Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will rematch on Sat., Dec. 21, 2024 on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian “Cat” will put his WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles on the line after defeating “The Gypsy King” by way of split decision back in May. In the weeks that followed his Fury win to unify the heavyweight straps, Usyk was forced to relinquish his IBF belt.
Fury opened as the odds-on betting underdog for their second go-round.
Here’s the finalized “Reignited” fight card and PPV lineup:
‘Reignited’ Main Event On DAZN PPV (6 p.m. ET):
Oleksandr Usyk (22-0) vs. Tyson Fury (34-1-1) | Heavyweight, 12×3 for WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles
‘Reignited’ Undercard On DAZN PPV (11 a.m. ET):
Serhii Bohachuk (24-2) vs. Ishmael Davis (13-1) | 154 lbs., 12×3
Moses Itauma (10-0) vs. Demsey McKean (22-1) | Heavyweight, 10×3
Johnny Fisher (12-0) vs. Dave Allen (23-6-2) | Heavyweight, 10×3
Isaac Lowe (25-2-3) vs. Lee McGregor (14-1-1) | 122 lbs., 10×3
Daniel Lapin (10-0) vs. Dylan Colin (14-0) | 175 lbs., 10×3
Andrii Novytskyi (13-0) vs. Edgar Ramirez (10-1-1) | Heavyweight, 10×3 for WBC International Heavyweight Title
“Reignited” start time is 11 a.m. ET with main event ring walks at or around 6 p.m. ET.
“As it would seem, my rematch with people always ends up one way,” Fury said at the “Reignited” kickoff press conference. “I always end up knocking them out in the rematch. Whoever I faced more than once has been knocked out in the rematch. I’m envisaging something similar in this second fight with Usyk. All I can do is prepare well, train hard, eat well, go to bed early, wake up early, do the right things, listen to people around me and the rest is in God’s hands.”
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