Just after 10 o’clock on Wednesday night Tyson Fury stepped into a boxing ring in a new stadium on a patch of scrubland on the fringes of Riyadh. The 6ft 9in giant simply lifted his long legs over the ropes, as if he was striding across a low fence, and soon began dancing to a bizarre soundtrack which stretched from AC/DC to Depeche Mode.
Fury, the world heavyweight champion, skipped around the ring with whoops and yelps which confirmed that he was not troubled by nerves as he moved through his final workout before Saturday night’s ridiculous fight when he faces Francis Ngannou – who has never boxed professionally before.
