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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk - Undisputed championship LIVE: Ring walk time, undercard results and round-by-round updates as unified champion can be crowned for the first time in 24 years

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By Tamara Prenn

Published: 12:08 BST, 18 May 2024 | Updated: 12:59 BST, 18 May 2024

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Lennox Lewis on the greatest heavyweights of all-time

Game recognises game - do you agree with the Lion's picks?

He sat down with Charlotte Daly in Riyadh to pass judgement, below.

Secrets of the diet that got 'fat pig' Tyson Fury from 27 stone to 19

One of his lowest career weights on Saturday night, Fury's body transformation ahead of facing off with Usyk has been nothing short of remarkable - particularly in light of the place he was coming from.

You can find out more about the brutal work the Gypsy King has been putting in at the gym - and at the breakfast table - below.

25 years on, the return of a legendary showdown

Both Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield are in Saudi Arabia to watch and see who will be crowned the next undisputed heavyweight champion, 25 years on from their two-bout tussle for supremacy in 1999.

But could this fight supply even half as much drama as all those years ago?

Mail Sport revisited the showdown in detail, which you can peruse at your leisure, below.

Mail Sport's Charlotte Daly is on the ground in Riyadh

... and has been speaking to the great and the good of the boxing world in the build-up to tonight's showpiece event.

Usyk's proud compatriot Wladimir Klitschko has his say on the geopolitical significance on the fight, below.

Fans claim 'cool as a cucumber' Oleksandr Usyk is 'under Tyson Fury's skin'

Tyson being Tyson? Or a marked man with just over 24 hours to go?

Fans on social media ran their gimlet eyes over the weigh-in fracas and came out firmly on Team Usyk. A man of few words, composure is the Ukrainian's modus operandi, and it didn't take much for him to preserve ice cube status alongside the foul-mouthed Fury.

I don't buy total psychological collapse, of course. But it's always thrilling to see fire meet ice.

Friday's weigh-in: the results

A slimmed down Tyson Fury proved that he hasn't disappeared entirely, checking in at 262lbs.

But that's still 39lbs more than his Ukrainian opponent, who hit his career-heaviest weight at 223lbs.

That, however, wasn't what most people thought after Michael Buffer incorrectly called him at 233lbs - to many a raised eyebrow of faint approval - only for the weight to be corrected in viral footage...

You can see for yourself below.

No shortage of drama at last night's weigh-in...

After a cool, composed press conference the day before, things looked suspiciously poised for any fight build-up featuring one Tyson Fury. That is, until he reached his final face-off with Usyk.

The last time the pair attempted to lock eyes and stare one-another down, Fury had stared into the distance, prompting some to suggest he was rattled. Not so on Friday night, when the Gypsy King was more than happy to get up close and personal.

You can watch the tension boil over below, and read the full details of what exactly Fury is looking to do to the 'little f*****' tonight in our weigh-in report.

Fury takes on Usyk - details in brief

Saudi Arabia has played host to a number of boxing's big nights in the past eight months since the inaugural Riyadh Season face-off between Fury and Francis Ngannou, but tonight's showing simply blows the rest out of the water.

But what time do things get going, and who else could experience the fight of a lifetime? And if you wanted to watch the fight alongside tuning into our live coverage, where can you do it?

For this info and more, all will be revealed via the link below.

It's finally time...

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport's live coverage of all the build-up ahead of the big one: Tyson Fury's showdown with Oleksandr Usyk to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

We're some way off the history-making fight - ring walks are planned for about 11 hours from now, at 11pm BST, but that could well turn out to be pie-in-the-sky timing - but there's a lot to catch up on between then and now.

Ready? Let's go!

epa11349192 British boxer Tyson Fury poses during the weigh-in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 May 2024. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will face each other in the first undisputed heavyweight contest of the 21st century on 18 May 2024 in Riyadh.  EPA/ALI HAIDER

epa11349191 Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine poses during the weigh-in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 May 2024. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will face each other in the first undisputed heavyweight contest of the 21st century on 18 May 2024 in Riyadh.  EPA/ALI HAIDER

epaselect epa11348804 British boxer Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine pose during weighing in during the weigh-in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 May 2024. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will face each other in the first undisputed heavyweight contest of the 21st century on 18 May 2024 in Riyadh.  EPA/ALI HAIDER

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