SHOWS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 30, 2018)(SHOWTIME-ACCESS ALL) 1.

CHALLENGER TYSON FURY ON STAGE WEIGHING IN AT 256.5 POUNDS (116.4 KILOGRAMS) 2.

CROWD HOLDING UP CELL PHONES WHILE FURY WEIGHT IS ANNOUNCED 3.

CHAMPION DEONTAY WILDER, WEARING MASK, WEIGHING IN AT AT 212 POUNDS (96.1 KGS) 4.

FURY BEING HELD BACK AND FACE OFF IS ABANDONED 5.

WILDER INTERVIEW ON STAGE 6.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) DEONTAY WILDER SAYING: "I fought way tougher fighters than him.

My opponent last fight was way tougher than him.

This is just another step to me going where I want to go.

Like I said there will be one champion.

One face one name and he go by the name of Deontay Wilder." 7.

WIDE SHOT OF CROWD AND STAGE STORY: Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury weighed-in Friday (November 30) for their heavyweight title fight this Saturday night in Los Angeles, California.

The traditional face off was abandoned for fear of a repeat of the brawl that occured at the pair's joint news conference two days earlier.

Fury weighed in at a 256.5 pounds (116.4 kilograms), a full 44 and a half pounds more than his American opponent who tipped the scales at 212 pounds (96.1 kgs).

Wilder took the stage wearing an ominious black face mask which appeared to produce more laughs than alarm at the outdoor stage adjacent to the Staples Center where the fight will be held.