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For the first time in two decades, the boxing world will crown an undisputed heavyweight champion. Coming to you live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we’ve got the WBC World Heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KO), taking on the man with all the other Heavyweight gold in the world, the IBF, IBO and WBO World Heavyweight and WBA Super World Heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KO). The action starts today, Saturday, May 18th at 12 p.m. ET (although the main event isn’t supposed to go off until closer to 6 p.m. ET).

If you really want to watch some boxing, this card has a ton of stuff happening on the undercard, too. It’s rare you’ll get six hours of competitive fights on a boxing card, but if you’re an enthused fan of fisticuffs, we’ve got ten bouts, culminating in three title fights, including our gigantic headliner. Your options to watch are through DAZN PPV, PPV.com or ESPN+, all of which have the card for $69.99.

The other belts up for grabs today involve the following gentlemen: Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis in a rematch for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title and Joe Cordina (champion) vs. Anthony Cacace to determine the IBF super featherweight #1.

TYSON FURY VS. OLEKSANDR USYK QUICK RESULTS

225+ lbs. Oleksandr Usyk def. Tyson Fury — Split Decision (115-112, 114-113, 113-114) — HIGHLIGHTS!
200 lbs. Jai Opetaia def. Mairis Briedis — Unanimous Decision (117-111, 116-112 x2)
130 lbs. Anthony Cacace def. Joe Cordina — TKO, Rd. 8 (ref stoppage)
225+ lbs. Agit Kabayel def. Frank Sanchez — KO, Rd. 7 (body shot) — HIGHLIGHTS!
200 lbs. Robin Sirwan Safar def. Sergey Kovalev — Unanimous Decision (97-92, 99-90, 95-94)
225+ lbs. Moses Itauma def. Ilja Mezencev — TKO, Rd. 2 (ref stoppage) — HIGHLIGHTS!
135 lbs. Mark Chamberlain def. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab — KO, Rd. 1 — HIGHLIGHTS!
200 lbs. David Nyika def. Michael Seitz — TKO, Rd. 4 (ref stoppage)

FURY VS. USYK LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY:

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, Undisputed Heavyweight Championship:

Round 1: Almost 50 minutes after the last fight, we’re finally underway here. Fury in green, Usyk in white. Usyk with a left to open up, don’t think it landed clean. Fury with a jab to the body. Fury living behind the jab early so far – lands a right just as I write that. Fury goes back into the corner, drops his hands and taunts Usyk while smiling to the crowd. Usyk gets in an overhand left.

10-9 Fury

Round 2: Good left by Usyk to open the round. There’s a right to the gut, too. Interesting strategy by the bigger Fury, fighting on the back foot here vs the smaller man. Usyk gets Fury into a corner, lands to the body, eats a jab before Fury pivots out. Jab by Fury, left by Usyk, another jab in response. Fury to the body, lands a couple jabs. Fury back to a corner, gets hit with a combo. He lands to the body. Fury uppercut.

10-9 Usyk, 19-19

Round 3: Left to the bread basket by Usyk. Fury lands a right. Nice jab by Fury. Right, too. Usyk glances in a left. Overhand left. Tyson to the body. Fury clips in a combination, but then backs up. Usyk throws about 5, lands a couple. Usyk complains about a punch behind the head.

Legit can’t decide who won that round, so 10-10, 29-29

Round 4: Commentary booth says this fight is 50-50, which makes me feel better about my score for the last round. Fury with a couple of good right hands to the body. Fury with a left that off-balances Usyk for a split second. Usyk comes back with a left of his own. They clash heads and pause for a second as both men rub their domes. Good uppercut by Fury. Usyk lets his hands go a bit once he gets Fury into a corner.

10-9 Fury, 39-38 Fury

Round 5: Fury with his quick jab again. Fury comes off the ropes with a left into the ribcage. Usyk clips in a left. Fury finally fighting forward and lands a pair of nice shots to the torso. Low blow to Usyk. Another shot looked low, but wasn’t called. Fury landing decently here. Easily his best round so far, despite the groin shot.

10-9 Fury, 49-47 Fury

Round 6: Fury looks like he’s figured something out. Most of Usyk’s shots are falling short or to the side now, and he’s landed decently to the body, and with some volume upstairs. Good Fury crack to the body. Right hand catches Usyk and he looks a bit shaky. Another right lands clean. Usyk misses on a combo. Fury thuds to the gloves, as that one gets blocked. Fury puts his hands behind his back and taunts.

10-9 Fury, 59-56 Fury

Round 7: Fury glances in an uppercut, then a left. Another left to the body. There’s a nice shovel hook that crushes into Usyk’s head. Fury walking to his right, pausing to pop onto the body. Usyk finally lands a couple of rights.

