Sam Harris
BBC Sport in Riyadh

Plenty of stars will be arriving tonight through the grand entrance of the red carpet and we’ve managed to have a bit of a sneak peek at the treatment they get…

After walking the carpet they head off to pick up their solid metal ‘ticket’ and then it’s off for drinks and canapés in a very glamorous reception hall.

After that they’re guided by a team of absolutely massive bodyguards to ringside.

Alright for some.

Right, I've thoroughly enjoyed your suggestions for what film sequels are better than the original so keep them coming!

But I've got another question to throw your way now.

Oleksandr Usyk silenced many doubters by becoming the first man to beat Tyson Fury in May, leaving the ring in Riyadh as the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era.

Did that victory seal his place as the greatest heavyweight of the current era?

It's worth noting that he has only fought six times in the division but he has beaten Anthony Joshua (twice), Daniel Dubois and Fury during that sequence.

If Usyk isn't the top heavyweight of this era, then who is?

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BBC Radio 5 Live

For those of you who enjoy listening to the blow-by-blow exchange between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, BBC Radio 5 Live is here to bring you all the action with Mark Chapman.

We'll have commentary from Ronald McIntosh and ringside analysis from former world champions George Groves and Anthony Crolla. What's not to love?

Click the 'listen live' button above to listen along.

Former world champion Amir Khan: "Fury knows what he has to do to win. He can't make it close so it's going to be fireworks. Usyk, this time doesn't get the win. Fury will get the win."

Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr: "Usyk is the number one heavyweight in the world right now. I think it's going to be tough to defeat him. I think he's even going to stop Fury this time."

Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan: "I'm going to go for Fury, I've heard he's had a much better training camp. Maybe that 5%, 10% that was lacking in the first fight will make the difference."

Retired world champion and promoter Oscar De La Hoya: "Tyson Fury. Coming into the second fight as a loser, that mentality will take him over the top. I feel he will win by knockout in the later rounds."

Sam Harris
BBC Sport in Riyadh

The ultimate action man is here!

Jason Statham spending some of the festive period in Riyadh.

We asked him if he could beat Fast and Furious co-star The Rock in the ring and he gave out a big chuckle.

The easy answer to this is we don't know. Real fight purses are hardly ever revealed and the numbers that float around are often a combination of hyperbole and social media gossip.

That said, it has been suggested Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will share a pot of £150m between them tonight.

How accurate is that? Unclear, but it would be a lot of money for 36 minutes of work.

Shane McGuigan
Boxing coach on Sky Sports

I thought it was very easy to score. But, this is boxing, this is a business. The close rounds when you're leaning towards the guy that is selling tickets, sometimes those are the decisions [that make you] sway towards that fighter. I would be very, very disappointed if I was in Dave Allen's corner.

Well then, we've had our first bit of controversy! Johnny Fisher keeps his undefeated record and moves to 13-0 with a split-decision points win over Dave Allen.

Allen, who knocked Fisher down in the fifth, looked stunned to not have his hand raised at the end of the gruelling scrap.

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Oleksandr Usyk is one of the few fighters capable of boasting an undefeated record.

The Ukrainian, who won Olympic gold as a heavyweight at London 2012, made his professional debut as a cruiserweight in November 2013.

It took Usyk just shy of three years to pick up his first world title, beating Krzysztof Glowacki to claim the WBO cruiserweight belt and just five fights later he recorded his 15th victory at the expense of Murat Gassiev to become undisputed champion.

Usyk signed off his cruiserweight career with a knockout win against Tony Bellew and has won all six of his fights at heavyweight - becoming undisputed champion when he beat Tyson Fury in May.

He also has wins over Derek Chisora, Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua.

The Ukrainian has won 14 of his 22 fights by stoppage with eight going the distance and he has never been knocked down.

Nathan Heaney
Middleweight (18-1-1)

My immediate reaction was that I felt like a let the whole city down and that I didn't want to go back to being a teacher. Rationality kind of goes out of the window and you fear the worst. But my fans who have supported me throughout my career all stayed in the arena and were chanting 'there's only one Nathan Heaney' - I couldn't believe it.

After a few weeks I decided to crack on. My dad had taken his own life weeks before my first title fight and I had to get over that grief, which really does put it into perspective. I love boxing, it means the world to me, but it is just a sport. I knew where I went wrong and I've learned from the defeat.

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We won't make you sit through the full 11 minutes and 20 seconds of their face off because honestly most of it was quite boring.

But if you've got a spare 55 seconds then the video above, which whizzes through the key moments, is well worth a watch.

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh

The now infamous 11 minute and 20 second face off will forever be one of the memorable moments from this fight week.

About a few minutes in, you knew neither man was going to look away anytime soon and we were in for the long-run.

Organisers looked stumped as to how to break it up. Security had no choice but to drag Fury away when he started to become a bit more animated and hurling abuse at the champion.

I wonder how long it could have gone for if everyone had just left the room.

As soon as this fight was announced, plenty of boxers will have been calling their promoters asking for tickets.

Here's former heavyweight champion Joseph Parker catching up with IBF cruiserweight king Jai Opetaia.

Parker will be keeping a keen eye on this one with a fight against IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois coming in February.

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Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh

The atmosphere for the undercard on the whole has been pretty flat. Granted, a lot of time in the UK most fans don't take their seat until a lot later but you do have fans supporting a particular British fighter, and they make their voices heard.

In Saudi, there are just a handful of close friends and family members who make the trip. And it's very noticeable.

Shannon Ryan
Super-flyweight (7-1)

I feel like I handled the defeat with grace, more than I thought I would. But it took me about two weeks to get over it. I didn't know what to do. I would get thoughts like 'is my career done?' I'd be getting on with my day and suddenly start crying.

But my mantra is 'trust the process' and 'everything happens for a reason' which allowed me to get through that hardship. I know that loss was meant for me to elevate me on my journey.

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Tasting defeat at some point in a boxing career is inevitable - even for the elite.

The likes of Rocky Marciano, Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward and Joe Calzaghe are exceptions to the rule, but most have to learn how to bounce back.

Prior to May's meeting, both Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury boasted undefeated records but only the former carries that into this contest.

BBC Sport has spoken to past and present boxers to find out how much importance they put on staying undefeated and how they bounced back from "losing the 0".

We'll bring you their thoughts throughout the night.

First up is super-flyweight Shannon Ryan.

Queensberry's Frank Warren knows a thing or two about heavyweights.

Tyson Fury, Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma are all in his stable of fighters, so there's arguably no better person to join Steve Bunce to discuss the landscape of the division.