Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk rules: number of rounds, times, weight details and judges for Saudi Arabia showdown
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will face off this month to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years.
The two have been on a collision course in recent years and saw their February clash postponed due to an injury suffered by Fury.
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The Gypsy King suffered a “freak cut” during a training session which pushed back plans for their Saudi showdown until he was fully healed.
The two will now fight this month following warnings that a £7.9million penalty would be required if anyone pulled out again.
Fury against Usyk: Combat rules
This undisputed heavyweight title clash will take place on Saturday, May 18 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It is scheduled for 12 rounds of three minutes and will be scored by three judges using the 10-point system.
A typical boxing round is scored 10-9, with the fighter considered to have won the round with a score of 10 and the loser with a score of 9.
A 10-8 round is usually scored when a reversal or completely one-sided affair takes place.
The fighters’ totals are tallied and the winner is the one with the best overall score from the three judges.
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Fury will put his WBC belt on the line against Usyk’s WBA (super), IBF, WBO and The Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles.
Brit Fury stands 6-foot-9 and tends to weigh around 270 pounds for her fights with anything over 200 pounds classified as heavyweight.
Usyk, who previously plied his trade in the cruiserweight division, stands 6-foot-3 and will likely weigh 50 pounds less on the scale.
Fury vs. Usyk: how to follow
Start times and further details are expected to be announced in due course, but the undercard is expected to kick off at 6 p.m. UK time, with the main event ring walks around 11 p.m.
The event will be broadcast live on TNT Sports Box Office and Sky Sports PPV.
talkSPORT will have updates throughout fight week and talkSPORT.com will also live blog all the action.
To tune in to talkSPORT via the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, via your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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Fury vs. Usyk: Undercard
Subject to change
- MAIN EVENT: Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk – for WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles
- Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace – for the IBF and IBO super featherweight titles
- Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis – for vacant IBF cruiserweight title
- Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab
- Sergei Kovalev vs. Robin Sirwan Safar
- Isaac Lowe vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi
- David Nyika vs. Michael Seitz
- Moses Itauma vs. Ilja Mezencev
- Agit Kabayel against Frank Sánchez
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