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Fury Shoves Usyk At Weigh-In
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Fury Shoves Usyk At Weigh-In

Originally posted on BoxingNews.com  |  Last updated May 17, 2024 4:18 PM ET

The weigh-in for Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk took place ahead of their Undisputed Heavyweight Fight on Saturday. 

One fighter will lose their undefeated record, knowing a win makes them the first undisputed champion since 1999. That is when Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield to become the best heavyweight of his era. It is a 50-50 fight, with plenty on the line. Fury has won all the belts at heavyweight. However, he has never won them simultaneously to become undisputed.

The closest he came to doing so was becoming the Unified Heavyweight Champion in 2015. He outboxed another Ukrainian, Wladimir Klitschko, to pull off a big upset. Usyk has already achieved undisputed at cruiserweight. He could follow Holyfield as the last man to become undisputed at cruiserweight and heavyweight.

Fury understandably came in heavier at 262 pounds. But this was lighter than the Francis Ngannou fight where he was 277 pounds. Meanwhile, Usyk weighed in at 233.5 pounds. That was the highest in his career and an increase from the Daniel Dubois fight where he was 220.9 pounds. Fury then pushed Usyk, as both were separated.

Pre-Fight Comments

“I’m living in his mind rent-free, for sure. People say, ‘You can’t get in his mind.’ I’m already in his mind. He thinks about me every time he gets up in the morning. Every time he closes his eyes, his heart beats out of his body, thinking about the Gypsy King. Every time he brushes his teeth or…[goes to the toilet] he thinks about me and my fat body, and he knows I’m coming for him. I’m in his mind rent-free; I’m living in his head,” Fury stated

“I’m really intrigued [by team Usyk complaining about the ring], I was in that ring last night before anybody got in there and didn’t notice anything. Of course like every boxer, I was in the ring and did a bit of shadow boxing and didn’t notice anything. I’m really intrigued as to what it is all about.Could it be mind games? Possibly, but I doubt it. We’re in neutral territory here, there’s no advantage for Tyson or for Usyk,” Frazer Clarke revealed

Results

Tyson Fury (262) vs. Oleksandr Usyk (233.5) — Heavyweight

Jai Opetaia (198.1) vs. Mairis Briedis (199.1) — Cruiserweight

Joe Cordina (130) vs. Anthony Cacace (129) — Super Featherweight

Frank Sanchez (238.5) vs. Agit Kabayel (238.5) — Heavyweight

Moses Itauma (239.1) vs. Ilija Mezencev (232.1) — Heavyweight

Mark Chamberlain (134.2) vs. Joshua Wahab (132.1) — Lightweight

Sergey Kovalev (194.2) vs. Robin Sirawn Safar (194.1) — Light Heavyweight

David Nyika (198.1) vs. Michael Seitz (198.5) — Cruiserweight

Daniel Lapin (174.7) vs. Octavio Pudivtr (173.7) — Light Heavyweight

Isaac Lowe (125.5) vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi (127.7)* — Featherweight (Ahmadi missed weight by 1.7 pounds)

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