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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet again adjacent weekend, arsenic the Briton bids for revenge – and heavyweight gold.
Usyk narrowly outpointed Fury successful May, becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion successful 24 years. With that, the Ukrainian stayed unbeaten and handed Fury his first master loss.
Usyk, 37, then vacated the IBF title, meaning only 3 of the 4 awesome belts are connected the statement this time. But Fury, 36, will still beryllium highly motivated to avenge his defeat, particularly aft Usyk came adjacent to stopping the “Gypsy King” successful information nine.
Next weekend, the heavyweights return to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wherever they first fought, arsenic fans expect different adjacent contest.
Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the rematch:
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How overmuch money are Fury and Usyk making?
Reports suggested that the wide purse for the first fight was astir $150m (£116m), pinch Fury taking astir 70 per cent of that. For the rematch, the purse is reported to beryllium person to $191m (£150m), and while the divided has not been disclosed, Usyk should gain a greater percent than he did successful May – arsenic the A-side this clip around.
When is the conflict and what clip does it start?
Fury vs Usyk 2, complete 12 rounds for the unified heavyweight titles, will return spot connected Saturday 21 December. The rematch takes spot astatine Kingdom Arena successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
While commencement times and the afloat undercard are yet to beryllium released, erstwhile fights successful Saudi Arabia person seen the main arena commencement soon aft 10pm GMT (2pm PT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET).
How tin I watch it?
As pinch caller Saudi-staged events, the conflict will aerial unrecorded connected DAZN pay-per-view, TNT Sports Box Office, and Sky Sports Box Office – priced astatine £24.99 connected each three. However, DAZN is the only 1 that doesn’t require viewers to person a subscription to entree the PPV; and it is offering a free, seven-day, no-commitment trial if fans bargain the event. Purchase the conflict connected DAZN here.
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Odds
Usyk – 8/13
Fury – 11/8
Draw – 14/1
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Full paper (subject to change; ‘C’ denotes champion)
Oleksandr Usyk (C) vs Tyson Fury 2 (WBC, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles)
Serhii Bohachuk vs Ishmael Davis (super-welterweight)
Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean (heavyweight)
Johnny Fisher vs Dave Allen (heavyweight)
Dennis McCann (C) vs Peter McGrail (European super-bantamweight title)
Isaac Lowe vs Lee McGregor (featherweight)