Hughie Fury has lived out his Rocky moment, pummelling a meat carcass ahead of his WBO world heavyweight title fight with Joseph Parker.
Boxing is never short of promotional stunts but the lanky Brit seems to be pushing his cause a bit too far ahead of the September 23 clash in Manchester.
He's been running around Windermere in Britain's famous Lakes District in army fatigues and now he's doing Sylvester Stallone impersonations.
Fury lined out for a training session/photo shoot at a local abattoir, doing his best to replicate Stallone's Philadelphia scene from the first Rocky movie which Fury says remains one his his favourites.
"That carcass has Joseph Parker's face on it when I'm punching the hell out of it and hearing the ribs and bones crack it makes me punch it harder and harder. Just like Rocky, my white hand wraps end up a bloody mess after a 12 round session on the meat," Fury said on the Hennessy Sports website.
"The carcass of meat weighs nearly 400 pounds and that is one heavy 'punch bag' to slam punches into.
"I'm preparing like never before for this fight and pushing myself to the limits and beyond. There's no way Parker is leaving Manchester with that world title. I will everything to make sure that belt stays here with me."
Photo by: HENNESSY SPORTS/DAVE THOMPSON Caption: British heavyweight Hughie Fury lays into a carcass as part of some unorthodox training for his WBO world heavyweight title fight with champion Joseph Parker.