{"id":295408,"date":"2023-11-16T21:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295408"},"modified":"2023-11-16T21:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T21:24:18","slug":"fury-tries-to-intimidate-usyk-in-face-off-before-pair-are-separated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/fury-tries-to-intimidate-usyk-in-face-off-before-pair-are-separated\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury tries to intimidate Usyk in face off before pair are SEPARATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury has to be held back as he squares up to Oleksandr Usyk in their face off after an explosive press conference&#8230; after the Gypsy King called the Ukrainian a &#8216;motherf*****&#8217; and a &#8216;p**** with an earring&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>After a rescheduling of the intial date, the fight is now confirmed for February 17\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Usyk&#8217;s promoter Krassyuk remains doubtful of Fury&#8217;s participation in Saudi\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joshua and Wilder fight on same night &#8211; but not each other! Listen to The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tyson Fury\u00a0used his face off with Oleksandr Usyk to give the Ukrainian fighter a taste of what&#8217;s to come when they meet in their long-awaited clash in Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two fighters confirmed the rescheduled date for their grudge match as February 17 next year, with the &#8216;Ring of Fire&#8217; due to take part in Saudi Arabia&#8217;s &#8216;Riyadh Season&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite there being over three months to go until the match-up, the Gypsy King was keen to waste no time intimidating his rival when the pair were able to square up to one another after an explosive press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury went into the face off forehead first, bearing down on Usyk, who didn&#8217;t flinch at the Morecambe-based fighter&#8217;s agression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, however, Fury pushed a step too far, and the pair had to be forcibly separated at the sign of a tussle to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77896745-12759101-image-a-56_1700165035073.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury was full of intimidation tactics as he took part in a face off with Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77896643-12759101-image-a-57_1700165038118.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King beared down on the Ukrainian and the pair pushed one another back and forth until their eventual separation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77896741-12759101-image-a-58_1700165043727.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The lineal heavyweight champions was full of fire and bluster during Thursday&#8217;s press meeting<\/p>\n<p>The Briton repeatedly shouted &#8216;I&#8217;m going to knock you out&#8217; over chants of &#8216;Usyk, Usyk,&#8217; from the Ukrainian&#8217;s camp, before calling Usyk &#8216;a p**** with an earring, like a little girl.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The heated physical meeting between the two heavyweights had been forewarned by the earlier questions before the press, which saw Fury taking every opportunity to needle an at-times frustratingly cool Usyk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a throwback to his taunts earlier in the afternoon, Fury immediately started calling Usyk a &#8216;sausage&#8217;, and a &#8216;rabbit&#8217; after taking his place at the table in front of the microphone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury also dubbed Usyk a &#8216;cissy with an earring&#8217; and a &#8216;little man&#8217; &#8211; an insult that Fury later took back in the midst of a heated exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yes, I&#8217;m a little man,&#8217; Usyk admitted, before he was interrupted by the 35-year-old appearing to change his mind, instead calling him &#8216;average size for a heavyweight&#8217; and the &#8216;perfect size&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Usyk did little to provoke his rival for the undisputed heavyweight title, saying at the start of the press conference: &#8216;I&#8217;ll speak in the ring.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>February&#8217;s fight will mark the first time in 24 years that a heavyweight has claimed the title of undisputed world champion, with the last holder Lennox Lewis following his defeat of Evander Holyfield in 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But for all his talk, Fury was in agreement that talk in the build-up to a fight of this magnitude was just &#8216;a lot of s***e&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77896135-12759101-image-a-59_1700165051714.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Usyk opted to cut a more reserved figure, and spoke mostly through the translation of his promoter Alex Krassyuk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77896139-12759101-image-a-60_1700165055518.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Morecambe-based heavyweight was in high spirits as he hurled insults across the table<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he beats me, I shake his hand. If I win, I hope he shakes my hand.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, scenes were equally volatile at Wembley, with the announcement of the &#8216;Day of Reckoning&#8217; card to be hosted on the date of Usyk and Fury&#8217;s initial fight, December 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua, who will fight Otto Wallin in Saudi Arabia, clashed with his old foe Jarrell Miller, rising to tauntings over his apparent lack of interest in fighting Deontay Wilder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wilder &#8211; who will be taking on Joseph Parker as the night&#8217;s co-main event &#8211; admitted exclusively to Mail Sport that the British two-time heavyweight champion had turned down a jaw-dropping \u00a340million ($50m) offered to him by Wilder&#8217;s camp to make the fight happen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/16\/20\/77892029-12759101-image-a-55_1700164923815.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12759101\/Tyson-Fury-Oleksandr-Usyk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tyson Fury has to be held back as he squares up to Oleksandr Usyk in their face off after an explosive press conference&#8230; 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