Date | 18 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Usyk wins by split decision in 12 rounds (115–112, 114–113, 113–114) |
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, billed as Ring of Fire, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship. It was scheduled to take place on 17 February 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then postponed due to a facial injury sustained by Fury in training. It was rescheduled the next day and took place on 18 May 2024 at the same venue. Usyk won by split decision.[1]