Fury vs Usyk: Ringwalk time, date, undercard and how to follow undisputed heavyweight fight

Briton Tyson Fury will fight Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

It is the first undisputed heavyweight title fight since 1999 and the first time all four major world titles have been on the line in the four-belt era.

Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app will start at 19:00 BST.

Build-up will be available throughout fight week, including daily podcasts from the BBC Radio 5 Live Boxing team with Steve Bunce.

The Usyk-Fury ringwalk is not expected before 23:00.

TV coverage starts at 17:00, with Joe Cordina’s world title fight with Anthony Cacace expected after 20:00.

Anthony Joshua emerged for his ringwalk at 00:24 UK time when he fought Francis Ngannou in Riyadh in March, and organizers are aiming for an earlier start time for Usyk-Fury.

• Jai Opetaia v Mairis Briedis – IBF cruiserweight title
• Joe Cordina v Anthony Cacaca – IBF super-featherweight titles
• Mark Chamberlain v Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab – lightweight
• Sergey Kovalev v Robin Sirwan Safar – cruiserweight
• Isaac Lowe v Hasibullah Ahmadi – featherweight
• David Nyika v Michael Seitz – cruiserweight
• Moses Itauma v Ilya Mezencev – heavyweight
• Agit Kabayel v Frank Sanchez – heavyweight

For the first time in the modern era, all four heavyweight belts will be on the line – WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC.

The Ring magazine heavyweight title is also up for grabs.

Usyk is the current owner of the title, which is traditionally awarded to the best fighter in a division.

Fury and Usyk are undefeated, with the only slight blemish on Fury’s record a draw with Deontay Wilder in 2018.

Fury, 35, has 34 wins and has produced four stoppages in his past five fights. He has 24 stoppages in his career.

He has held every world title in the heavyweight division – he beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to become unified champion – but has not held all four belts at the same time.

Usyk, 37, is unbeaten in 21 fights with 14 stoppages. He has only had five fights at heavyweight, beating Anthony Joshua in 2021 to become unified champion in his third bout in the division.

He was undisputed champion at cruiserweight and was an Olympic, European and world champion at amateur level.

While their records are evenly matched, Fury is 6ft 9in compared to the 6ft 3in Usyk and has a seven-inch reach advantage.