Usyk vs Fury 2: Fight date, UK time, location, undercard, ring walks, odds and how to watch or stream with Sky Sports

by Admin
December 16, 2024

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet on Saturday in a hotly-anticipated rematch. Here’s all you need to know about the Sky Sports Box Office showdown.

When is the Fury vs Usyk rematch?

Fury and Usyk will meet in a 12-round heavyweight rematch in Riyadh on Saturday December 21 with the ring walks for the main event expected at 10pm UK and Ireland time. Coverage of the build-up begins at 4pm UK time on Sky Sports Box Office.

Where is Usyk-Fury 2 taking place?

The clash – which will be for the WBC, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles – will take place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the same venue as for the first Usyk vs Fury fight in May which the Ukrainian won via a split decision.

How do I book the fight and how much is it?

The event is priced at £24.95 for Sky customers in the UK and €27.95 for Sky customers in the Republic of Ireland up until midnight on Friday December 20.

Thereafter £24.95 / €27.95 across all ‘self-service’ bookings (remote control/online) or £29.95 / €32.95 if booked via the phone (either IVR or agent), but note an additional £2 booking fee if via an agent will apply.

The event price will revert to £24.95 / €27.95 (ROI) from midnight Saturday December 21.

Two repeat showings (full duration) will be shown at 8am and 6pm on Sunday December 22.

What did the fighters weigh in at?

At a bizarre weigh-in that saw both men take to the scales fully clothed, Fury weighed in at a career-heaviest 20st 1lb for the rematch. Usyk was at 16st 2lb so gave up nearly four stone to his rival.

However, with Fury donning a bulky leather jacket, that is perhaps not a true reflection of his weight.

Sky Sports‘ Matthew Macklin said: “I think you have to take at least half a stone off, possibly 10lbs. He probably had a phone and money in his pocket! I think he is probably at his optimum fighting weight.”

After the weigh-in, the face-off lasted just seven seconds, in stark contrast to when Fury and Usyk locked eyes after the final press conference on Thursday…

How long was that staredown?

An extraordinary 11 minutes and 13 seconds, with neither man willing to break away.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman was the first to try to encourage them to separate.

“It was the longest staredown I’ve ever seen,” Sulaiman told Sky Sports.

“You never know when something can snap. So I thought that me getting in the middle and gently tell them it’s time to go.

“They would not give an inch. They would not hear me, they would not look at me. They would not take their eyes away from each other. Very intense, very interesting.

“I’ve never seen something like that, they’re ready and it’s going to be unbelievable.”

Usyk earned a split-decision victory over Fury to become boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion, with two scorecards reading 115-112 and 114-113 in favour of the Ukrainian and the other 114-113 to Fury.

Usyk was rocked by an uppercut in the sixth round but then took control through an astonishing onslaught in the ninth, with Fury close to being stopped.

The winner added the WBC title to his WBA, IBF and WBO belts to become king of the division.

The rematch will not be for the undisputed heavyweight title, however, with Usyk forced to vacate the IBF championship after his victory.

The IBF title is now held by Daniel Dubois, who retained that prize with a demolition of fellow Briton Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September.

Fury and Usyk’s fight records

Tyson Fury’s professional boxing stats

Age: 36
Height: 6ft 9in
Total fights: 36
Record: 34-1-1 (24 KOs)
Rounds contested: 242

Oleksandr Usyk’s professional boxing stats

Age: 37
Height: 6ft 3in
Total fights: 22
Record: 22-0 (14 KOs)
Rounds contested: 189

Fury’s defeat to Usyk was the first in his 36-fight professional career and the Briton has held every heavyweight title at one point, albeit not simultaneously.

Prior to facing Usyk, he rose from the canvas to narrowly beat former UFC champion Francis Ngannou via split decision in what was the Cameroonian’s professional debut.

Fury’s notable wins include beating Wladimir Klitschko, Deontay Wilder (twice) and Dillian Whyte and he has also defeated Derek Chisora three times.

Usyk remains undefeated in 22 professional fights across the heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions and comfortably beat Joshua in their two heavyweight showdowns in September 2021 and August 2022.

The Ukrainian, who also has victories over Dubois and Tony Bellew on his CV, is fresher than Fury when it comes to fights and rounds contested but does have a seven-inch reach disadvantage.

Trilogy talk – what have the fighters said?

The big talking point at the start of fight week was the rivals’ contrasting views over the possibility of a trilogy fight to follow this one.

Usyk said that in the event he beats Fury, he would turn down the option of a trilogy fight to pursue a sensational return to the cruiserweight division

“I win again a second fight,” Usyk told Sky Sports News, “I’ll try cruiserweight again. I’ll try.”

Fury, who is confident of levelling the rivalry at 1-1, is already setting his sights on completing a full turnaround.

“I want the third fight. I want the trilogy,” Fury said. “When I beat him on the 21st there’ll be a third fight, 100 per cent. There has to be a trilogy.

“Can’t wait. December 21 is my time. The belts are coming back home and there’ll be a trilogy. An epic trilogy in ’25.”

Fury-Usyk odds and predictions

Based on the odds at 8pm on December 20, Usyk is the favourite at 8/11 with Fury 5/4 in the main winner market from Sky Bet. Fury is rated 3/1 to win by KO/TKO and also 10/3 by decision, with Usyk rated 11/4 to win by knockout and 7/4 by decision. The draw is a 14/1 shot.

Who is on the Usyk-Fury 2 undercard?

The Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury main event, for the WBO, WBA and WBC world heavyweight championships, is due at around 10pm UK time. The running order for the undercard will be as follows: