Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury faced off in a bad-tempered showdown on Thursday for a full 11 minutes as they prepared for their match. revenge of the heavyweights got serious.

Defending champion Usyk and Fury, who suffered his first career defeat to the Ukrainian in May, looked at each other inches apart and mostly in silence, before the Briton begins to taunt his rival.

Fury, stung by his split decision defeat, appeared laser-focused during fight week in the Saudi capital as he looks to hand Usyk his first professional defeat.

“Talking is over…I’ve been talking and joking my whole career,” a stone-faced Fury said at the press conference earlier.