
Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →


Having cleaned up at cruiserweight and heavyweight – and, after Saturday, having beaten Tyson Fury a second time – Oleksandr Usyk might be tempted to retire on top. But he has no plans to quit.

Oleksandr Usyk did it again, defeating Tyson Fury via decision to likely put their long-running feud to bed.

Fury threw 86 more punches than Usyk, but Usyk landed 35 more punches. Most of that difference was jabs,

Lance Pugmire tracked the action as Oleksandr Usyk defends his unified heavyweight title in a rematch with Tyson Fury on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.


Tyson Fury’s assistant coach (and second cousin) Andy Lee argued that Fury’s lack of sparring before his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk contributed to his demise in May.

When Tyson Fury steps into the ring today, against the only boxer to ever beat him in a prizefight, there is more at stake for the Englishman than mere titles and glory. A second consecutive defeat to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, particularly a more convincing one than the first, could leave the 36-year-old Fury’s career at the crossroads – and his life irrevocably different.

Ten BoxingScene writers make their predictions for the Usyk-Fury rematch.

Tyson Fury has “learned his lesson” with Oleksandr Usyk in the same way he did with Deontay Wilder, according to his trainer SugarHill Steward.