Fury-Usyk rematch planned for mid-October in Saudi Arabia
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will have their undisputed heavyweight title rematch on either Oct. 12 or 13 as a part of this year's Riyadh Season festival in Saudi Arabia, General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh said, according to Mike Coppinger of ESPN.
The highly anticipated first fight will take place on May 18, also in Riyadh. The bout was originally set for Feb. 17 but had to be rescheduled because Fury suffered an injury.
The fight contract contains a two-way rematch clause that the loser can trigger afterward. All four of boxing's major heavyweight titles - Fury's WBC crown and Usyk's WBA, WBO, and IBF belts - will be on the line for the first time since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999.
Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) beat Francis Ngannou in a non-title matchup last October, while Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) defeated Daniel Dubois in August 2023.