Fury was in the same upbeat mood he has shown all week – making time for fans outside beforehand, laughing and joking with the media, and strolling out to Eminem’s ‘Without Me’ with the line “guess who’s back?” blasting over the speakers.<\/p>\n
But the focus soon turned to the scales, with weight a talking point throughout the Morecambe fighter’s career.<\/p>\n
He was a career-heaviest 20st 1lb (127kg) – although fully clothed – for his rematch with Usyk in December 2024, while during his hiatus from boxing between 2016 and 2018 he ballooned to around 28st (178kg) amid personal struggles.<\/p>\n
Fury – who has spent his training camp in Pattaya, Thailand – weighed the same as he did for his last fight in the United Kingdom in December 2022 when he beat fellow Briton Derek Chisora.<\/p>\n
“It’s a decent, comfortable, happy weight for Fury. A lot of people thought he’d come in heavier, but that’s a good weight,” said BBC Radio 5 Live boxing pundit Steve Bunce.<\/p>\n
“He looks like a man that has been training in the heat for an awful long time.<\/p>\n
“He might have been 23 or 24 stone when he started training for this fight. He’s moved a little bit of weight and built it up slowly after his exile. He’s been walking up hills and carrying trees. I love how he looks.”<\/p>\n
Makhmudov, though, is one of the few heavyweights capable of matching Fury for sheer physical presence. <\/p>\n
Standing 6ft 5in, the Russian-born, Canada-based fighter – known as ‘The Lion’ – has secured 21 wins in 23 fights, including 19 by knockout, and arrives in London with a reputation as a heavy puncher.<\/p>\n