{"id":292163,"date":"2023-10-28T04:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292163"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:10:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:55","slug":"tyson-fury-and-oleksandr-usyk-share-unexpected-embrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/tyson-fury-and-oleksandr-usyk-share-unexpected-embrace\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk share unexpected embrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk share unexpected embrace ahead of his Battle of the Baddest fight against Francis Ngannou after the date announcement for their Christmas clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Tyson Fury is set to take on Francis Ngannou in a crossover bout on Saturday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Gypsy King has also agreed terms to take on Oleksandr Usyk in December<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LISTEN: Exclusive Tyson Fury interview on THE HOOK &#8211; our new boxing podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk came face-to-face in Saudi Arabia ahead of the Gypsy King&#8217;s fight against Francis Ngannou on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Fury and Usyk &#8211; arguably the two greatest fighters in boxing right now &#8211; signed a contract last month for an undisputed world heavyweight title battle later this year, with the bout to take place in Riyadh on December 23.<\/p>\n<p>It came after much toing-and-froing over the past 12 months, with talks breaking down earlier this year before terms were finally agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair have regularly traded various insults in recent times &#8211; which included Fury labelling Usyk a &#8216;sausage&#8217; &#8211; before they bumped into each other after walking a red carpet of boxing royalty ahead of a gala dinner on the eve of Fury-Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>And the pair shared an unexpected embrace, before the Ukrainian lifted up his rival champion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/21\/77095571-12681421-image-a-29_1698436978155.jpg\" height=\"732\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk shared unexpected embrace in Saudi Arabia on Friday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/21\/77095731-12681421-image-a-30_1698437120282.jpg\" height=\"674\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The rival champions have agreed terms to fight in a blockbuster event on December 23<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/21\/77095741-12681421-image-a-31_1698437209303.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>During the embrace, Usyk then lifted up Fury &#8211; who recently labelled the Ukrainian a &#8216;sausage&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Gypsy King could be heard joking with Usyk as he said: &#8216;Come on then. Hug it out. Come on, give me a hug brother,&#8217; before he added: &#8216;Ah, I needed that,&#8217; afterwards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Usyk &#8211; who will be ringside for tomorrow&#8217;s bout &#8211; also\u00a0announced he will be ready to fight Fury here for the undisputed world heavyweight title on December 23<\/p>\n<p>He then laughed at speculation that he would seek a delay so as to undertake a 14-week training camp before the biggest fight of their lives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.363.png\"><\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Fourteen weeks? Imagine how tired I would be. I&#8217;ll be here and ready to go on the 23rd. Then off to enjoy Christmas.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Mail Sport earlier this week, Fury had warned Usyk not to steal the show on Saturday despite his ringside seat.<\/p>\n<p>He had said:\u00a0<span>&#8216;I say this, f*** Usyk. It\u2019s not about him. This is the Tyson Fury show. It\u2019s about me and Francis Ngannou.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The African King is meeting the Gypsy King and you know, we are throwing it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, anything that happens after that, happens after that and anything before that, is not important.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/20\/77095379-12681421-image-a-28_1698436713822.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury is set to take on MMA star Francis Ngannou in a crossover bout on Saturday evening<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12681421\/tyson-fury-v-oleksandr-usyk-fight-francis-ngannou-battle-baddest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk share unexpected embrace ahead of his Battle of the Baddest fight against Francis Ngannou after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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