Fury v Usyk LIVE: Start time, undercard and latest updates from press conference in Saudi Arabia

Here is Eddie Hearn’s prediction for Saturday’s main event between Fury and Usyk…

How do you see the undisputed heavyweight title fight playing out?

Usyk also opened up on his mother’s anger at Fury after the Briton shoved him at a pre-fight press conference last year, saying she wanted to ‘kill’ the “Gypsy King”.

Fury vs Usyk was initially scheduled for February but was delayed after Fury suffered a cut over his eye, though the original timeline for the fight meant the launch press conference took place in November.

At that face-off in London, Fury shoved Usyk – a move that infuriated the Ukrainian’s mother, Usyk said.

“Mama is angry all the time, a little bit,” the 37-year-old told Boxing King Media on Sunday (12 May). “‘Hey, why did this man push you? What did this man say to you?’ I said: ‘Mum, it’s a show, it’s just a show. Please relax.’

“[She said:] ‘Listen, if this man pushes you, I’ll kill [him].’”

Usyk launched his own app to find sparring partners to imitate Fury, the Ukrainian revealed this week.

Usyk, a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, has excelled since moving to heavyweight in 2019, but Fury is a notoriously awkward opponent – combining significant size with quick reflexes and high in-ring IQ.

As such, finding sparring partners who can imitate the “Gypsy King” is a difficult task, but Usyk’s team revealed how he successfully navigated that challenge – with the help of an app that uses AI.

Here’s more on that, via the Daily Mail:

And some news emerging this week, too…

Yesterday, Saudi adviser Turki Al-Sheikh clarified the timeline for Fury and Usyk’s contracted rematch, while revealing more information about Anthony Joshua’s next fight and when he could face Fury or Usyk…

Here’s all you need to know:

There has already been some drama this week, with Fury’s dad John headbutting one of Usyk’s teammates…

“Sincere apologies to everybody involved, to be honest with you,” John said later. “It’s just the way we are. Emotions and tensions are running high.

“He was a very disrespectful fella, wasn’t he? Everybody knows, if you come close in a fighting man’s space, you’re gonna cop for something, aren’t you? Or else there’s something wrong. People don’t understand, we’re the real deal as fighters.”

Reports suggest that Fury is contracted to earn around 70 per cent of a total purse thought to be worth around $150m (£116m), with a clause stating Fury must donate £1m of his earnings to Ukraine amid its ongoing war against Russia.

While the final figure will not be known until after the fight, Fury’s US promoter Bob Arum has claimed that his fighter will earn more than $100m (£78m) from the showdown.

“If you told Tyson Fury he’s set to make $100m, he’d really get p***ed off because he thinks, and I think he’s right, that he’s going to make a lot more,” said Arum. “I don’t know the number, but it’s a lot more than $100m.”

Here is Saturday’s fight card in full, subject to late changes:

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk (IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles)

Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis 2 (vacant IBF cruiserweight title)

Joe Cordina (C) vs Anthony Cacace (IBF super-featherweight title)

Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez (heavyweight)

Sergey Kovalev vs Robin Sirwan Safar (cruiserweight)

Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab (lightweight)

Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi (featherweight)

Moses Itauma vs Ilja Mezencev (heavyweight)

David Nyika vs Michael Seitz (cruiserweight)

Daniel Lapin vs Octavio Pudivitr (light-heavyweight)

In an unprecedented move, the fight will air live on DAZN, Sky Sports Box Office and TNT Sports Box Office in the UK. The event will be on pay-per-view on each platform, with DAZN also broadcasting the fight card worldwide.

The fight card will cost £24.95 on Sky Sports and £24.99 on TNT. A TNT subscription is not required to purchase the broadcaster’s pay-per-view. DAZN has priced the event at £24.99 for new subscribers (who will also receive a free month’s subscription for that fee) and £23.99 for existing customers.

Fury vs Usyk is set to take place on Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The main card is due to begin at 5pm BST (9am PT / 11pm CT / 12pm ET), with main-event ring walks following at around 11pm BST (3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET).

The bout is now closer than ever, with Briton Fury and Ukraine’s Usyk appearing at a press conference today, before Friday’s weigh-ins mark the final face-off ahead of fight night.