Fight Alexander Usik - Tyson Fury: when the fight will be held, where to watch, predictions

Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik and British boxer Tyson Fury will fight in the main fight of the boxing evening in the capital of Saudi Arabia. The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on the night of December 21-22. On the predictions for the upcoming fight and where to watch it - in the material "Izvestia".

The fight will be the second for Usik and Fury. Before the athletes met in the same arena in May 2024. Then the British suffered the first defeat in his career, and the Ukrainian won the title of absolute world champion in heavyweight.

In the current fight at stake will be the titles of world champion under versions WBC, IBO, WBO, WBA (Super) and The Ring. The format of the fight, like last time, is 12 rounds of three minutes each. The main event will begin on Saturday night around 1:30 Moscow time.

The fight between the British Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Alexander Usik will be watched by artificial intelligence for the first time in the history of boxing.

The official broadcast of the fight in Russia is not scheduled, as in the case of the first tournament. You can watch the rematch between Usik and Fury live on international streaming services such as DAZN, Sky Sports and ESPN+.

Prior to the rematch, the athletes held a press conference in London on October 23. The Ukrainian boxer showed up to the event in a black suit and red tie, copying the image of Hitman - the main character of the popular video game of the same name. Fury was in an expensive motley suit and a cap with the inscription Gypsy King ("Gypsy King"). The two also had a battle of glances at the same time. However, they answered journalists' questions with few words.

Boxers voiced their expectations at the arrival ceremony in Riyadh on December 17. Fury said that the decision of the judges was unfair, and promised to knock out his opponent in the current tournament. Usik, in turn, called Fury's words "just talk" and expressed confidence in his victory.

Meanwhile, according to Russian UFC champion Oleg Taktarov, the Briton has every chance to win, but the fight, in his opinion, will not be easy. MMA fighter Jeff Monson admitted that he believed in Fury's victory in the first fight and will cheer for the Briton in the rematch. Russian mixed martial arts fighter Mikhail Malyutin suggested that it will be much harder for Usik in the rematch, as Fury has made work on his mistakes. At the same time, he noted that the level of Usik is much higher, writes the newspaper "Sport-Express".

Moreover, back in December 2022, former world boxing champion, Russian Grigory Drozd noted that the British boxer is one of the strongest opponents for the Ukrainian heavyweight.

Usik is 37 years old and has fought 22 fights at the professional level, winning every one of them. More than half of his victories he won early. At the moment, the athlete is the absolute world champion in the heavyweight division. He is on the 15th line according to BoxRec, and also heads the rating of the best boxers in the world according to the American sports channel ESPN.

Fury is 36 years old, on his account 34 wins, one defeat and one draw. The boxer occupies the 46th position in the rating of out weight categories BoxRec.

Earlier in December, Vitaly Minakov's fight against Kevin Johnson took place as part of "REN TV Fight Club. Superseries." "Izvestia" told how the fight went and how it ended.