Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury rematch – who wins?

They’re at again.

“They” are undefeated heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and former champion Tyson Fury – who fight this Saturday at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

They first met in the same ring last February.

Fury was favored that night and did well in the middle rounds. So well, he banked rounds three through seven – according to Judge Mike Fitzgerald. The big man was ahead by three points on two cards and one on the other.

Usyk upped the ante in round eight. He worked the body and fired a combination that scored. Seconds later, a sharp right bounced off the face of a now bloody Fury. Usyk built off the success of the previous stanza by almost winning the fight in round nine. Usyk cracked Fury with a big combination that caused Fury to stagger around the ring.

Referee Mark Nelson stepped in and gave Fury a standing eight count.

Fury battled back in round 10, but Usyk still had the upper hand. Usyk did well in round 11, but Fury, always resilient, fought hard in both rounds.

The judges saw Usyk as the winner by a split decision.

The debate was on, but the knockdown won the fight for the determined Usyk.

The decision didn’t sit well with Fury, but he accepted it.

Fury feels a slight tweak of activity is all he needs to do to win the sequel.

“I’ll just throw more this time,” Fury said several days ago. “Keep hitting him in the face more often than I did last time. “I’m just going to box smart, box clever, and if I catch him, get him out of there. A little bit less clowning around and a bit more focus and that’s it, really,” Fury added.

Fury won the WBC heavyweight crown nine years ago by completely outclassing Vladimir Klitschko. He lost the belt due to inactivity and personal problems. Fury recaptured it five years later when he stopped defending champion Deontay Wilder.

He made three successful defenses until his fight against Usyk.

Fury, 36, is honest about the reality and the tough fights (with Wilder) affecting him.

“I’m not the same guy I was at 21 or 22, but who is at that age?” Fury said. “No one is, I suppose. Muhammad Ali wasn’t. Joe Frazier and Mike Tyson definitely weren’t. So yeah, all of those fights have a big effect on human beings. It’s a young man’s game. Now I’m in that position. I’m in that boat.”

Fury didn’t mention that Usyk will be 38 next month. The former 2012 Olympic gold medalist and cruiserweight (22-0,14 KOS) world champion has shown remarkable dexterity and technique.

Opposites they are.

Usyk is a machine of pertinacity, while Fury is a freak of nature. Fury is six inches taller, but Usyk might have a smarter boxing brain. Fury is naturally loquacious. Usyk is silent as a stone. He lives the fighter’s life. Fury does not – but has risen to the top of his profession through talent and toughness.

So, who wins?

Toss a coin.

Common sense says Usyk, but Fury is hardly common.