Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte hugged and swapped hats like reunited friends, but the British rivals have declared their desire for a brutal world title fight at Wembley.
Fury's WBC belt and unbeaten record are at stake when he shares the ring with Whyte in front of an estimated 94,000 crowd - a post-war British record - at the national stadium.
Whyte's combustible temper has not flared in fight week, while Fury has resisted the temptation to taunt his latest opponent, but grins and handshakes will be replaced by glares and flailing fists.
As of April 2022, Fury is ranked as the world's best active heavyweight by ESPN and BoxRec
He is ranked as the fourth-best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, fourth by ESPN, sixth by the TBRB and seventh by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
While Dillian White is a British professional boxer. He has formerly competed as a kickboxer and mixed martial artist He has held the WBC interim heavyweight title since March 2021, having previously held the title from 2019 to 2020. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight titles, including the British title from 2016 to 2017. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's fifth-best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine, and the fourth-best active heavyweight by the Translational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec. He has been ranked among BoxRec's top 10 heavyweights since 2016, reaching his career-high ranking of No. 2 at the end of August 2021. His knockout-to-win percentage stands at 68%.