champion Tyson Fury has claimed he'll defeat new WBO, IBF
and IBO heavyweight champion of the world, Anthony Joshua
with one hand behind his back, after Joshua called him out
for a possible fight following his sensational 11th-round win
of Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night in a packed up
Wembley stadium.
Fury held the WBA, IBO, Lineal and Ring magazine
heavyweight champion after
after outboxing Wladimir Klitschko in Düsseldorf in November
2015 but was suspended from the sport last year after his
blood samples tested positive for cocaine use.
Now, Ring magazine, has given Fury the power to hold on to
the heavyweight division’s No 1 status belt if he has a fight
scheduled within 29 days , and Fury, 28, has now claimed he
wouldn't only defeat Joshua with one hand behind his back
but he wouldn't need to do a warm up before fighting Joshua,
27.
Fury told Sky Sports: 'Styles do make fights but I am sure I
can beat AJ with one arm tied behind my back.
'I don't even need a warm-up if he wants this, I have
been out of the ring as long as Klitschko but the
difference is, I am not 41, I am 28.
'AJ did really well to come back but I am not 41 or
getting old. He is just a pumped-up weightlifter but
[Klitschko] couldn't land one of those of those hooks
on me, at all.
'It is a total clash of styles, a total clash of
personalities, the complete opposites. I would just like
to congratulate AJ for getting through the nip-and-
tuck, life-and-death situation, against an old man, so
well done.
'But let's face it, I am the man, the number one in the
division.
'There can only ever be one heavyweight, especially in
our part of the world, and it's me. It definitely isn't a
pumped-up heavyweight, I can tell you that.'
He said:
'It was an excellent fight, very entertaining and
enjoyable and I was screaming for AJ to smash him.
'I wonder what people would be saying today if Klitschko had
done him in the sixth. I was screaming, pulling my hair out -
or what little hair I've got left - because I was worried it would
cost us millions!
'He showed a lot in that fight. He showed he can get
dropped and come back, which is what champions
are made of. He showed he can recover from taking
big shots.'
'It is the only one the world wants to see and I am
here, I am the lineal champion, I am still number one
in the world and everybody knows that,' Fury added.
The British Boxing Board of Control could return Fury's boxing
licence at a hearing next week making a lucrative fight
between Joshua and Fury a huge possibility.
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