Grand finale for boxing. On Saturday 21 December 2024 ends with rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. A highly anticipated match, in which the Ukrainian, the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis (1999), will have to defend the throne he conquered against Fury at the beginning of the year. The theater of the great event will be there Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Usyk: “I fight for Ukraine”
Usyk (22-0, with 14 knockouts under his belt) is the boxer who managed to put his skills back together sigle Wba, Wbc e Wbo and right now he is one of the most loved champions in Ukraine. The difficult situation of the country, at war with Russia, carries many responsibilities on its shoulders. “Of course I talked about the meeting with the Ukrainian soldiers, with my friends who now protect my country,” he explained Usyk al The Guardian. “Indeed, I want to tell this story. There is the front line where the fighting takes place and the guys on the second line have special communications with the front line of the battlefield. They have nicknames like ‘Rocket’ and in May they were saying things like: ‘Rocket, Rocket, can you hear me?’. The tone on the phone was very serious. ‘Yes, yes, what’s happening? What should we do?”. They thought it was a war-related emergency, but then they learned that I was the undisputed heavyweight champion and everyone started cheering.”
Usyk-Fury, il rematch
If the first match, seven months ago, was characterized by several insults from Fury, now the atmosphere towards the match seems more relaxed. “Tyson now talks less than before – explained Usyk -. Maybe he has changed. Maybe it’s his game. I don’t care much what he says about me. I don’t feel anger towards him, but only respect”. For Fury, the one who arrived in May it was the first defeat of his career against Usyk, on the one hand there will therefore be the desire for revenge for the British player, on the other the pride of confirming himself as champion of the Ukrainian.
Usyk-Fury 2, where to watch the match
Dazn will broadcast live and in pay-per-view the long-awaited rematch on Saturday 21 December 2024 from Kingdom Arena in Riyadhin Saudi Arabia. The event, with commentary by Niccolò Pavesi and Alessandro Duran, will begin at 4.30 pm with theundercard and will continue with the main event from 7pm.
