The Facts Of The Duel Tyson Fury Vs Oleksandr Usyk

Oleksandr Usyk controls four heavyweight belts (Instagram/@usykaa).

JAKARTA Two heavyweight boxers, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, will clash this weekend. The duel is most anticipated in the world of modern boxing.

Fury and Usyk who control all the heavyweight belts aka the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Their fight is scheduled for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, May 18, 2024.

The duel of the two best boxers should have been fought on February 17, 2024. However, it had to be shifted to this month because Fury was injured due to being hit by a close-range elbow from his rival during training.

The winner of the duel between Fury and Usyk will hold the undisputed heavyweight title for the first time since Lennox Lewis made the feat in 1999.

Fury will come WBC champions and hold a record unbeaten from 35 fights. In that period, he won 24 times KO, 10 through a score decision, and the other ended in a draw.

The British boxer controlled the WBC belt after hitting his opponent's technical knockout (TKO) from the United States, Deontay Wilder, in February 2020.

The last time Fury had a fight was in October 2023. At that time, he won a figure decision against former UFC heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou.

Meanwhile, Usyk also came with a perfect record of not losing. The Ukrainian fighter has undergone 21 matches with 14 knockout wins and the rest beat the opponent by decision.

Usyk also last fought last year, to be precise on August 26, 2023. At that time he went up and successfully beat his opponent Daniel Dubois in the ninth round to defend his world title.

The 37-year-old fighter is WBC, WBO, WBA (Super) and IBF world heavyweight champion. He won the title after defeating Anthony Joshua in September 2021.