10-9 Fury, 69-65

Round 8: Fury clubs in a pair of shots that sound loud on the arms and gloves. Usyk looking good with an overhand that finally connects. Usyk complains about another low blow. Fury with a left to the chest. Another one. Both men exchange with Fury getting in a right and a combo by Usyk. Usyk lands a left directly to the nose. Fury uppercut, responded with a right by Usyk. Fury’s face is getting marked up.

10-9 Usyk, 78-75 Fury

Round 9: Usyk gets in a straight left. Fury throws a couple rights, dirty boxes Usyk decently. Usyk throws a combo, misses most. Fury with a right, Usyk a left, Fury another right. Body blow to Usyk, and one to the head. Oleks lands a left. There’s a right. Another left, and that looks like it hurt Fury. He’s rattled and holding. Fury stumbling around. He finally falls into the ropes and it is a knockdown! That’s the bell!

10-8 Usyk, 86-85 Fury

Round 10: Usyk pressuring. Lands a right. Usyk takes a deep breath, thuds in a left. Volume in Usyk’s favor now. 1-1-2 by Usyk, he landed the 2. Fury misses two wide swings. Fury lands a right. Usyk connects to Fury’s ear.

10-9 Usyk, 95-95

Round 11: Fury with a right, Usyk chases him and clips a left. Hooks to the body and head by Usyk. Fury lands a right, another. Usyk with one of his own, and now he’s taunting Fury with the hands low. Oh, good right hand by Fury stops Usyk in his tracks. Usyk with a lunging right, Fury with a short right in the exchange in close. Nice overhand by Usyk at the bell. Close round.

10-9 Usyk, 105-104 Usyk

Round 12: Usyk gets in a left, Fury springs back with one of his own. Overhand left for Usyk. Fury with a combo. Nice right hand a few seconds later. Wide right hook by Usyk. Fury hits a good right. Both men land rights. Left-right by Usyk. Usyk left hand, uppercut from Fury. They throw to the bell. Great fight.

10-9 Usyk, 115-113 Usyk

Final result: Oleksandr Usyk def. Tyson Fury, split decision — WATCH HIGHLIGHTS!

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Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis, IBF Cruiserweight Championship:

Round 1: Briedis in black and red, Opetaia in blue and white. Slow start to the fight so far. Opetaia stalking forward, throwing some single, feeling-out shots. Opetaia occasional potshots so far. Briedis looking a bit gun shy. Briedis gets a glove to the belt line.

10-9 Opetaia

Round 2: Briedis with a right hook, evades the left that comes back. They get into a corner and Opetaia lands a couple of shots in a flurry there. Briedis with two lefts, big right by Opetaia. Briedis warned for a back-of-the-head punch. Right by the Latvian, one back from the Aussie.

10-9 Opetaia, 20-18 Opetaia

Round 3: Long right to the body by Opetaia. One upstairs. Both men to the body, Opetaia lands an extra punch to the right cheek. They crack back and forth to each others’ guts.

10-9 Opetaia, 30-27 Opetaia

Round 4: Right by Briedis. Another. Opetaia answers with one of his own. They both miss right hands this time. There’s a loud left to the body by Opetaia. Opetaia leads with the right, Briedis counters with one to the body.

10-9 Opetaia in a close round, 40-36 Opetaia

Round 5: Opetaia with a piston jab. Opetaia using his length well, getting in long single punches every so often. Briedis is just giving rounds away, fighting on the back foot and not engaging much.

10-9 Opetaia, 50-45 Opetaia

Round 6: Opetaia lands a short left to the nose and it looks like that maybe broke it. Briedis with a left, huge one from Opetaia in return. Opetaia turning it on right now. He’s got Briedis bleeding from the nose, mouth and maybe the head, too. Opetaia connects a liver shot.

10-9 Opetaia, 60-44 Opetaia

Round 7: Briedis looks like he’s had enough of this shit and is trying more to get into this fight. He’s on the front foot and throwing first for once. That lasted about 45 seconds, and Opetaia is back to pressuring. Briedis gets in a right. Briedis 1-2. 3-2 to the body by Opetaia. Both men whiff on rights. I might be generous here, but

10-9 Briedis, 69-64 Opetaia

Round 8: Briedis with a lead right. There’s one to the chest. Warning about a clash of heads. Briedis hits a straight right. Opetaia connects on a 1-2. They come together – Briedis to the body, Opetaia to the head. Opetaia eats a low blow and gets a few seconds to recover.

