Tyson Fury sends X-rated final message to Oleksandr Usyk before undisputed fight

Tyson Fury was fired up as he took to the mic after a heated face-off with Oleksandr Usyk on Friday night.

At the press conference on Thursday, Fury refused to look at Usyk but at the weigh-ins, it was a completely different story.

Fury looked locked in and fired up as he butted heads with Usyk before pushing him when they came face to face for the final time before fight night.

Security stepped in and broke up the rivals as Fury took to the mic to deliver an X-rated final message to Usyk and his team.

“We’re ready to rock and roll, I’m going to knock this f***er spark out,” shouted Fury.

“I’m coming for his heart, f*** his belts. I’m coming for his f***ing heart.

“F*** his team as well they can all get it.”

The heavyweight titans both weighed in at drastically different weights.

Usyk tipped the scales at a career-heaviest 16st 6lbs (233.5lbs) while Fury dropped 15.7lbs from his last outing against Francis Ngannou, stepping on the scales at 18st 7lbs (262lbs).

That marked his lightest weight since 2018 when he boxed Deontay Wilder for their first fight – which ended in a draw – at 18st 3lbs (255lbs).

Although Usyk closed some of the gap in weight between the pair he is still 28.5lbs lighter than ‘The Gypsy King’.

When he was handed the microphone after Fury, Usyk sent a considerably more polite but slightly more ominous message back to the Brit.

“Don’t be afraid I will not leave you alone tomorrow,” he said.

“If I will be nervous, I won’t win. My fans, I love you, see you tomorrow.”

Fury and Usyk’s teams have been at each other’s throats throughout the build-up.

On Monday, fight week got off to a bang as the two camps got into a heated altercation at a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ahead of both fighters’ respective interviews.

Fury’s dad, John Fury, was caught on camera headbutting a member of Usyk’s team, Stanislav Stepchuk, as all hell broke loose.

Fury Sr later apologised for the incident, telling Seconds Out: “Sincere apologies to everybody involved to be honest with you.

“It’s just the way we are. Emotions and tensions are running high. He was a very disrespectful fella, wasn’t he?

“If you come close in a fighting man’s space, you’re gonna cop for something, aren’t you?

“People don’t understand we are the real deal as fighters. What matters to me is respect for my son and he wasn’t showing any of it.

“He mentioned my son and that was it, so he had to have it.

“It doesn’t bother us [the blood], it’s what we live for, we’re fighting people. That’s a regular occurrence to me.”