Eddie Hearn has admitted he's impressed by Tyson Fury's shape after seeing the Gypsy King in Saudi Arabia.
And the boxing promoter has also claimed Fury 'caused mischief' by firing verbal shots at Francis Ngannou.
It recently emerged that Fury and Ngannou had an explosive row ahead of the Cameroonian's showdown with Anthony Joshua on Friday night.
Ngannou bristled at suggestions from Fury that he'd branded the Briton a 'coward', firmly denying those claims in front of Joshua and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted Tyson Fury 'looks fit' ahead of the Gypsy King's bout with Oleksandr Usyk in May
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And Hearn, speaking to the Daily Mail, has praised Fury's body while shedding more light on the exchange between the 35-year-old and Ngannou.
"AJ kept himself to himself, Fury didn't talk to him," he said.
"He had a chat with Zhang, obviously he's friendly with Parker.
"But yeah, (Fury) was causing a little bit of mischief but he was on good form.
"He was on very good form, and looked well, looked very fit considering now there's quite a bit of time to the fight, but he seemed very motivated to meet (Oleksandr) Usyk on May 18."
Hearn also said: "I feel like I didn't know if what happened in the room stayed in a room, but there's already been some reports about Fury letting his feelings be known to Ngannou, which is true. He did stick it on him.
"And it was a little bit scary for a little bit scary for a while, a lot of big men in that room last night."
Andy Lee, who is close to Fury, claims Ngannou was 'pulled up straight away' by the Gypsy King.
“It is a bizarre thing. Anthony Joshua‘s on one side, Tyson’s here," he told IFL TV.
“Then Ngannou came in and Tyson pulled him up straight away.
“He said, ‘Hey you, you’ve been talking about me in interviews, saying I’m a coward, calling me a yellow belly.’
“But Ngannou in fairness was quite cool and calm and went, ‘No I didn’t say that.’
“Tyson went, ‘You did. I beat you, I beat you.’
“Ngannou said, ‘No, no, no. I didn’t say that.’
“Tyson said, ‘What does your record say?'
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Francis Ngannou has shed light on his recent row with Tyson Fury as he prepares to take on Anthony Joshua
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“Then Tyson said, ‘You take care of your man, I’ll take care of mine and I’ll give it to you again.’
“He put it on him for a bit, it was interesting.”
As for Ngannou, meanwhile, the former MMA star has also put his side of the story across.
“When we met, he said I called him a coward and I said, ‘Wow, where did you hear that from? I never made that statement about anybody," he told MMA Junkie.
"I never called anybody a coward, unless you’re really a coward.'
Tyson Fury has slimmed down ahead of his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk in two months' time
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“But I don’t care to call a man that steps in the ring to fight another man, a coward.
“He said, ‘Yeah, you said you beat me.’ I said, ‘Yeah, I did beat you – that doesn’t mean I called you a coward. But I did beat you.’
"Then he was like, ‘Why does your record say 0-1?’ I’m like, ‘Well, if it’s about the record, I really start to doubt now if what your record says is true, because I did beat you.’
"Then I think the argument was about that. I had to ask him like, ‘In fact, why did your fight get postponed from December to February?’ He said he got cut.
"I asked, ‘Did you slip on the floor or something?’ No, he didn’t slip. Why did you find yourself on the floor in the fight? You didn’t slip. I had my statement to make.”
