OLEKSANDR USYK hilariously photobombed Tyson Fury with both men in the audience for Vasily Lomachenko’s bout with Richard Commey in New York on Sunday.
They came face-to-face at Madison Square Garden after Fury recently told Usyk ‘I am coming’ while on the phone to his heavyweight rival.
At first though Fury, 33, didn’t realise Usyk, 34, was behind him as he unknowingly smiled alongside promoter Bob Arum.
The Ukrainian flexed his muscles behind the Gypsy King, before quickly ducking out of shot.
Fury then spun round and clocked Anthony Joshua’s conquerer.
The duo shared a high-five before embracing and exchanging a few words.
Fury, having knocked out Deontay Wilder in October, previously revealed he wanted to fight Usyk for the undisputed crown.
But with Joshua already contracted to a rematch with the Ukrainian, he would have needed a fee to step aside.
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Tentative talks to do so had started, until the WBC officially ordered Fury to defend his title against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte.
Fury’s promoters Arum and Frank Warren have now started negotiations with Whyte, which will end any hope of a unification bout next.
Arum had previously revealed that a fight between Fury and Usyk could take place in Saudi Arabia in March.
Those plans have now been shelved though with Fury instructed to fight Whyte next.
A bout between the British pair is expected for February or March 2022.
It gives the Gypsy King the perfect chance to fight in the UK for the first time since 2018, having boxed his last five fights in America.
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