Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury 2 live results and analysis

Oleksandr Usyk meets Tyson Fury for the WBC, WBO and WBA heavyweight world titles in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

The fight is a rematch of Usyk’s split decision victory over Fury in May. Fury was ahead by two scorecards after eight rounds (77-75, 77-75 and 76-76), but Usyk beat Fury in round 9 and won the next two rounds to lead by two scorecards, 115-112, 114 to win -113 and 113-114. The victory crowned Usyk the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.

Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), 37, of Crimea, Ukraine, is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion. He moved up to the heavyweight division in 2019 and has racked up six straight victories, including a unanimous decision over Anthony Joshua to win the WBO, WBA and IBF titles in 2021. He defeated Joshua again in the rematch 11 months later to retain the belts.

“It’s (a) big opportunity for me, for my family, for my country, for history,” Usyk said after defeating Fury in May. “It’s (a) great day.”

The 36-year-old Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs), from Manchester, England, last won in a boxing match in October 2023 against former UFC champion Francis Ngannou with a lackluster performance to be in trouble throughout the fight.

“Obviously it’s a huge, huge fight for both of us,” Fury told ESPN in October about the rematch with Usyk. “And it’s going to be a tough fight either way and of course I really want to win because of course I want to avenge my only loss and that means a lot to me because I get the rematch straight away instead of having to chase someone around for the rematch. “”

Stay here for results and round-by-round analysis from Riyadh.