Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s new pre-fight trailer for their rematch has got the entire boxing world talking.
Usyk took the victory for the undisputed heavyweight title back in May when they first met, and they quickly agreed to a rematch that will take place later this month. On Sunday afternoon, Riyadh Season and Turki Alalsheikh revealed the trailer for their second fight, which has quickly gone viral.
The video shows Usyk and Fury torturing one another throughout their lives, before eventually agreeing to a second fight. And there are a number of cool Easter eggs thrown in, which we at Bloody Knockout have picked out in case you missed them.
Oleksandr Usyk appears in Tyson Fury’s ‘greedy belly’
While it’s often Tyson Fury who comes up with the nicknames for his rivals, Oleksandr Usyk was the one who had the wit during the build-up to their first meeting. The Ukrainian branded his rival ‘greedy belly’, which caught on with fans.
The nickname comes from Fury’s insistence that he be given a massive split in the purses for the pair’s fight. Ultimately, it was the Saudi Arabian General Entertainment Authority that ended up having to step in with the money to make the initial meeting happen.
In the trailer, Fury and Usyk can be seen constantly haunted by what happened the first time they met. It all leads to the former champion removing his robe to reveal that his own stomach has been taken over by Usyk’s head, recalling the ‘greedy belly’ nickname
Tyson Fury called Oleksandr Usyk a sausage
It wasn’t all Usyk calling names first time around, however. Fury would regularly refer to his rival as a ‘rabbit’, but perhaps the most famous one of his catchphrases was calling him a ‘sausage’.
“Ugly boy. You ugly little man,” Fury taunted his rival during the opening press conference for their May bout in November of last year. “Ugly little sausage man.” This followed their first face-off at the Brit’s trilogy bout with Derek Chisora the previous December.
In the new trailer for their rematch, there is a scene in which Usyk is shopping for groceries and picks up a chicken sausage.The specification is likely due to the bout being held in Riyadh where you can’t eat pork.
However, as he takes hold of the sausage he sees Fury’s face, slagging him off once again.
John Fury headbutted a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s team
Perhaps the most clever moment of the trailer came during a scene where Tyson Fury is in a caravan park and he is seen attacking someone. He headbutts them, thinking it’s Usyk, before pulling away to show his dad with a bloodied forehead.
This calls back to the build-up to the first fight when Fury assaulted a member of Usyk’s team. He ended up having to issue an apology after ‘stealing the show’ from his son when he headbutted Stanislav Stepchuk after he appeared to chant in favour of the Ukrainian.
In the advert for the fight, John Fury makes a brief cameo where he tells his son to “wake up, lad”. This leads Tyson to realize what he has just done as he questions why his father is there.
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