The fight will take place on December 21 in Riyadh.
It has become known who has been entrusted with judging the rematch between WBA, WBO, WBC and IBO heavyweight title holder Alexander Usyk and former champion Tyson Fury.
According to Boxing Scene, the fight will be officiated by Puerto Rican referee Roberto Martinez Jr. He has been working in boxing since 2003, and the Usyk-Fury fight will be the 412th in his career.
Roberto will be refereeing a heavyweight title fight for the first time. His most famous fight, which he previously refereed in the heavyweight division, took place in 2014, when Deontay Wilder knocked out Malik Scott.
The judges of the fight will be Gerardo Martinez from Puerto Rico, as well as two Americans – Pat Morley and Fernando Barbosa. They will have to determine the winner if the Usyk-Fury rematch lasts all 12 rounds.
Earlier it was reported that artificial intelligence will judge the Usyk-Fury rematch. However, this will simply be an innovative experiment that will not affect the official results of the fight.
The Usyk-Fury rematch will take place on December 21 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). All titles held by the Ukrainian boxer will be at stake.
Unlike the first fight, this time the title of absolute world champion will not be at stake, since Alexander had previously renounced the IBF title. Now it is owned by Briton Daniel Dubois, who has already managed to defend it by knocking out his compatriot Anthony Joshua.
Recall that on the night of May 19, 2024, Usyk defeated Fury by split decision in a fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion. At the end of the ninth round, Alexander knocked his opponent down.
Thus, Alexander defended the WBO, WBA, IBO and IBF belts, and also took the WBC title from the “Gypsy King”. Usyk became the first absolute world champion in the heavyweight division in the 21st century.
Before that, the last “absolute” heavyweight champion was Lennox Lewis, who won this status in 1999, when he defeated Evander Holyfield. At that time, the WBA, WBC and IBF titles were at stake. The WBO belt was recognized as equal in 2007, so Usyk became the first “absolute” heavyweight champion in history with four main titles.