Fury vs Usyk 2: Fully clothed Fury four stone heavier than Usyk
Tyson Fury weighed in at 20st 1lb in full suit for his heavyweight world title fight with champion Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Ukraine’s Usyk will defend his WBA (Super), WBC and WBO titles against two-time boxing champion Fury at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Fury, wearing a leather jacket, white trousers and a baseball cap which he wore as he stepped on the scale, weighed four stone more than his opponent.
He looked more relaxed than he had all week, even shaking hands with Usyk’s team.
But the 36-year-old Brit seemed eager to get Friday’s weigh-in over with and looked away after just seven seconds in the final confrontation. They had faced off for 11 minutes a day earlier.
The Morecambe warrior walked away without being interviewed on camera.
When Usyk was asked how he felt, he simply responded: “Nothing.”
The 37-year-old Win the undisputed championship via split decision In May, Fury lost for the first time in his career.
He was also wearing tracksuits when he tipped the scales, which made it difficult to determine the boxer’s physical condition and size as he weighed in at 16st 1lb, five pounds lighter than in the first fight.
“You can analyze it all you want, but you’ll find out tomorrow night who’s the best,” Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said.
“You know they’re both coming to fight. We’re going to see something extra, special.”
