Oleksandr Usyk insists Tyson Fury is looking ‘skinny’ ahead of their Saudi Arabia showdown.
The Brit has always carried a bit of extra timber around his midriff but ahead of his four-belt shootout with Usyk on Saturday, he is looking very trim.
Pictures uploaded to his social media earlier this week showed Fury with abs while his father, John Fury, has claimed that his son is coming in at a career-lightest weight.
As Fury made his way to the stage at the Grand Arrivals on Tuesday, Usyk, who was watching his adversary make the walk from the balcony above, could be heard saying: “He looks skinny.”
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, remarked: “He looks skinny so who is the middleweight now?
“That’s because he is nervous, when you get nervous you lose weight or gain weight like his mother.”
However, ‘The Gypsy King’ claims his weight isn’t any lower than usual.
“I’ll tell you my weight. I’m about 19 stone (266lbs). I’m 19 stone around about,” he told DAZN.
“I’m in good shape I’ve had two or three camps back to back.
“People say I’m looking skinny but I’ve weighed the same on my scales for the last ten years.”
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In recent years, Fury’s fight weight has fluctuated between the mid 260lbs mark and 277lbs.
Meanwhile, last time out he tipped the scales at a career-heaviest 277.7lbs for his crossover clash with Francis Ngannou.
But if Fury’s estimates are correct then he will be around the same weight for his next contest as he was for his previous two outings against Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora in 2022.
“It’s difficult to know what is going to happen on Saturday night,” Fury said when asked about his expectations for fight night.
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“I believe in fate, I believe in destiny and I’ve come along way. I was watching a video of myself when I was 28 stone sparring and I was thinking ‘I am a bad man’.
“I was 30 stone nearly and come from that and become the heavyweight champion of the world again, it has been an amazing journey and I look forward to the next chapter.”
