Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk both make drastic weight changes as they clash at heated weigh in
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk both weighed in at drastically different weights for their undisputed heavyweight clash.
A day out from Saturday’s mammoth fight, Usyk tipped the scales at a career-heaviest weight while Fury was the lightest he's been in five years.
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Fury stepped on the scales at a trim 18st 7lbs (262lbs) after weighing in at a career-heaviest 19st 8lbs (277.7lbs) last time out against Francis Ngannou.
In stark contrast, Usyk was 16st 6lbs (233.5lbs), up 12.6lbs from his stoppage win over Daniel Dubois in August and showed off a noticeably bulkier physique.
At the press conference on Thursday, Fury didn't look at Usyk.
But at the weigh-ins, he was locked in and fired up as he pushed the Ukrainian when they came face to face for the final time before fight night.
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Speaking in the immediate aftermath, Fury said: "We're ready to rock and roll, I'm going to knock this f***er spark out.
"I'm coming for his heart, f*** his belts. I'm coming for his f***ing heart.
"F*** his team as well they can all get it."
Usyk then took to the mic to fire a message back to Fury: "Don't be afraid I will not leave you alone tomorrow.
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"If I will be nervous, I won't win. My fans, I love you, see you tomorrow."
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Earlier in the week, Fury's dad, John Fury, insisted his son was set to come in at a career-lightest weight.
For reference, the lowest Fury has ever stepped on the scales at is 17st 5lbs (245.5lbs) for his bout with Vinny Maddalone in 2012.
In the end, Fury was around the same as he was for Derek Chisora and Dillian Whyte in his previous outings in 2022.
At the Grand Arrivals on Tuesday, Usyk stated that Fury looked 'skinny' as the boxing rumour mill began to churn.
Yet Fury dismissed talk about him coming in at a career-low weight by saying: "I’ve been in good shape, I’ve had two or three camps back to back.
"People say to me all the time ‘You’re looking skinny’ but I’m weighing the exact same on the scales I’ve been using for the last 10 years."
What Is An Undisputed World Champion?
In boxing, an undisputed world champion is someone who wins all of the four major world title belts in their division - WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO.
Fury currently has the WBC while Usyk holds the WBA, IBF and WBO. Therefore, the winner will hold all four belts as undisputed king.
The last man to hold all the belts in the division was Lennox Lewis when he beat Evander Holyfield to add his WBA and IBF titles to the WBC belt before what is now known as the 'four-belt era' with the WBO being recognised from 2004.
The heavyweight titans square off on Saturday (May 18) at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in what will be the first undisputed clash of the four-belt era.
Lennox Lewis was the last man to hold the undisputed title in boxing's marquee weight class.
He defeated Evander Holyfield for the distinction back in 1999.
However, Lewis did so when there were only three world titles as the WBO was not a recognised major sanctioning body at the time.
Lewis and Holyfield were present at the final press conference and weigh in and will be ringside to watch history made on Saturday.
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