How do you intimdate your opponent as a boxing pre-fight press convention that’ll inevitably contain two very giant folks staring into every others’ eyes like long-lost lovers in some unspecified time in the future? Properly, for those who’re Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, the reply apparently is to decorate up as Agent 47 from the Hitman collection, full with bald head and helpful briefcase.
On the presser for his upcoming rematch with fellow thrower of palms Tyson Fury, Usyk opted to point out up in hairless kind carrying the basic swimsuit and gloves combo gaming’s most well-known protagonist that you can scan at a checkout is thought for.
The BBC studies that the boxer even went so far as making his entrance to Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria, which is a pleasant contact, earlier than sitting down and teasing everybody as to what’d be in his briefcase.
Because it turned out, it was a few pictures of Usyk and Fury throughout their first combat in Might this 12 months, which Usyk gained by spilt-decision. One of many snaps, as Fury described it, was “an image of me taking a giant left hand to the jaw”, with the Brit including that he appeared “like Shrek” in it.
So, for those who add within the truth Fury reportedly made his entrance on the presser – held at London’s Guildhall – to Aqua’s Barbie Woman, we mainly went three for 3 on enjoyable popular culture references right here, which is incredible work by each males. Fury additionally apparently tickled Usyk throughout their face-off, as a result of fight sports activities.
The combat this was all finished to advertise, in case you thought it was simply two lads assembly as much as talk about their love of fine video video games and tacky late 90s pop hits, is about to happen in Saudi Arabia on December 21. Till then, I assume Usyk can be replaying the Hitman: Absolution mission ‘Struggle Night time’. Here is hoping he additionally took the prospect to attempt to take down Conor McGregor when Agent 47 tangled with the Irishman in a particular Hitman World of Assasination mission this summer season.
Which online game character would you gown as for a boxing press convention? Tell us why it is some obscure Sonic character beneath.
