A suited and menacing-looking Oleksandr Usyk asked Tyson Fury to autograph a photograph of the Briton being punched in the face in their first fight, at a news conference on Wednesday.
Fury, 36, lost his WBC crown by split-decision in May as Ukraine’s Usyk became boxing’s first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years.
They met at London’s lavish Guildhall to promote their rematch on 21 December in Saudi Arabia, which will not be for all four belts after Usyk vacated the IBF title.
Usyk – sporting a red tie and black gloves – took out of a briefcase a picture of the Morecambe fighter being punched.
“I look like Shrek,” Fury said to a shaven-headed Usyk, 37, as he signed it.
The champion mirrored Agent 47 in the Hitman video gaming series, making his entrance to Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria – a song used in the game.
Fury, meanwhile, rather unexpectedly made his way to the top table to the tune of Aqua’s Barbie Girl.
But showmanship aside, it was a rather serene news conference.
“We did the fight in May, a great fight, I know people keep going on about it but it’s in the past now, we’ve got to move on,” Fury said.
