Two former rivals exchanged polite features while they were sitting next to each other on the ring.
Conor McGregor often announces its presence on some of the largest combat sport events of the year, but 'The Mac' was not in the city last Saturday evening.
Although it is known that McGregor is keeping Veten alive, two former rivals came together to view one of the greatest nights of the year for boxing.
The last Crescendo certainly observed the hype in Riyad and some of the biggest stars in boxing were present to see the night unfold.
Although Daniel Dubois unfortunately withdrew from his fight with Joseph Parker, both Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk had a great interest in this fight, because both men are approaching the last phases of their career.
Conor McGregor responds to videos from Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk on Ringside
Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk met in two huge back-to-back fights for the heavyweight division in 2021 and 2022.
The Ukrainian came at the top on both occasions and while tensions came over their rematch, there is now nothing but respect between the two men.
A video posted by Ring Magazine during last night's action showed a conversation between them, because UsyK apparently broke out some footwork techniques, talking about your head that did not lean on your knee.
It is always great to see that two former rivals are with each other on large conditions, especially in the case when they went against each other just a few years ago.
MMA -Superster Conor McGregor gave a short and sweet response to the video by answering the post with 'The Notorious' agreed that it was a welcome sight to even see this one small exhibition.
Conor McGregor has a number of rivalry that remain heated
Both Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua are known that they are usually very respectful opponents, so it is not surprising to see them sitting side by side to take a great evening of boxing.
Conor McGregor is not necessarily the same considering some of the intense rivalry he has had throughout his career.
There is certainly respect between him and people like Jose Aldo and Eddie Alvarez, but with other former opponents it became too personal.
It does not seem that we will ever get the same kind of interaction that Joshua and Usyk had between McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov or Dustin Poirier, but that does not keep that awake at night.
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