FIGHT WEEK

An undisputed heavyweight champion will lastly be topped when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet on pay-per-view Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

TYSON FURY (34-0-1, 24 KOs)
VS. OLEKSANDR USYK (21-0, 14 KOs)

Both Tyson Fury (left) or Oleksandr Usyk will probably be undisputed heavyweight champion on Saturday barring unexpected circumstances.  Alex Pantling / Getty Photographs

  • Date: Saturday, Might 18
  • Time: 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT (important occasion later in present)
  • The place: Kingdom Enviornment, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • TV/Stream: DAZN Pay-Per-View
  • Division: Heavyweight (no restrict)
  • At stake: Usyk’s IBF, WBA, WBO and Fury’s WBC titles
  • Boxing Junkie Pound-for-pound: Usyk No. 3, Fury No. 9
  • Odds: Even (common of a number of retailers)
  • Significance (as much as 5 stars): *****
  • Additionally on the cardboard: Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Breidis, cuiserweights (for vacant IBF title); Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace junior lightweights (for Cordina’s IBF title); Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Safar, cruiserweights; Agit Kabayel vs. Frank Sanchez, heavyweights; Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Wahab, lightweights
  • Background: The time is lastly at hand. Speak of a Fury-Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship began the second Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua the primary of two instances in September 2021. The battle was initially scheduled for Feb. 17 nevertheless it was pushed again after Fury suffered a minimize throughout sparring. Fury is coming off arguably the worst efficiency of his profession, a cut up determination over Francis Ngannou within the MMA star’s boxing debut. Fury battled again from a knockdown within the third spherical however was lucky to have his hand raised. He was thought by many to be ill-prepared for the battle, a mistake he is not going to have made main as much as the battle on Saturday. The 35-year-old from England appears to be in glorious bodily situation. Usyk additionally didn’t give his finest effort in his most up-to-date battle, in opposition to Daniel Dubois in August. The 37-year-old former 200-pound champion went down from a physique shot that was controversially deemed a low blow within the fifth spherical, which gave him additional time to recuperate. He rebounded to cease Dubois within the ninth to retain his titles.
  • Prediction: Fury UD

 

EMANUEL NAVARRETE (38-1-1, 31 KOs)
VS.  DENYS BERINCHYK (18-0, 9 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, Might 18
  • Time: 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT (important occasion later in present)
  • The place: Pechanga Enviornment, San Diego
  • TV/Stream: ESPN+
  • Division: Light-weight (135 kilos)
  • At stake: Vacant WBO title
  • Boxing Junkie Pound-for-pound: None
  • Odds: Navarrete 5-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
  • Significance (as much as 5 stars): ****
  • Additionally on the cardboard: Giovani Santillan vs. Brian Norman Jr., welterweights
  • Background: Navarrete is a former 122-pound titleholder who was given the chance to battle the vacant WBO title although he’s making his debut on the weight and is coming off a majority draw with Robson Conceicao at 130 in November. Navarrete delivered arguably his finest efficiency in his earlier battle, a one-sided determination over former champ Oscar Valdez final August. The 29-year-old is a sturdy boxer whose forte is quantity punching. Berinchyk, a 36-year-old Ukrainian, will probably be preventing for a serious title for the primary time. The 2012 Olympic silver medalist earned his shot on the belt by simply outpointing Anthony Yigit on the Usyk-Dubois card.
  • Prediction: Navarrete SD