Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk odds, prediction, time: Top boxing ...

17 May 2024
Tyson Fury vs Usyk

The unified heavyweight boxing championship is on the line Saturday as undefeated champions Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk meet for all four major belts. Their 12-round boxing main event tops the main Fury vs. Oleksandr fight card (2 p.m. ET) from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fighters have 55 combined wins and zero losses between them. Fury holds the WBC heavyweight title, while Uysk owns the IBF, WBO and WBA versions of the belt. The winner gets the unified title and earns the right to be considered the dominant champion of this generation.

Fury is the slight -115 favorite (risk $115 to win $100), while Usyk is priced at -105 in the latest Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk odds. The over/under for total rounds completed is 10.5, with the Over favored at -275. Before making any Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury picks, make sure you see the boxing predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Peter Kahn. 

Kahn is a true boxing insider who has his finger on the pulse of what's going on inside and outside of the ring. He has managed numerous world champions and currently manages 20 fighters through his company, Fight Game Advisors. Kahn won the 2022 Boxing Writers Association of America Cus D'Amato Manager of the Year award and was named to the 2023 Florida Boxing Hall of Fame. 

Kahn is uncanny when it comes to picking fights. He is an astounding 51-13 on his last 64 SportsLine boxing picks, returning more than $4,000 to $100 bettors.  His notable wins include telling SportsLine members to back underdog Ryan Garcia (+500) against previously unbeaten super lightweight champion Devin Haney (-700) in their blockbuster fight in April. Anyone who has followed him has already seen massive returns. 

Now, with Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk on deck, Kahn has studied the matchup from every angle and released confident picks for the fight. You can only see those picks at SportsLine. 

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk preview 

Some good news for Fury's supporters is that his physique suggests he is in shape and prepared for the fight, which hasn't necessarily always been the case throughout the week.

Earlier this week, Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) told the media he arrived at the venue weighing 19 stone, or 266 pounds. That is about 12 pounds lighter than he weighed in against Ngannou in a fight he barely escaped with a win. Although Fury claimed to have trained seriously for Ngannou, he appeared out of shape, disinterested and more fatigued than his opponent as the fight wore on.

Fury's current weight is about the same that he maintained for the second and third fights with Wilder. After weighing in about 256 for their first matchup, he put on about 10 pounds of lean muscle to add some power to his punches and ended up getting stoppages in both fights.

"If you put average men in front of me, I'm not getting turned on. I'm definitely turned on for this one. You put me on top of the world on a Las Vegas stage, I'll look good. I always do," Fury said. 

Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who is also the former unified champion at cruiserweight. But the 37-year-old Russian boxer only started to receive some long-overdue recognition when he joined the heavyweight ranks. He is best known for a pair of close but clear wins over former champ Anthony Joshua, whom he unseated as the front-runner for a unification fight with Fury that many fans had long anticipated. Usyk is a high-volume southpaw known for his accurate punches and ability to string together devastating combinations. 

Following his second victory over Joshua in a rematch, Usyk's last performance resulted in a ninth-round stoppage of Danie Dubois last August to retain his three major belts. See who to back here.

How to make Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk picks

We can share that Kahn likes the Over 10.5 rounds. He's also made the call on a plus-money method-of-victory prop and a confident money-line pick. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine. 

Who wins Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, and which method-of-victory prop is a must-back? Visit SportsLine now to see Peter Kahn's best bets for Saturday, all from the boxing specialist who has netted his followers a profit of more than $4,000, and find out.

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