The weigh-in for Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk provided a double shock in Riyadh on Friday evening.
Fury slimmed down for the biggest fight of his life, while Usyk bulked up as the scales delivered two huge surprises.
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Fury had been a whopping 277lbs (19st 11lbs) for his last outing – that underwhelming split decision victory over Francis Ngannou last October. But here he came in at 262lbs (18st 10lbs) – a whopping 15lbs later.
Usyk meanwhile had been 221lbs (15st 11lbs) for each of his last three bouts – a pair of decision wins over Anthony Joshua and a stoppage of Daniel Dubois. But here he shocked everybody by coming in some 12lbs heavier at 233.5lbs (16st 9.5lbs).
Weigh-in results and weights
Heavyweight: Tyson Fury 262lbs vs Oleksandr Usyk 233.5lbs (12 rounds), WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA/lineal unification
Cruiserweight: Jai Opetaia 198.1lbs vs Mairis Breidis 199.1lbs (12 rounds), lineal/vacant IBF titles
Cruiserweight: Sergey Kovalev 194.2lbs vs Robin Safar 194.1lbs (10 rounds)
Heavyweight: Agit Kabayel 238.5lbs vs Frank Sanchez 238.5lbs (12 rounds), WBC final eliminator
Heavyweight: Moses Itauma 239.1lbs vs Ilja Mezencev 232.1lbs (10 rounds)
Lightweight: Mark Chamberlain 134.2lbs vs Joshua Wahab 132.1lbs (12 rounds)
Light-Heavyweight: Daniel Lapin 174.7lbs vs Octavio Pudivitr 173.7lbs (10 rounds)
Cruiserweight: David Nyika 198.1lbs vs Michael Seitz 198.5lbs (8 rounds)
Featherweight: Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi (10 rounds)
When is Fury vs Usyk?
The bout takes place Saturday May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ring walks for the main event are expected to begin at 2300 UK time (1800 Eastern Standard Time or 1500 PST on the West Coast).
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