Tyson Fury made his presence felt as he arrived in time to see former foe Dereck Chisora hit the scales on Friday.
Chisora is set to meet Agit Kabayel for the European heavyweight title in Monte Carlo on Saturday night and, while he’s fought Fury on two occasions in the past, the pair couldn’t have been friendlier on Friday afternoon.
Fury arrived in typically loud voice and, having been omnipresent on social media since Anthony Joshua’s stoppage victory over Carlos Takam in Cardiff last weekend, there was only one name on the controversial heavyweight’s lips.
“I’m after a weightlifter, a certain weightlifter who can bench press half a ton and dead lift half a ton,” Fury told iFL TV.
“I’ve done it about eight or nine times from being fat like this. For Klitschko I was 25 stone and now I’m 25 stone. I was 27 but I’ve lost two – I quit drinking for a few days.”
Fury hasn’t fought in almost two years, with his most recent fight coming against Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf in 2015.
But Fury’s time at the top was short-lived as he saw rematches with the Ukrainian cancelled due to a series of issues on Fury’s part; including injury, psychological troubles and traces of cocaine showing up in a blood test.
A protracted impasse with the British Boxing Board of Control due to a delayed UK anti-doping hearing means that he currently doesn’t hold a licence but that’s set to change in the coming months and Fury has predicted that he will stop ‘AJ’ inside eight rounds when they inevitably meet with undefeated records on the line.
"I say we get this fight on like Donkey Kong" https://t.co/1e5Zr8YQdq
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) October 31, 2017
It’s the biggest fight that can possibly be made right now and both men are eager to settle their differences in the ring in 2018.
Fresh from Joshua’s most recent win, promoter Eddie Hearn named Fury as the most intriguing potential opponent for the London 2012 gold medallist.
“We would like to help him clear up his stuff with UKAD and start building a schedule that will lead to Anthony Joshua,” Hearn told Sky Sports.
“AJ has told me 100 per cent that he has no problem with the Fury fight.
“He wants to give the public the biggest fights out there and nothing comes bigger than Joshua v Fury, so we are going to sit down with AJ and Tyson Fury, and try and build a plan to give what will be unquestionably the biggest fight British boxing history has ever seen.”
Hearn will be present for the Matchroom event in Monaco this weekend and it’s almost certain that his and Fury’s paths will cross, with early conversations about the ‘AJ’ fight expected to take place.
