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Boxing fans are all sharing the same complaint ahead of Fury vs Usyk
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Updated 23:44 18 May 2024 GMT+1Published 23:32 18 May 2024 GMT+1

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Boxing fans are all sharing the same complaint ahead of Fury vs Usyk

There's one thing on everyone's mind as they all wait for the long-anticipated heavyweight bout

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

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There seems to be one thing on everyone's mind in the build up to the main card of the Ring of Fire event tonight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to face-off at the Kingdom Arena tonight in their long-awaited undisputed heavyweight title face-off, as the main card of the boxing event.

Fury is the slight favourite, ahead of Usyk. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
Fury is the slight favourite, ahead of Usyk. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

However, there is one thing that fans have been complaining about, and that's the waiting time for the main card, taking to X, formerly Twitter.

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One posted: "When is this starting?"

Another said: "This undercard is long af omg"

A third put: "We're not 'moments away' from from anything Michael Buffer, we're about 15 or 20 minutes away at least."

The undercard did take its time, and when most thought that the fight was starting and that we would see the Ukrainian and Brit make their way to the ring, American hip-hop artist J.I.D did a short show for an already frustrated crowd.

It is arguably one of the biggest heavyweight face-offs in the 21st century, with the winner set to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in 25 years.

Tyson Fury's fighting record

One the biggest names in heavyweight boxing, The Gypsy King has a well-deserved reputation as one of the best in the division. Fury is undefeated in 35 career fights with the only mar on his otherwise immaculate fighting record being a draw with Deontay Wilder, where he got up from two knock-downs and even knocked Wilder down three times.

Nationality: British

Date of birth: August 12, 1988

Height: 6' 9"

Reach: 85"

Total fights: 35

Record: 34-0-1 (24 KOs)

Oleksandr Usyk’s fighting record

Usyk holds multiple world championship titles in two different weight classes: heavyweight and cruiserweight. Usyk has secured career defining wins – including over the likes of Anthony Joshua and has never lost a fight.

Nationality: Ukrainian

Date of birth: January 17, 1897

Height: 6’ 3”

Reach: 78”

Total fights: 21

Record: 21-0 (14 KOs)

Who will the winner of Fury Vs Usyk fight next?

There’s been a lot of speculation that if Fury wins this much-anticipated fight he’ll face off against Anthony Joshua, who is in the crowd tonight. Whoever wins this fight will be the first undisputed champion in 25 years, since Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999.

Fury vs Usyk Ring of Fire results:

Tyson Fury (c) vs. Oleksandr Usyk (c), undisputed heavyweight title

Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis, vacant IBF cruiserweight title

Anthony Cacace def. Joe Cordina (c) via eighth-round knockout

Agit Kabayel def. Frank Sanchez via seventh-round knockout

Moses Itauma def. Ilja Mezencev via second-round knockout

Mark Chamberlain def. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab via first-round knockout

Robin Sirwan Safar def. Sergey Kovalev via unanimous decision

David Nyika def. Michael Seitz via sixth-round knockout

Featured Image Credit: Richard Pelham/Getty Images

Topics: Boxing, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Saudi Arabia

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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