Huge blunder on Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury rematch poster quickly amended by promoters

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to do battle for the second time this December.

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Tyson Fury is gunning for revenge against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)

Organisers of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk have been pressured to amend the fight poster they released this week.

Fans were left perplexed when Fury was portrayed on the left of the poster as the A-side despite losing their first fight via a split decision. Most felt that Usyk was more deserving as the undefeated fighter and reigning four-belt world heavyweight champion.

And it seems their concerns were listened to as an amended poster was released shortly afterwards showing Usyk on the A-side and Fury mirrored over to the right.

Usyk is the big draw in the heavyweight division after narrowly edging out Fury on the scorecards in May. Their second Saudi Arabian battle is pencilled in for December 21, and the Gypsy King's promoter, Frank Warren, believes the 6ft 9in slugger will go into the bout with a new outlook.

"His mentality is he's got to knock him out to win," he told Sky Sports. "So it's going to be exciting. He knows what he did wrong. It was a fight of two halves and at one stage, in the seventh round, I genuinely thought he was going to stop him in the next round.

"[Usyk] wobbled going back to the corner and he came out and caught him with that shot on his nose that seemed to take all Tyson's momentum and focus away.

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Frank Warren believes Tyson Fury will look to knock Oleksandr Usyk out in Riyadh (Image: Getty)

"[Fury] believes he knows what he has to do. He's got a great boxing brain and I genuinely believe he'll come out as the victor. It was a close fight, a split decision with the judges. A lot of people had different views on who won, so it's going to be interesting to see who has learned the most."

The rematch poster also shares details of the hotly-anticipated undercard in Riyadh, which features a mouth-watering co-main event scrap between Serhii Bohachuk of Ukraine, who has scored 23 knockouts in 24 wins, and Uzbekistani fighter Israil Madrimov.

Fans will also get the chance to sink their teeth into 19-year-old British prodigy Moses Ituama's 11th fight. The heavyweight has won all 10 of his professional contests and will come up against Demsey McKean, who represents a big step up in quality.

Another heavyweight battle with British interests will see 'The Romford Bull' Johnny Fisher pitted against Dave Allen, who has fought the likes of Dillian Whyte, Luis Ortiz and David Price.

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