Tyson Fury takes on Oleksandr Usyk in a historic pay-per-view bout this evening and there are more ways than ever to follow it.
The two boxing superstars were set to meet earlier this year, but it was postponed after Fury suffered a cut to his eye during sparring.
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The Gypsy King endured the ‘freak’ injury just two weeks before the bout was scheduled to take place.
However, a new date was quickly confirmed and they will take to the ring in Saudi Arabia to fight for the WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF titles.
Both fighters are aiming to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis over two decades ago.
Fury vs Usyk: How to watch
This 12-round heavyweight title clash will take place tonight – Saturday, May 18 – at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Timings will depend on the length of the undercard which will get started at around 4pm UK time.
The main event is expected to get going at around 10:30pm.
It will be the first-ever fight to be shown live on three different PPV channels in the UK.
TNT Sports Box Office, Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN PPV will all be broadcasting the bout.
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The three channels are the UK’s biggest broadcasters of boxing action and they all have the rights to show the historic clash.
The price for TNT Sports Box Office is set at £24.99 and fans can sign up to watch the bout here.
The Sky Sports Box Office price has also been confirmed to be £24.95 and more details can be found here.
The DAZN UK PPV price will be £24.99 – this includes one month’s DAZN subscription. For existing DAZN subscribers, the UK PPV price will be £23.99.
Fury vs Usyk: talkSPORT coverage
talkSPORT will have live updates on fight night and will also be broadcasting a live watchalong.
Adam Catterall, Spencer Oliver, Sunny Edwards and Adam Smith will be dissecting every moment of the action and it will be aired live on the radio and on YouTube from 9pm-1am
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
talkSPORT.com will also be running a dedicated live blog to keep you up to date with all of the action.
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 IBF and IBO super-featherweight titles
- Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis – for vacant IBF cruiserweight title
- Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab
- Sergey Kovalev vs Robin Sirwan Safar
- Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi
- David Nyika vs Michael Seitz
- Moses Itauma vs Ilja Mezencev
- Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez
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Fury vs Usyk: What has been said?
At the final press conference, Fury refused to look at Usyk and when asked why he didn’t look at his opponent he said: “He’s a scary-looking dude.”
He mouthed the words of Rocky IV theme music ‘Hearts on Fire’ when they were due to go head-to-head and said: “I want to thank God for the victory I’ve received already.
“I want to thank people for putting this event on and I want to thank Oleksandr Usyk for challenging me.
“I’m ready. I’ve got nothing else to say apart from I’m ready for a good fight.”
Usyk was also not in a talkative mood, as he simply declared: “Let the hands do the talking”.