Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2 Odds

Oleksandr Usyk is the favourite to retain his world titles ahead of December's colossal unified heavyweight world title rematch with Tyson Fury.

Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2 Odds

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Tyson Fury is the narrow outsider to avenge the only professional defeat of his career when he renews his long-term rivalry with unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk this weekend.

The former cruiserweight king defied the odds and logic by slaying the previously unbeaten heavyweight behemoth earlier this year, and in doing so, established himself as the sport's first four-belt blue-riband division champion.

The cards were close, with two judges siding with the Ukrainian (115-12 and 114-113) and the other edging with Fury, who undoubtedly racked up the early rounds of the fight.

But, it was the Morecambe man's deterioration during those crucial, and legacy defining, championship rounds that ultimately proved his downfall.

A standing count for Fury in the ninth round - as Usyk really lay into the bigger and heavier man - swung the pendulum in his favour, before he put his foot to the mettle and really upped the ante down a pulsating home stretch.

Fury had mimicked the inferior size and credentials of his opponent in the months leading up to fight night, but it was the Olympian who had the last laugh, edging a tense and dramatic affair via a split-decision to etch his name yet deeper into boxing's history books.

Will it be a case of repeat or revenge in Riyadh this Saturday night?

Thankfully, we don't have to wait too much longer to find out...

Mark Mothershaw

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