Tyson Fury weighs in at his heaviest EVER for Oleksandr Usyk fight
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Tyson Fury weighed in at a career HEAVIEST of 281lb for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. Fury weighed 262lb before losing to Usyk in May and has piled on a STONE in the seventh months since, although he was fully-clothed. His previous hight was 277lb for his narrow win over Francis Ngannou last year. Usyk scaled 223lb in May and added only three pounds ahead of the sequel tomorrow night.
The rivals then faced off for mere seconds having spent almost 12 minutes staring each other down after their press conference on Thursday. And Fury declined to speak to the media after stepping on the scales. Usyk, meanwhile, said: "My angel helps me, my God Jesus helps me, my family, my team and my wife helps me.".
Fury's promoter Frank Warren said: ""There's going to be a war tomorrow. Tyson has come to get those belts back; that's what he's here for, that's what he's sacrificed for, and I believe that's what he'll do. He's heavier but iI think the other guy is as well. You can analyse it what ever way you like but tomorrow night, we're going to find out who is the best. You know both guys are coming to fight; it's going to be exciting and you're going to see something extra, extra special.".
Fury's sequel with Usyk was earlier hit by a row after the two teams disagreed over which judge would replace official Fernando Barbosa who took ill and was unable to fly to Riyadh. Two judges were on standby with each camp favouring a different replacement.
