Oleksandr Usyk cut a formidable figure at the prefight news conference with Tyson Fury at London's Guildhall on Thursday, dressed as Agent 47 from the movie "Hitman." While he didn't engage in any verbal sparring and repeatedly delivered one-word responses,

Oleksandr Usyk opened a briefcase, removed a photograph and walked over to Tyson Fury to get his heavyweight rival to sign it.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk met in London for the first press conference ahead of their highly-anticipated heavyweight rematch.

Oleksandr Usyk had very little to say at Wednesday's London press conference announcing the Tyson Fury rematch. However, the defending unified heavyweight champion sent a message.

Mind games between opponents in the lead-up to big fights are not new in the sport of boxing, but Oleksandr Usyk may have upped the ante ahead of his

Oleksandr Usyk asks Tyson Fury to sign a photo of the Briton being punched in the face in their first fight during a news conference before their rematch.

World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk landed the first blow in his re-match with Tyson Fury as he got the British fighter to sign a photograph of him being punched in the face by the Ukrainian at a promotional event on Wednesday.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s press conference was branded ‘painful’ and ‘pointless’ by some disgruntled boxing fans. The heavyweight fighters faced off at London’s Guildhall on Wednesday ahead of their much-anticipated rematch on December 21.

A suited and menacing-looking Oleksandr Usyk asked Tyson Fury to autograph a photograph of him being punched in the face in their first fight, at a news conference on Wednesday. Briton Fury, 36, lost his WBC crown by split-decision in May as Usyk became boxing's first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years.

Oleksandr Usyk, dressed as Agent 47 from the video game Hitman, shared a warm but strange moment with Tyson Fury in their pre-fight press conference at Whitehall on Wednesday. Both fighters are set to meet again in the ring on December 21 after Usyk beat Fury to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in May.