Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk rules: Number of rounds, time, weight details and judges for Saudi Arabia clash next weekend

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will battle to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years next weekend.

The pair have been on a collision course for the last few years and had a February clash postponed due to an injury suffered by Fury.

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Fury’s rivalry with Usyk is becoming increasingly fiery as time goes onCredit: AFP

The Gypsy King endured a ‘freak cut’ during a sparring session that pushed back plans for their Saudi showdown until he’d fully healed.

The two will now fight this month following warnings that a £7.9million penalty fee will be needed if someone pulls out again.

Fury vs Usyk: Fight rules

This undisputed heavyweight title clash will take place on Saturday, May 18 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

It is scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds and will be scored by three judges using the 10-point system.

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A typical round of boxing is scored 10-9, with the fighter adjudged to have won the round scoring 10 and the loser scoring 9.

A 10-8 round is usually scored when either a knockdown or a completely one-sided affair takes place.

The fighters’ totals are tallied up and the winner is the one with the best aggregate score from all three judges.

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Fury claimed a controversial win over Ngannou in OctoberCredit: Getty

Fury will put his WBC belt on the line against Usyk’s WBA (super), IBF, WBO and The Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles.

Brit Fury is 6ft 9in and tends to weigh in at around 270lb for his fights with anything over 200lbs classed as a heavyweight.

 Usyk, who previously plied his trade in the cruiserweight division, stands at 6ft 3inch and will likely be 50lb lighter on the scales.

Fury vs Usyk: How to follow

Start times and additional details are expected to be announced in due course, but the undercard is expected to get underway at 6pm UK time, with main event ringwalks around 11pm.

The event will be broadcast live on TNT Sports Box Office and Sky Sports PPV.

talkSPORT will have updates throughout fight week and talkSPORT.com will be running a live blog of all the action as well.

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Saudi Arabia will host the huge event in MayCredit: Getty

Fury vs Usyk: Undercard

Subject to change

MAIN EVENT: Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk – for WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight titles
Joe Cordina vs Anthony Cacace – for IBF and IBO super-featherweight titles
Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis – for vacant IBF cruiserweight title
Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab
Sergey Kovalev vs Robin Sirwan Safar
Isaac Lowe vs  Hasibullah Ahmadi
David Nyika vs Michael Seitz
Moses Itauma vs Ilja Mezencev
Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez

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