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Global attention now shifts to United Kingdom’s Tyson Fury as he faces champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine in the rematch of their heavyweight boxing title fight slated for Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by 11pm Nigerian time
Usyk beat Fury in May in a split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. The Ukrainian boxer remains the first heavyweight to achieve this since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
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Fury immediately called for a rematch as had been stipulated in the fight terms as another British-born boxer Anthony Joshua eagerly anticipates his next opponent. Both fighters have walked into their weigh-in ahead of the bout
