And another from the Bellew family gallery...

Something to keep you ticking over in the moments before this one gets started...

Steve Bunce
BBC Radio 5 live boxing pundit

In the Super Series, Usyk was owning every second of every single fight. I doubt he lost 20 seconds of any of the fights he had.

This is a Bellew fight. If we are still working in 25 years' time, when crazy fights come up we will be saying 'that's like a Bellew fight that is'.

Usyk is the man who will fight Anthony Joshua, maybe dominate for five years. And then you start to think about it, the two words that come up in boxing come into your head, 'what if?'

Speaking to Sky Sports, Anthony Crolla said: "I had to put a very mature performance in. We knew we were in for a difficult 12 rounds, and that is what we prepared for. Credit to Daud Yordan he pushed me all the way."

On a potential bout with Vasyl Lomachenko, Crolla said: "People are going to have their own opinion on social media, I'm never going to be disrespectful and call him out, but I would love to have it.

"This is my hometown and it is a place where my dreams have come true. I would just like to say, a young fighter who lives near me lost his life this morning. He was 17 and I'm sure he would have been fighting in this arena in a few years' time."

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It won't be the first time Tony Bellew has entered the ring with the odds against him...

It won't be the first time he's put on a real show.

Twice former two-weight world champ David Haye fell to the one-time Hollywood hard man, who has already had a taste of what it feels like to be the best cruiserweight on the planet.

Proud Toffee Bellew lit up Goodison Park when he defeated Ilunga Makabu to take the vacant WBC title in May 2016, before defending it against BJ Flores.

He'll have to use all that experience and more tonight.

Chris Woodruff: Uysk in 4. Ultimate pro.

Matt Wilkinson: As a huge Liverpool fan i am hoping for a big Bellew win tonight. The toffees av got to claim some success somewhere!!

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Oleksandr Usyk called out Tony Bellew immediately after triumphing in the World Boxing Super Series to unify the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles at cruiserweight

Rumour has it, Bellew was watching the bout on his phone whilst on holiday and immediately called Eddie Hearn to get the promoter to make the fight.

The prospect of becoming the first Briton to hold all four major world titles simultaneously, and the prestigious Ring Magazine belt, proved too tempting to turn down for the Bellew.

"When he had all those four belts round his waist the first name out of his mouth was me. I couldn't believe it, I'm genuinely still shocked," he said.

"If it was about money I could have fought a much lesser fighter and earned much more. I took this fight - it is the biggest challenge of my life. I've always known, deep down, I could become a world champion with the right scenario."

Up next, the big one...

"I had to put a very mature boxing performance in, we knew we were in for 12 hard rounds. Credit to Daud Yordan, he pushed me all the way," says Anthony Crolla.

Crolla says he fancies Vasyl Lomachenko, if that fight is on... in Manchester?

"I am the proudest Mancunian there is," he adds.

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Anthony Crolla's looking confident, raising his gloves to the obliging crowd, shaking his fist.

All the judges score it 116-112... and it's Crolla's!

A good win for the Mancunian, but a solid performance from Daud Yordan.

"Oh, Anthony Crolla...." the crowd love that.

Right, this is it, Vasyl Lomachenko potentially awaits one of these men...

Daud Yordan tries to plot his way inside the Anthony Crolla defence, but is met by a rapid left jab and another whipped to the body.

Crolla goes left, Yordan goes right, cancelling each other out, before the Mancunian slips a fist towards the ear of the Indonesian.

Crolla sneaks through an uppercut, but now Yordan's chasing him down. Great finish to this.

Who's taken it?!

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Colin Holden: Bellew to go out with a bang! Whatever happens he's a true hero on Merseyside

Tommy Atkinson: Surely Bellew with a showstopper between 10-12?

Smart duck and ride from Anthony Crolla as he dips beneath a winding left from Daud Yordan and springs towards the cage of the Indonesian.

Crolla looks to tenderise the body with a flurry of jabs, but Yordan comes again with an uppercut - some serious endurance.

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This could of course be the last fight programme Tony Bellew features on. In all honestly, it almost certainly is.

Being around Bellew in recent weeks, you do get this sense of a calm aura. The anger of several years ago has pretty much left the surface at least.

Personally, I get the sense his world title win in 2016 represented the mountain top. What’s left is a guy at peace with his career, which is a pretty rare thing in this game.

Three rounds to go...

Anthony Crolla pins his man, fires a right fist to the body of Daud Yordan and then looks to slip through his gloves and land a head shot.

Yordan wriggles free and plods forward like a White Walker approaching the Wall. Give us your best Jon Snow, Crolla...

The Mancunian smothers Yordan and tries to fire off another right-left, but it doesn't land.

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Matt Edgley: Has Bellew got something that Usyk hasn't? Experience? Grit? Determination? Can he pull out something we haven't seen in all his fights so far....oh I hope so.....

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Another round where Daud Yordan springs into life early doors, but Anthony Crolla has been riding those brief flurries out and calmly going about his business.

A right thud against the ribs of Yordan, but the Indonesian remains unfazed. Crolla's bouncing, bubbling, trying to stay away from the ropes, only for Yordan to unload when he gets within distance.

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James DeGale just had a right chinwag with a dude off Love Island.

I say that, it’s a guess. I don’t watch it. Honest.

Prince Naseem Hamed just strolled past. Asked what he sees happening in the main event he simply says: “It’s going to be a hard one.”

Robbie Savage in the audience. Another man who liked a scrap in his career...

Daud Yordan bounces forward to walk down Anthony Crolla and rips a couple of quickfire jabs the Manchester man's way. Crolla's well covered up and responds with a burst from his left glove.

Left-right to the body from Crolla, that gets a smattering of applause. He's starting to take control of the centre, feeling his range, looking like he's got the stamina.

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