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Thanks for joining us.

I'm off to stare at a wall for 11 minutes and 20 seconds.

Make sure you come back tomorrow when we'll have live text commentary and a video stream of the weigh-in.

Enjoy the rest of your evening!

It has been a bizarre couple of days but we should be used to it now.

This evening's lengthy face-off is bound to be just one of many talking points this week.

On Wednesday, Tyson Fury turned up for his open workout in front of expectant members of the public and decided not to throw a single punch, despite putting his gloves on.

I'm curious about what Friday's talking point will be.

Got some spare time for another podcast offering?

Eleanor Oldroyd was joined by BBC sports editor Dan Roan and BBC sports news correspondent Laura Scott to answer key questions regarding Saudi Arabia's ever-expanding and evolving sporting revolution.

Boxing, of course, has been a central part of that, with huge events, including Saturday's card, taking place in the Kingdom over the past 18 months.

BBC Sport boxing journalist Kal Sajad talks about the impact Saudi Arabia is having on the sport.

Fury's rematch with Usyk will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live from 21:00 GMT on Saturday, 21 December on the BBC Sport website and app.

Mark Chapman will present live coverage of the fight, while the commentary will be led by Ronald McIntosh with retired world champion George Groves and former WBA lightweight champion Anthony Crolla.

You can also keep in touch with everything going on in Riyadh via Steve Bunce, who is delivering daily episodes of his 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.

You can follow live text commentary of the undercard and all the build-up on Saturday from 20:00.

Queensberry's Frank Warren, who promotes Tyson Fury, is the star of the show on Wednesday's pod.

Warren gives his thoughts on the highly-anticipated rematch and looks at the landscape of the heavyweight division.

Speaking of heavyweights, Johnny Fisher stops by for a chat as he gears up for his bout with fellow Briton Dave Allen.

He's behind you Pete!

WBA (Super), WBO and WBC heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk sits down with BBC Sport to preview his rematch with Tyson Fury,

Usyk highlights just how important it is to have a rival like Fury and how he visualises their second meeting playing out.

Trainer Dave Coldwell on X: "This is some stare down!"

You can never really predict how these news conferences will play out but an 11 minute and 20 second face-off would have been right at the bottom of my list.

The actual news conference itself was pretty well mannered.

Fury was not keen on too much talking, while Usyk was Usyk - to the point.

And breathe.

They will be facing off for one final time after tomorrow's weigh-in.

I'm starting think I might have to cancel any plans I had for the evening if they repeat that.

That was interesting.

Official time for that face-off... 11 minutes and 20 seconds!

Have you ever seen anything like it?

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They have been separated by at least a good five yards now.

Fury is yelling some final jibes in Usyk's direction before eventually heading off stage.

Usyk retreats to the stairs and stands with his arms aloft like he has been announced as the winner.

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Now it's starting to get a bit more heated and Fury's eyes are bulging.

He's being pulled away while Usyk remains in the same position.

It's almost done.

Now there is a bit of chat between the two.

Fury is nodding, Usyk is shaking his head.

I've got the work Christmas party to get to tonight. Someone bring this to an end!

It seems that is the case for WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman too.

He's trying to convince them to part ways but they are both refusing.

There is no sign of it boiling over or any aggression. Just emotionless stares.

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I'm enjoying the Metallica music in the background but this face-off grew tiresome about five minutes ago.