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RIYADH. − Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk had to be separated by security as they refused to lose the mental fight.
The pair’s rematch is in Saudi Arabia tomorrow – just seven months after Usyk won their initial classic by split-decision.
They came face-to-face for the standard post-press conference stare down – but this one proved to be anything but.
Fury, 37, and Usyk, 36, looked into each others eyes without saying a single word until things got too tense to for comfort.
Efforts were made by members of their teams and even WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman to try and break up the duo.
A media accreditation and even a napkin were dangled in front of them in an attempt to defuse the situation.
Neither worked.
Instead, the stare down went on for over ten minutes as words were exchanged between the heavyweight superstars.
At last, they were finally broken up and both went their separate ways.
Usyk became the heavyweight division’s first four-belt undisputed champion following his points win in May.
But he was forced to vacate the IBF belt to proceed with the rematch as Daniel Dubois, 27, inherited the strap.
Fury put too much showboating down as a reason for coming out second best in the 12-round thriller. – The Sun
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