Oleksandr Usyk sends chilling message to Tyson Fury at awkward press conference

Oleksander Usyk and Tyson Fury had very little to say to each other at Wednesday's press conference in London Instead, the most significant fighting talk from either man came in the form of a chilling social media post from Usyk.

The in May, defeating Fury over 12 back-and-forth rounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And they will as the "Gypsy King" hunts for revenge.

Fury is at his press conferences, but this time it was Usyk who donned an outfit. He arrived at Guildhall dressed as Agent 47 from the iconic Hitman video game series, sporting a black suit and gloves with a white shirt and red tie.

And moments before he took to the stage for the press conference, the undisputed champion shared a picture of himself in the outfit on Instagram, adding the caption: "I will not leave you alone. Never @tysonfury."

Once the fighters were in front of the microphones, matters were much more subdued and cordial. Fury even saw the funny side when Usyk removed an image of the former WBC champion being punched during the first fight, which went Usyk's way by split decision.

"I look like Shrek," Fury remarked before accepting Usyk's request to sign the picture on stage. But it was a far cry from previous press conferences involving the pair, when Fury has deployed his trademark trash-talking style.

There was no mocking this time, but the 36-year-old (36-1-1) insisted he will get his revenge for May's defeat. He pointed to his record of success in rematches, handily defeating the likes of Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora inside the distance in their second duels.

"As it would seem, my rematch with people always ends up one way," Fury said. "I always end up knocking them out in the rematch. Whoever I have faced more than once, I've knocked out in the rematch so I am envisaging something similar in the second fight with Usyk."

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Usyk offered nothing so substantial when quizzed by emcee Dev Sahni, and the mood grew increasingly awkward as both men descended into offering nothing more than one-word answers to the questions they faced.

"They are very respectful of each other," Fury's promoter Frank Warren said afterwards. "They shared the ring in a magnificent fight, the biggest heavyweight fight of the 21st Century. It was a split decision, both of them felt they won it.

"They will do all their talking in the ring. They are passed all that, all the banter and all that. They know what to expect, they know exactly what the other guy has got. It's going to be who [the first fight] took the most out of because I think it took something out of both of them."