10-9 Briedis, 78-74 Opetaia

Round 9: Solid counter right hand by Opetaia. And a left. Glancing right, and now Briedis answers back with one.

10-9 Opetaia, 88-83

Round 10: Slower pace here. Onesies only so far. Opetaia counters an uppercut with a left. Opetaia lands a right. Commentary booth thinks that Opetaia might be bleeding out of his nose, but it’s hard to see here. Opetaia with a huge left. Uppercut by Briedis. Now we can see Opetaia visibly bleeding.

10-9 Opetaia, 98-92

Round 11: Opetaia’s corner thinks the nose damage was from a headbutt. Opetaia on the back foot for a bit. Briedis punching in, lands a series of punches. Opetaia has a nice counter right, Briedis trying to pour it on with an uppercut. Rights by both. Opetaia gets in a clinch uppercut. Lefts land for both of them. Right by Opetaia and another uppercut lands for Briedis. Better second half for Opetaia. Ref calls time and reminds the fighters to watch the headbutts. Opetaia straight left.

10-9 Briedis, 107-102 Opetaia

Round 12: Briedis with a nice right, eats a slightly lesser one. Body-body by Opetaia. Solid right hand by Briedis and Opetaia is cut near the cheek now. Opetaia circles away from Briedis with a pivot and a hook. There’s a jab and a 1-2 by Opetaia. Briedis hits a hook.

10-9 Briedis, 116-112 Opetaia

Final result: Jai Opetaia def. Mairis Briedis, unanimous decision

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Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace, IBF Super Featherweight Championship:

Round 1: Cacace in red, Cordina in white. Ireland vs. Wales here, and we’re off. Our first strike is Cordina with a right to the body. Cacace also to the body. Both men have high guards, so the body shot is gonna play well here. Cordina with a left hook that connects. Cacace mirrors the action. Cordina dropping the hands, trying to bait a strike when they’re out of range.

Cordina 10-9 in a very close round

Round 2: Cordina gets in a nice combo. Cacace answers back with a bunch of strikes, too. Feels like a bit of a rhythm here where one man does something, and the other works at responding in kind. Cacace lands to the body, Cordina counters to the head.

10-9 Cordina, 20-18 Cordina

Round 3: Series of blows to the ribs by Cacace. Cordina chasing Cacace around now. The ref pauses the action, but Cacace throws and lands a big shot as Cordina is standing still from the referee break. Blatantly late blow, and the ref is very nonchalant about this. He slowly calls time and gives Cordina a few seconds before the restart, but that was a very strong blow that Cordina ate for no reason. Barely a warning by the ref. Cacace senses that Cordina might be hurt by that and goes after the champ. He’s throwing big volume here, and down goes Cordina! He ate four solid punches there and it was a right uppercut followed by a right hook that put him down.

He’s up, but very wobbly. Tries to clinch Cacace, stumbles to the mat – no count. Cordina gets in one nice counter punch, but the last ninety seconds have been one way traffic.

10-8 Cacace, 28-28

Round 4: Cordina seems to have regained his legs and is fighting better. Very good left hook by Cordina there. Cacace looks a bit slower after a big third round. Cacace to the liver, uppercut & a left hook by Cordina.

10-9 Cordina, 38-37 Cordina

Round 5: Lunging left by Cacace that doesn’t really connect and lands him into a clinch. Cacace cracks the side of Cordina’s head with a right. Mouthpiece comes out of Cordina at some point in a clinch, ref pauses the action to get it back in. Cacace with a good combo in close. Nice left hook, then an uppercut.

10-9 Cacace, 47-47

Round 6: Ref calls for a break on a clinch, and again, Cacace throws late, but that’s because the ref isn’t putting his hands on the men. Just saying “stop” ain’t gonna cut it. Both men landing well here. Good counter by Cordina, Cacace comes back with a heavy right. Cacace landing a series of rights. Cordina is just standing still and eating leather as the bell rings.

10-9 Cacace, 57-56 Cacace

Round 7: Cacace seems like he knows that Cordina’s punches aren’t really hurting him, and Cordina is mostly standing still. Easily a 4:1 ratio in favor of Cacace right now. The shots sound better, too. Cordina finally gets his back off the ropes with about 50 seconds to go. Body work by both men. Cordina gets in a couple of rights in the waning seconds.

10-9 Cacace, 67-65

Round 8: Big heavy right hand and Cordina felt that one. Cacace racks to the body. Left-right and another right to the head… the referee steps in and ends the fight! Didn’t feel like that was a time to stop from where I’m at, but Cordina doesn’t protest visibly, so perhaps they both knew a bit more than what it looked like behind the screen.

Final result: Anthony Cacace def. Joe Cordina, TKO

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