, Dec. 21 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk seeks to defend his heavyweight belts against Fury after already besting Fury via split decision this past May.
The pair’s first fight, which is still widely hailed to be in 2024’s Fight of the Year conversation, crowned Usyk as boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000 and the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the current four-belt era.
Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) and Fury (34-1-1) now face off again with three belts on the line after Usyk was forced to vacate his IBF title in order to accept the rematch. Fury weighed in almost 60 pounds heavier than the Ukrainian champ at Friday’s official Usyk vs. Fury 2 weigh-ins, with Fury tipping the scale at 281 pounds and Usyk coming in at a much trimmer 226 pounds. That result represented a near 20-pound jump Fury from their first fight, which saw Fury weigh 262 pounds while Usyk came in at 223.5.
Usyk, 37, is currently listed as a -135 betting favorite to defeat Fury, 36, again, while “The Gypsy King” is listed as a +105 underdog, per BetMGM sportsbook. That line has narrowed throughout fight week.
The Usyk-Fury 2 fight card begins Saturday at 11 a.m. ET and airs live on DAZN pay-per-view for $39.99. Ringwalks for the main event are expected to begin around 6 p.m. ET.
Uncrowned will have live round-by-round coverage of the entire card.
Usyk is also an undisputed cruiserweight champion and is the first boxer to become the undisputed champion in both divisions since Evander Holyfield beat Buster Douglas in 1990.
Fury has beaten a who’s who of heavyweight boxing since first capturing the belts with a victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, including wins over Deontay Wilder, Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora.
The full Usyk vs. Fury 2 fight card can be found below, as well as the current odds for each bout.
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Unified heavyweight titles: Oleksandr Usyk (-135) vs. Tyson Fury (+105)
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Super welterweight: Serhii Bohachuk (-800) vs. Ishmael Davis (+500)
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Heavyweight: Moses Itauma (-1400) vs. Demsey McKean (+650)
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Heavyweight: Johnny Fisher (-2000) vs. Dave Allen (+750)
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Junior featherweight: Peter McGrail (-450) vs. Rhys Edwards (+300)
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Featherweight: Isaac Lowe (+150) vs. Lee McGregor (-200)
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Light heavyweight: Daniel Lapin (-1100) vs. Dylan Colin (+550)
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Heavyweight: Andrii Novytski (-2500) vs. Edgar Ramirez (+800)
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Super featherweight: Mohammad Alakel vs. Joshua Ocampo
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