Usyk vs Fury. Schedule and results of the grand boxing night
Boxing News
Alex Olise
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
In Saudi Arabia, a grand sporting event will take place today, one that will captivate even neutral fans.
The main event of this thrilling boxing night will be the rematch between Ukrainian world champion in the WBC, WBO, WBA, and IBO heavyweight divisions, Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), and former champion Tyson Fury from the UK (34-1-1, 24 KOs).
The boxers will step into the ring no earlier than midnight Central European Time, and the undercard will feature several exciting bouts. Daylysports has prepared the full schedule for today's event.
Full Boxing Night Schedule in Riyadh:
- Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) defeated Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) by unanimous decision of the judges and defended his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBO heavyweight championship belts.
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- Sergey Bogachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) secured a convincing victory over Ishmael Davis (13-1, 6 KOs). In the second round, the Ukrainian sent his opponent to the canvas, and after the sixth round, Davis was unable to continue the fight.
- Moses Itauma (10-0, 8 KOs) secured an easy victory over Demsey McKean (22-1, 14 KOs), knocking out his opponent in the first round.
- Johnny Fisher (12-0, 11 KOs), after being knocked down in the fifth round, managed to turn the situation around and won by split decision against David Allen (23-6-2, 18 KOs).
- Lee McGregor (14-1-1, 11 KOs) won by unanimous decision against Isaac Lowe (25-2-3, 8 KOs) in a fight for the vacant WBC International bantamweight title.
- Peter McGrail (10-1, 6 KOs) triumphed in a tense contest in the super featherweight division, defeating fellow Briton Rhys Edwards (16-0, 4 KOs). All three judges awarded the victory to McGrail.
- Daniel Lapin (10-0, 4 KOs) also defeated Dylan Collin (14-0, 4 KOs) on points and claimed the vacant IBF International title, adding it to his IBO Continental and WBA Continental titles in the light heavyweight division.
- Andrey Novitsky (13-0, 10 KOs) won by unanimous decision over Edgar Ramirez (10-1-1, 4 KOs) and successfully defended his WBC International heavyweight title.
- Mohammed Alakel (2-0) won by unanimous decision over Joshua Ocampo (8-36, 5 KOs) in a Lightweight fight.
