After the discussions reached an impasse, Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren suggested that a coin toss should settle the matter, and now a decision has been made.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LAS VEGAS: Few knew Muhammad Ali better than his business manager and right-hand man. Kilroy was known as the 'Facilitator'.
Fury and Usyk shared an astonishing 11-minute, 20-second face-off on Thusday and met each other again at Friday's weigh-in. They will go toe-to-toe for Usyk's WBA, WBO, and WBC belts.
Mail Sport takes a look at the most noteworthy predictions from world boxing ahead of the seismic rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday.
JEFF POWELL IN RIYADH: Fury will hold a massive 55lbs weight advantage over Usyk in this Saturday night's world heavyweight title rematch. He knows he has to try something different.
JOHNNY NELSON IN RIYADH: Back in October, at the Guildhall press conference in London, Oleksandr Usyk stole the show. Fury had allowed Usyk to belittle him. Something he used to do.
JEFF POWELL: The compact supreme leader of the boxing universe and the towering, bearded behemoth who reigns over his own ructious community have vowed to pulverise each other.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lennox Lewis has revealed the gameplan he believes Tyson Fury should implement to beat Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight rematch on Saturday night.
Paris is in Riyadh for the fight, which will take place on Saturday night, seven months on from their first bout, which saw the Ukrainian inflict the Gypsy King's first defeat of his professional career.
Usyk, 37 heads into the fight boasting a flawless unbeaten record and with his supporting wife Yekaterina ringside he will be aiming to continue his unbeaten streak.
Miami's Fernando Barbosa was not well enough to travel to the Middle East and join the other two judges, American Patrick Morley & Puerto Rican Gerardo Martinez.
The two will meet in Riyadh on Saturday night in a 12-round thriller as the Gypsy King seeks vengeance after Usyk handed him his first and only defeat in professional boxing career.
Ahead of Saturday's much anticipated rematch in Riyadh, a late judging change has been after one official was unable to travel to the Middle East due to illness.
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have put the UK at the forefront of heavyweight boxing for the past decade, with both men involved in some of the biggest nights the sport has ever had.
JEFF POWELL: He will have to see if Fury defies his prediction in the Kingdom Arena here on Saturday night and goes on to a trilogy decider with Usyk next year.
Recap Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and updates as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk hold their final press conference ahead of heavyweight clash this weekend.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk engaged in a tense over ten-minute staredown at the final press conference ahead of their blockbuster heavyweight rematch.
DANIEL MATTHEWS IN LAS VEGAS: This was once at the epicenter of boxing's biggest fights, where Floyd Mayweather honed his craft before heading a few minutes south to earn his fortune.
John Fury will not be in his son Tyson's corner for Saturday's world heavyweight title showdown against Oleksandr Usyk, SugarHill Steward has confirmed.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Tyson Fury 's promoter Frank Warren has given an insight into what is going through his fighter's head just days before his mouthwatering rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport ahead of his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, Hearn considered the question of whether Fury's best days in the ring are now behind him.
The new Arabian paymasters of big-time boxing already have plans set in place for the pre-eminent heavyweights following this Saturday's rematch between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.