The street to Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 is formally underway.
Usyk and Fury confronted off again in Might for the undisputed heavyweight title—the primary time that’s occurred since 2000—which Usyk gained by way of cut up choice. The 2 are set to rematch this December and on Wednesday, the street to their heavyweight rematch kicked off with the Usyk vs. Fury 2 Launch Press Convention going down in London.
And it was actually attention-grabbing.
Usyk got here out to the occasion dressed as Agent 47 from the Hitman franchise, and after being requested what was within the briefcase he carried with him, the champ took out a photograph of him punching Fury throughout their first bout and requested Fury to signal it. Fury obliged and Usyk later revealed the photograph can be put up for public sale with the proceeds going to assist Ukrainian troopers within the ongoing struggle with Russia.
In the meantime, Fury didn’t have any preplanned gimmicks and as an alternative relied on his reward of gab to advertise the battle.
“I’ve to be a bit of bit extra centered and a bit of bit extra good to get the victory,” Fury stated. “As it will appear, my rematch with individuals at all times finally ends up a technique: I at all times find yourself knocking them out within the rematch. Whoever I face greater than as soon as has at all times been knocked out within the rematch. So I’m envisioning one thing related within the second battle with Usyk.”
In the end, the press convention ended like at all times, with Usyk and Fury sharing their first faceoff for the battle. As one last wrinkle, Fury took the chance to try to tickle the heavyweight champion, which drew laughs from these in attendance however didn’t section Usyk.
Usyk and Fury face off on Dec. 21 at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
