At a media event a few weeks ago, Oleksandr Usyk asked Tyson Fury to sign a photo for him and the Englishman affably obliged, even though it turned out to be an unflattering image of Usyk landing an overhand left punch to the jaw that scrambled his senses in their last fight in May. The Ukrainian's narrow victory in that thrilling contest in Riyadh made him the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in nearly 25 years and inflicted a first professional loss on Fury.
I'm going to dish out a whole lot of pain. I'm going to put this f****r in the hurt locker, for sure, Fury, 36, said at the final media conference on Thursday night. When it was put to Fury that he'd had a menacing edge all week, the usually garrulous fighter known as the Gypsy King replied: The talking's been done.
Usyk, 37, was even more taciturn. Now, we have just a performance; the talks, cameras, light and show, he said. Everything is going to be taking place on Saturday night. Given the opportunity for a face-off in the final media conference before their last fight, Fury wouldn't even look at Usyk, preferring instead to stare into the crowd.
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