Tyson Fury had no need to have a look at Oleksandr Usyk because the heavyweights confronted off for the primary time throughout struggle week in Saudi Arabia.
Following the conclusion of the pre-fight press convention, Usyk stepped in the direction of Fury with an icy stare as he glared at his opponent on Saturday night time. In return, Fury simply saved going through ahead with out ever locking eyes with Usyk.
The uncomfortably lengthy staredown continued with the commentators simply ready for Fury to lastly flip to face Usyk but it surely by no means occurred.
As a substitute, Fury smiled, flexed, posed and even took his hat off at one level whereas mouthing the phrases to the tune Hearts on Fireplace from the Rocky IV soundtrack that was blaring via the world however he by no means even glanced Usyk’s path.
That didn’t cease the undefeated Russian from staring a gap via Fury as he saved his eyes locked on the British born heavyweight. Usyk finally confronted in the direction of the group and gave Fury one final look earlier than he simply turned and left the stage.
Addressing the faceoff afterward, Fury defined why he didn’t even look at Usyk.
“He’s a scary-looking dude,” Fury mentioned.
Given the way in which this faceoff unfolded, will probably be attention-grabbing to see if Fury does one thing completely different on the official weigh-ins or if maybe refusing to acknowledge Usyk is all a part of his plan earlier than they meet within the ring on Saturday night time.
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