“The Gypsy King” will put the WBC championship belt on the line, while his opponent will risk the IBF, WBA and WBO titles.
The main event will be preceded by nine bouts, five of which have championship status and one challenger.
The full lineup for the event is as follows:
Tyson Fury – Alexander Usik – for the title of absolute champion in heavyweight division
Jay Opetaia – Mairis Briedis – for the vacant IBF heavyweight title
Joe Cordina – Anthony Kakace – for the IBF featherweight title
Frank Sanchez vs. Agit Kabayel – WBC heavyweight title challenger fight
Moses Itauma vs. Ilya Mezentsev – for the vacant WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight title
Mark Chamberlain – Joshua Wahab – for the WBC silver lightweight title
Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Sirwan Safar – flyweight division
David Nyika – Michael Zeitz – featherweight division one
Daniel Lapin – Octavio Pudivitre – for the vacant Intercontinental Heavyweight title
Isaac Lowe – Hasibullah Ahmadi – featherweight division
Tyson Fury and Alexander Usik will tentatively enter the ring on May 19 at 1:00 Moscow time.
The event can be seen live on streaming services ESPN+ and DAZN, as well as on TNT Sports Box Office. There is no legal broadcast of the show in Russia.