A leather-jacket wearing Tyson Fury weighed in just under four stone heavier than Oleksandr Usyk ahead of their heavyweight rematch as both fighters remained fully clothed as they stood on the scales.
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Fury is allowed to sport the hairy facial facade, according to his promoter Frank Warren, and has been showing it off this week.
JEFF POWELL IN RIYADH: Fury will hold a massive 55lbs weight advantage over Usyk in this Saturday night's world heavyweight title rematch. He knows he has to try something different.
Watch as Tyson Fury cuts face-off with Oleksandr Usyk short after seven seconds at the weigh-in for their heavyweight fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. This comes the day after the pair engaged in an 11 minute 20 seconds face-off at the media conference on Thursday.
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