Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and challenger Tyson Fury will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, October twenty third, for his or her press convention to start advertising their rematch on December twenty first on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The press convention begins at midday ET/5:00 p.m. UK.
Former WBC heavyweight champion Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) will get a second likelihood after shedding to Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) by a 12-round break up resolution earlier this yr on Could 18th in Riyadh. Some followers felt Fury deserved the win final time, so he’s being given one other shot.
If Fury loses this battle, it is going to break followers’ curiosity in seeing him and Anthony Joshua battle in 2025. They’ll nonetheless battle, however it is going to have much less enchantment as a result of they each come into the competition having misplaced their final fights.
The one nice battle on the Usyk vs. Fury 2 undercard if the match between former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov and former WBC interim champ Serhii Bohachuk. That battle is arguably solely fascinating match on the undercard. The remainder is filer.
Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) misplaced his final battle by a controversial 12-round majority resolution to Vergil Ortiz Jr. on August tenth in Las Vegas. That was a battle that plenty of boxing followers had Bohachuk successful, however the Nevada judges gave it to the American, Vergil Jr, who regarded poor.
Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs) misplaced his WBA 154-lb title to Terence Crawford by an in depth 12-round unanimous resolution on August third in Los Angeles. He fought effectively however gave the battle away to Crawford by not letting his palms go within the final three rounds. Crawford outworked Madrimov. If Madrimov fights like that in opposition to Bohachuk, he’ll lose once more, however far worse as a result of this man throws plenty of punches.
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