Oleksandr Usyk will face Tyson Fury in a rematch on December 21 in Riyadh, the top Saudi organizer said Wednesday, after winning their undisputed heavyweight boxing bout earlier this month.
The undefeated Ukrainian won by split decision against Britain's Fury in the Saudi capital on May 19 in the first unification fight of the four-belt era.
"The rematch between the undisputed champion Usyk and the champion Fury is now scheduled on December 21, 2024 during Riyadh season," Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Britain's Lennox Lewis won the last undisputed heavyweight championship against Evander Holyfield in 1999.
Both men were ringside as Usyk handed Fury, 35, his first defeat.
The 37-year old Ukrainian, who briefly served as a soldier after the Russian invasion, was also undisputed champion at cruiserweight and won Olympic, world and European honors as an amateur.
