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

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.

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.