Who is the Greatest of all time?

The battle for heavyweight greatness and ultimate supremacy is upon us once again.

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are unquestionably the two finest active heavyweights in the business and, on Saturday night in Riyadh, they will share a ring for a second time following the epic original confrontation back in May.

Usyk edged the first one - mainly due to a major success in the ninth round - via a split decision verdict. It was close, so I don’t see wholesale changes being made to the Fury masterplan this time around.

He has stated himself that he clowned around too much in May and didn’t even realise it until he watched it back. He probably felt a bit too comfortable in there and maybe his intensity level wasn’t where it should have been at all times.

These two heavyweight titans now know each other so much better than before and it will be fascinating to see what technical tweaks both of them employ. They aren’t getting any younger, so we will also get an idea of which one has enough left in the tank to press on and reinforce their greatness.

It is such a compelling prospect and I just cannot wait to see it all unfold. You won’t be surprised to learn that I am heavily backing Tyson to prevail and I strongly fancy that he will get the job done inside the distance.

In more Queensberry-flavoured heavyweight action on Saturday we also have our Young King Moses Itauma taking on his 11th professional fight against a 22-1 opponent in Demsey McKean.

The Aussie represents a genuine test for Moses and his last fight was an IBF final eliminator against the previously unbeaten Filip Hrgovic when he was stopped late on.

There is a significant experience gap between them, but I just feel natural talent will win through and it will be a valuable learning fight for Moses.

Disappointingly, Dennis McCann is not making the trip to Riyadh due to returning an adverse finding in his VADA test. It was set to be a great showpiece fight against Peter McGrail, but now Dennis has got another fight on his hands.

His B-sample will be examined and tested and the results of this will determine if Dennis must enter into a process where he will seek to prove his innocence. This is where we are at and there is nothing more I can add at this stage.

On a happier note, we have now added two further shows to our early 2025 schedule.

On March 1 we head down south to Bournemouth and the BIC where Ryan Garner will headline in a big title fight (soon to be made official) against the unbeaten Spaniard Salvador Jimenez.

Ryan is a very popular young man and I have been waiting for the opportunity to fight him closer to his Southampton home for some time now. Unfortunately there is no arena in his home city so, for now, we go 35 or so minutes away by the seaside.

The Piranha is enjoying superb backing from Southampton FC and he was a guest of the club on Sunday. Our obvious aim is to have Ryan fight on the pitch at the stadium in a massive fight, but first he must overcome a tough test in Bournemouth.

Two weeks later on March 15 we are back in Liverpool for a bumper show headlined by WBA world featherweight champion Nick Ball.

Nick will make a second defence of his title against former world champion TJ Doheny and it is clear already that animosity is brewing.

Also on the show we’ve got a cracker at bantamweight between our British and Commonwealth champion Andrew Cain and the current European champion Charlie Edwards who, of course, is a former world champion at flyweight.

At super bantamweight, Brad Strand will one tested against the renowned upsetter Ionut Baluta and, believe me, we’ve got a good few really tasty scraps to be added to this card. So watch this space.