We at the moment are simply 24 hours away from the highly-anticipated undisputed heavyweight title showdown between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, and the competition has moved a step nearer after the 2 males weighed in on Friday.
The long-awaited battle takes place on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles all on the road, which means followers will see an undisputed champion topped for the primary time in 25 years.
After battle week started with a particularly fiery build-up, down in most half to John Fury headbutting a member of Staff Usyk, the hostilities quieted down because the week progressed, together with a low-key press convention on Thursday.
The weigh-in was held on Friday, and regardless of claims that Fury might weigh in at a profession lightest, he tipped the scales at 262lbs. Usyk got here in at a profession heaviest, as he weighed 233.5 kilos.
Tempers then flared throughout the stare-down, with Fury shoving Usyk on stage, with the 2 groups then having to be separated.
AN INTENSE FINAL FACE OFF 🔥#FuryUsyk must be separated 😯 pic.twitter.com/wlvCeCDFcY
— Sky Sports activities Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) Might 17, 2024
Fury’s earlier profession lightest got here again in July 2012 when he weighed 245.5lbs in opposition to Vinny Maddalone, whereas his heaviest got here final day out in opposition to Francis Ngannou, the place he tipped the scales at 277.75lbs.
Usyk has weighed in at 221lbs for every of his final three fights at heavyweight, having initially got here in at 215lbs for his debut within the division after turning into undisputed champion at cruiserweight.
The battle between Fury and Usyk has been a very long time coming, and after being mentioned for years, lastly seemed to be happening earlier this yr in February.
These plans had been scuppered when the ‘Gypsy King’ suffered a minimize late in sparring, forcing the postponement of the bout by three months and bringing us right here.
There was loads of dangerous blood between the 2 camps after the delay, however the entire speaking is now performed and the historic heavyweight bout is nearly right here.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Jai Opetaia and Mairis Briedis meet for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title, and Joe Cordina and Anthony Cacace sq. off for the IBF and IBO super-featherweight titles.
Former world champion Sergey Kovalev fights Robin Safar, unbeaten heavyweight fighters collide when Agit Kabayel takes on Frank Sanchez, plus the likes of Moses Itauma, Mark Chamberlain and Isaac Lowe are all in motion.
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