Day one of three done.

I was hoping the news conference might be eventful but it was far from that. I'm trying to convince myself that it's the best thing for the fight, though.

Conserving energy for Saturday? Too focused on the main event to care about this?

Surely that's the only explanation.

Anyway, we're back tomorrow with a video stream and live text of the weigh-ins.

Just 48 hours-ish until we see Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in the ring.

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Steve Bunce managed to get some time with Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren.

Warren speaks about how he struck up a relationship with the Briton, what it's like working with a larger than life character and what he thinks will happen on Saturday.

Spoiler... Warren is backing his man.

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Love Islander/boxer Tommy Fury is here to support his brother. It was announced last week that Fury Jr will be making his acting debut in a film titled “The Debt Inherited.”

Erm... Daniel Craig’s time as Mr Bond is coming to end soon, right?

A reminder that you can still vote on who you think will win Saturday's fight.

The option to cast your vote is available in multiple stories on our boxing index, including Tony Bellew's column, which you can find via this link.

Here's how it is looking at the moment.

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Can't wait until tomorrow to hear from me? Well, here I am. Erm, that was a bit surprisingly dull.

The face-off drama at least gave us a little bit of spite between the pair. In other news, American heavyweight great Larry Holmes just walked past. Of all the stars I've seen today, he may top it. A living legend.

Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight tag is the main course on Saturday but what do we have for starters?

• Jai Opetaia v Mairis Briedis - IBF cruiserweight title
• Joe Cordina v Anthony Cacace - IBF super-featherweight title
• Mark Chamberlain v Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab - lightweight
• Sergey Kovalev v Robin Sirwan Safar - cruiserweight
• Isaac Lowe v Hasibullah Ahmadi - featherweight
• David Nyika v Michael Seitz - cruiserweight
• Moses Itauma v Ilja Mezencev - heavyweight
• Agit Kabayel v Frank Sanchez - heavyweight

Speaking of Kal, after getting booted from his seat (re: 20:02) he has been located and is safe and sound.

We'll be hearing plenty more from Kal over the next two days!

At yesterday’s public workouts, Fury danced in the ring to some classic garage tunes as Usyk watched on from an elevated media stage.

Interestingly, southpaw Usyk hit the pads in an orthodox stance and Fury came out as a southpaw. Another case of mind games?

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Welll after a surprisingly low-key news conference, let's get onto the most important question.

Who was best dressed? Thumbs up for Tyson Fury, thumbs down for Oleksandr Usyk.

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Thoughts on that news conference?

It's a world away from Tyson Fury running into his news conference with Wladimir Klitschko dressed as Batman and going on to have a wrestle with The Joker.

It wasn't even close to Fury strutting around the stage to make fun of Deontay Wilder or breaking into song as he has done on several occasions.

Oleksandr Usyk is often a man of few words so it wasn't too much of a shock to see him keep it short and sweet.

There was a tension on that stage and that surely only bodes well for Saturday?

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Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have been encouraged to "speak out" about the "urgent need for human rights reform" in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has paid huge sums to host Saturday's bout, which is the latest in a string of boxing events in the Kingdom.

But the country continues to face sportswashing and human rights violation claims and Amnesty International has said Fury and Usyk should "acknowledge the way that this fight fits into a pattern of Saudi sportswashing".

"Boxing is very much part of the Saudi sportswashing strategy under Mohammed bin Salman, dating back to at least Anthony Joshua's fight with Andy Ruiz in 2019," said Peter Frankental, Amnesty International UK’s economic affairs director.

"Glitzy events like Fury v Usyk are designed to rebrand Saudi Arabia as a 'sporting hub' while deflecting attention from the country's jailing of women's rights activists, suppression of free speech and rampant use of the death penalty.

"At the very same time that the Saudi sportswashing machine has cranked into high gear there's been a widening crackdown on human rights defenders, including the recent 11-year jail sentence handed down against the fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi.

"The Leeds University student Salma al-Shehab has been jailed for 27 years for tweeting about women's rights, while the retired teacher Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi faces execution for his peaceful remarks on Twitter and YouTube."

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There’s been a noticable change in Fury’s trash talk – or lack of – in fight week. Having called Usyk a “sausage” and “ugly rabbit” in the build-up and dismissing his heavyweight credentials, he’s been far more complementary of his opponent in fight week.

Fury now describes Usyk as a “bad man” says it will be the best win on his record.

Always expect the unexpected with The Gypsy King.

The face-off was also a little different from what we are accustomed to seeing.

Tyson Fury refused to look at Oleksandr Usyk.

Usyk facing Fury but the Brit was looking out to the crowd and never once met his gaze.

What do we take from that? Mind games?

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It seems like both fighters are laser-focused on the task in hand.

The magnitude of Saturday's fight can not be understated and the time for trash talking and messing around has long passed.

There was a little trash talking from Fury's manager but the two fighters are clearly all business.

I think that has made me even more excited.

And one final word from Oleksandr Usyk: "Let your hands talk in the ring."

Tyson Fury adds: "I'm ready. I've got nothing else to say apart from I'm ready for a good fight.

Asked if he has a message for Oleksandr Usyk, he says: "God bless him. I'll say a prayer for him before the fight for us both to get out of the ring safely."

Tyson Fury says he is going to keep it short and simple.

"I want to thank God for the victory I've received already. I want to thank people for putting this event on and I want to thank Oleksandr Usyk for challenging me."