Tyson Fury weight for OIeksandr Usyk - trainer hint, Francis Ngannou comparison as issue resolved
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will weigh-in ahead of their highly-anticipated clash in Riyadh on Friday with all eyes on the Gypsy King's weight.
The pair will face off this Saturday in an attempt to become the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999.
Ahead of the fight, Usyk's promoter Alex Krassyuk claimed the Briton looked skinny with talk ahead of the fight centred around Fury's significant weight loss.
Speculation has fuelled that Fury is giving his opponent too much of a size advantage. READ MORE: Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk press conference LIVE: stream, start time and updates READ MORE: Oleksandr Usyk team send clear Tyson Fury message ahead of undisputed heavyweight title fight Fury's trainer, SugarHill Steward, has claimed that isn't the case and pointed towards the fighter's increase in his fitness. "It's not even that he's lighter, he's just more fit," he told Sky Sports. "He hasn't dropped a bunch of weight just to get down low.
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