Sam Harris
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

And those chants didn’t just start in Riyadh, Kal.

We’ve caught up with some fans who haven’t stopped singing since their plane left for Saudi Arabia from London. No one getting a decent kip on that flight!

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The chants of "there's only one Tyson Fury" have already started. This is completely different to past boxing events in Riyadh. But just imagine how loud this would be if we were in London.

Please do remember to include your name.

We expected some entertainment at yesterday's news conference, Tyson Fury has regularly delivered in the past.

I guess the magnitude of Saturday's undisputed bout has raised the stakes to a level that both Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are already in a business-like headspace.

Fury wanted to keep it short and sweet and stuck to his words.

"I'm ready. I've got nothing to say. I'm ready for a good fight. If it's tough or easy. Either way I'll be ready,” the 35-year-old Briton said.

He thanked Usyk for agreeing to the fight. When asked if he had a message for the Ukrainian, Fury added: "God bless him. I'll say a prayer for him before the fight for us both to get out of the ring safely."

Usyk also did not want to engage in any pre-fight trash talk. "Let's make history. Enough," he said.

When the two came to the front of the stage for an obligatory face-off, Usyk stood sideways but Fury instead opted to face the crowd front on.

The Gypsy King placed his trilby hat on a member of security, sang along to the music, flexed his muscles and left the stage.

Tony Bellew
Retired world champion & Usyk's former opponent

Image source, Getty Images

If Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk were the same size, this wouldn't even be a contest. There is no way in the world Fury would win a round, let alone the fight.

Fury’s physical attributes are what makes it intriguing and close.

He is fighting a guy who is six inches smaller. On paper, it's not fair. A huge monster facing a little guy. There are weight divisions for a reason.

But Usyk has made the successful jump to heavyweight because he really is that good. He is the purest and best boxer Fury will ever face in his life.

The guy is on another platform. There are boxers and then there is Usyk. I speak from knowledge and, unfortunately, experience.

I must give Fury credit, though - he looks in unbelievable shape. He has definitely taken this seriously. This is not the Francis Ngannou fight happening again. This is a Fury who is 100% focused and 100% dedicated.

I still don't think it will be enough, though. For the first time in his career, Fury is facing a guy who is naturally a better boxer and technically more awkward.

Read the rest of Tony Bellew's column here.

You and me both Kal.

I've just polished off some cottage pie for the second day running and the snacks are all over the desk. I might need to wear my stretchy trousers tomorrow at this rate!

Make sure you bring some Um Ali back for us to try.

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

I won’t be making weight tonight. I’m hooked on a dessert called Um Ali, which I think is Egyptian.

Bits of puff pastry are broken up and blended with pistachios, raisins and an obscene amount of sugar and milk.

I’ve generally found the Saudi people to be health and fitness conscious – there seems to be a gym on every corner – so maybe they’re just feeders to us foreigners.

Image source, Getty Images

On Saturday evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, heavyweight boxing’s bureaucracy and politics will fizzle into insignificance.

Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk is pugilism’s World Cup final. The best versus the best. A cliffhanger episode to draw the eyes of the world.

Barring a draw, for the first time in almost a quarter of a century one man will stand tall as the undisputed champion of boxing’s glamour division.

For Fury, a man born into a fighting traveller family and named after former champion Mike Tyson, it could be his crowning moment as arguably Briton’s greatest export to the sport.

A Netflix reality show and appearances in the scripted world of wrestling entertainment – combined with a compelling comeback story after battling addiction and depression - have long since established Fury as a mainstream figure.

His rise, however, has been far from meteoric.

From a leisure centre in Wigan to a Norfolk showground, the slow-burning superstar has worked his way through smaller venues into the starkest of spotlights.

Over a 16-year-professional career, the only predictable thing about Fury has been his unpredictability.

Could Saturday be the climax of a career that has produced the good, the bad and, on occasions, the ugly?

Read Kal Sajad's full insight feature here.

We're going to be bringing you predictions from those involved in the boxing world tomorrow night.

You can hear the thoughts of former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis above but I want to hear your thoughts too!

Have you been set on one of Oleksandr Usyk or Tyson Fury for weeks?

Has anything happened over the course of the last few days to sway you in one direction or the other?

Where is your head at?! Mine is scrambled.

Get in touch using the details above.

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Image source, BBC Sport

Anyone following the news conference live text will have read about my game of musical chairs.

I was upped and moved several times by security to make way for people far more important than me. When I finally got a seat next to Usyk’s team and was then asked by a hench Welsh security fella if I was part of the Ukrainian’s entourage, I neither confirmed or denied.

Image source, Getty Images

Sorry, I promise that's the one and only boxing pun I'll use tonight.

We are back for day two of three in our run of live text coverage, building up to Saturday's blockbuster bout between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.

It's fair to say yesterday's news conference was underwhelming and I don't think tonight's weigh-in is going to be much more exciting... but stick with us.

There's little jeopardy when it comes to heavyweight weigh-ins. It's another chance for the fighters to size each other up though.

Yesterday, Fury refused to look at Usyk during the face-off. Will that be the same again tonight?