Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will meet in their much anticipated heavyweight title rematch on December 21 at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as the Ukrainian attempts to defend his Ring Magazine, WBC, WBO, and WBA titles against The Ring's No. 1 rated contender.

Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) beat Fury (34-1-1) via split decision on May 18 to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years. Fury started the fight strong against the undersized Usyk but faded late after he was knocked down in the ninth round. Usyk landed 170 of 407 of his punches while Fury countered with 157 of 496 of his own. Two judges awarded Usyk the fight via scores 115-112 and 114-113 while a third judge had it 114-113 in favor of Fury.

To get a glimpse of how the rematch will unfold, The Ring met with heavyweight contender and 2020 United States Olympics silver medalist, Richard Torrez Jr., to get his input, analysis, and final prediction.

“I think the ball is in Fury's court.

“Usyk showed what he can do and is just going to double down on that. What worked for Usyk will work in the rematch. It's up to Fury to keep Usyk at bay and utilize more feints, movement, and keep that distance. At the end of the day, it wasn't like Usyk washed Fury. It was a relatively close fight.

“I think Fury has to make minor changes in order to make a big difference. If Usyk can double down, continue to use lateral movements, and get in on Fury, I think he will do better than he did in his first fight. I would give the advantage to Usyk just because he has a game plan now.

“But you can't count out Fury. I'm a huge Fury fan as well and I’m excited to see how he changes his game plan. But I'm edging it to my fellow southpaw Usyk.”