Tyson Fury has given fans a clear glimpse at how his cut is healing following the postponement of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
The Gypsy King is back in Morecambe after he was forced to cut short his training camp in Saudi Arabia following a freak accident.
News broke last Friday that Fury had pulled out of the mega February 17 bout in Riyadh after he suffered a nasty cut above his right eye in sparring.
A new date of May 18 has swiftly been arranged as Fury and Usyk prepare to put their belts and unbeaten professional records on the line.
Tyson Fury showed off his cut on Instagram on Tuesday
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It will be the first undisputed fight in the heavyweight division since Lennox Lewis won all four titles in 1999.
Fans will have to wait a little bit longer than expected but it will only increase the anticipation for the huge encounter.
Fury had been in Saudi Arabia since early January, choosing to spend an extended period in the country before the original scheduled date.
But he flew back to the UK this week and is already getting back into family life.
Fury posted a video on his Instagram story on Tuesday with his cut on full show for his near-seven million followers.
The 35-year-old had to be stitched up after the gaping wound he suffered during a sparring session with Croatian heavyweight Agron Smakici.
Fury said he was back on the school run as he takes some downtime before getting back into full-on training closer to the fight.
He said: "Back to reality today. Back to the good old Morecambe Bay weather – rain, wind, cold.
"Back to the school runs, back to real life stuff.
"I can’t wait to get back into the training camp in Saudi and absolutely smash it. Come on Tuesday, bring it!"
Fury will hope his cut has healed in time for him to undergo a thorough training programme.
He was visibly in a great physical condition before suffering the cut.
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Tyson Fury was forced to delay the Oleksandr Usyk fight after suffering a cut
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Footage emerged last week of the apparent incident that saw Fury get injured.
Smakici accidentally caught the WBC heavyweight champion with his elbow.
The 33-year-old denied claims he did not show any remorse, telling the Daily Express: "I don't know who said that [about not showing any remorse].
"This is the first time I am speaking about this... I have not told this story.
"It was a strange day. Throughout the two weeks, I was sparring with him [Fury] we did hard sparring in the evenings but that day it was at about midday.
Tyson Fury showed off his stitched cut to his millions of followers
"During the spar, there was a lot of wrestling, and I also do professional wrestling so I had some good moments keeping him in the wrong positions.
"He was joking around, as he always does, and we were roughing each other up on the inside.
"When you see the punch, I know I shot a clear punch but the way he held my head, he was pulling my head forward to him.
"So, that's maybe why the elbow came through also. But it was a punch first of all. It was a freak accident."
