Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk square off at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 18. The undefeated heavyweight champions battle it out for the undisputed title. A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official.
The 12-round bout is set to crown the first four-belt undisputed champion at heavyweight. British 35-year-old Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs) puts his WBC belt on the line. Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) brings to the ring his unified WBA, WBO and IBF sraps. To be eligible for the heavyweight title, the fighters must weigh-in above the 200 lbs.
Tyson Fury weighed-in at 262 lbs. Oleksandr Usyk tipped the scales at 233.5 lbs. The weight difference is 28.5 lbs.
In the 12-round co-main event, former IBF cruiserweight champions Jai Opetaia (24-0, 19 KOs) of Australia and Mairis Briedis (28-2, 20 KOs) of Latvia meet in a rematch with the vacant title on the line. The championship limit is 200 lbs. The fighters came in at 198.1 lbs and 199.1 lbs, respectively.
In the third 12-round world title fight on the night, Joe Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs) of Wales defends his IBF junior lightweight belt against Anthony Cacace (21-1, 7 KO) of Northern Ireland. The weight limit is 130 lbs. The champion was 130 lbs. The challenger showed 129 lbs.
Hasibullah Ahmadi weighed-in at 127.7 lbs, missing the featherweight limit by 1.7 lbs for his preliminary card bout against Isaac Lowe, who was 125.5 lbs.
Get Fury vs Usyk full fight card and weights below.
Fury vs Usyk fight card
Main card
- Tyson Fury (262) vs. Oleksandr Usyk (233.5), 12 rounds, heavyweight – Fury’s WBC title, Usyk’s WBA, WBO and IBF titles
- Jai Opetaia (198.1) vs. Mairis Briedis (199.1), 12 rounds, cruiserweight – vacant IBF title
- Joe Cordina (130) vs. Anthony Cacace (129), 12 rounds, super featherweight – Cordina’s IBF title
- Frank Sanchez (238.5) vs. Agit Kabayel (238.5), 12 rounds, heavyweight – WBC title eliminator
- Moses Itauma (239.1) vs. Ilija Mezencev (232.1), 10 rounds, heavyweight – vacant WBO Intercontinental title
- Mark Chamberlain (134.2) vs. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab (132.1), 10 rounds, lightweight
- Sergey Kovalev (194.2) vs. Robin Sirawn Safar (194.1), 10 rounds, cruiserweight
- David Nyika (198.1) vs. Michael Seitz (198.5), 8 rounds, cruiserweight
Prelims
- Daniel Lapin (174.7) vs. Octavio Pudivtr (173.7) 10 rounds, light heavyweight – vacant WBA Intercontinental title
- Isaac Lowe (125.5) vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi (127.7)*, 8 rounds, featherweight
*Ahmadi missed featherweight limit by 1.7 lbs.
