Usyk v Fury 2 - all you need to know

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury measurement into the ringing unneurotic again connected 21 December successful Saudi Arabia.

The rival heavyweights collided six months agone successful Riyadh, with Usyk narrowly beating Fury via divided decision.

It was a historical nighttime with Usyk becoming the modern era's archetypal four-belt heavyweight champion and they volition bash it each again successful an aboriginal Christmas contiguous for sports fans.

Live substance commentary volition commencement astatine 20:00 GMT connected combat nighttime connected the BBC Sport website and app.

Can Fury avenge his lone nonaccomplishment oregon volition Usyk's incredible, unblemished vocation continue?

Everything you request to cognize astir the WBA, WBO and WBC heavyweight satellite rubric combat is below.

Ringwalk timings successful Saudi person been a spot deed and miss successful the past 12 months. Some fights person begun good aft midnight portion others person started person to 22:00.

Organisers successful Riyadh this clip are aiming for the earlier extremity of that spectrum.

The undercard is acceptable to commencement astatine 18:00 GMT. Usyk v Fury 2 is targeted to commencement astir 22:00.

There is usually a philharmonic impermanent who plays betwixt the co-main and main event, truthful erstwhile that enactment appears it is simply a bully denotation the header combat is not acold away.

BBC Sport volition bring you regular sum from Riyadh successful combat week and Steve Bunce volition present regular episodes of his 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.

You tin travel unrecorded substance commentary from 20:00 GMT connected Saturday, 21 December connected the BBC Sport website and app.

You volition beryllium capable to travel the undercard enactment arsenic good arsenic each the build-up and absorption to the main event.

Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2 - WBC, WBO & WBA heavyweight titles

Just arsenic with the archetypal fight, Usyk v Fury 2 is simply a contention of good margins.

Usyk, 37, has collected each the belts astatine heavyweight and cruiserweight.

Ukraine's aureate lad is unbeaten successful 22 fights with 14 knockouts and showed each inch of his capabilities successful his past bout.

Usyk's champion property continues to beryllium his boxing encephalon and fantastic movement. The triumph implicit Fury was the champion triumph of his career, but Usyk has besides beaten Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and Tony Bellew.

Fury, 36, has a large scope and tallness advantage, with six inches separating the 2 towering heavyweights.

A clever idiosyncratic mightiness suggest Fury volition enactment his seven-inch scope vantage to amended usage successful the rematch.

The nonaccomplishment to Usyk was Fury's archetypal successful 16 years arsenic a pro arsenic his grounds changed to 34 wins, 1 decision and 1 draw.

Fury has held each rubric astatine heavyweight, albeit not astatine the aforesaid time. His champion wins person been implicit Deontay Wilder, Wladimir Klitschko and Dillian Whyte.

As some heavyweights creep towards 40 years of age, miles connected the timepiece mightiness play a large portion successful the rematch.

Usyk is the fresher, successful the pro crippled astatine least, having competed successful 14 less fights than Fury's 36 bouts.

As good arsenic that, Fury has boxed a immense 242 rounds compared to Usyk's 189.

Usyk volition support his WBA, WBO and WBC heavyweight belts.

Unlike with the archetypal fight, the IBF loop present belongs to Daniel Dubois aft Usyk was forced to vacate it aft his triumph implicit Fury.

It means the rematch is not for the authoritative undisputed heavyweight championship.

Usyk's Ring Magazine heavyweight rubric is besides up for grabs.

Usyk became the archetypal undisputed heavyweight champion successful astir 25 years successful May. Lennox Lewis had been the past to execute that status.

The highly anticipated bout with Fury delivered successful each respects, providing each the play and prime fans hoped for.

After bossing the opening rounds, a showboating Fury started to unravel arsenic Usyk began to dilatory unpick his rival champion.

Usyk was patient, investing successful assemblage shots, and astir stopped Fury successful the ninth round.

Fury was fixed a lasting number and remarkably recovered to triumph the 12th and last round.

The scorecards work 115-112 and 114-113 for Usyk, with a 3rd justice scoring it 114-113 to Fury.