Tyson Fury has confirmed he's in talks for an exhibition bout in opposition to Hafthor ‘Thor’ Bjornsson in November.
The ‘Gypsy King’ introduced his retirement from skilled boxing following his sensational knockout victory over Dillian Whyte at Wembley in April.
Fury has nonetheless not vacated his WBC title, fuelling hypothesis that he'll return to struggle the winner of Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua to crown the heavyweight division’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis.
For now, nonetheless, he insists the one fights he will likely be participating in are exhibition bouts.
Regardless of talks for a crossover assembly with UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, Fury has confirmed he's keen on preventing the 6ft 9in Bjornsson, who beat strongman rival Eddie Corridor contained in the boxing ring in March.
‘It will be a little bit of enjoyable. It will be nice to get in there in entrance of, say, 70,000 followers and present him what boxing is all about, make him miss, and knock him out.
‘We're speaking to his group in the intervening time and it's positively one thing I’m keen on,” Fury instructed Telegraph Sport.
Bjornsson has additionally confirmed that the struggle is being mentioned. ‘I do know that there are some negotiations occurring and a few talks, however nothing is full. If it did occur, I'd gladly step into the ring and I'd gladly struggle him,’ Bjornsson mentioned.
‘I’ve mentioned since day one. When folks have requested me, ‘Would you struggle Tyson Fury?’, I’ve all the time mentioned sure. It will be an enormous honour for me to struggle the very best heavyweight boxer on the planet and it will be an incredible expertise for myself.
‘Would I get beat? Most likely, however I'd not give a f**ok. I'd do my finest and who f*****g is aware of? I’m f*****g robust and my punches harm so if it occurs he can’t take it simple as a result of I’m a warrior, I’m a Viking, and I’m going all in if it occurs. Nothing is unattainable when you've got that mindset not less than.’
Earlier this yr, ‘The Mountain’ shared his plans to struggle Corridor twice earlier than transferring onto Fury with Metro.co.uk.
‘Nobody has seen a man my dimension earlier than and picture if some large identify would problem me as a result of they wish to shut me down. That might be an enormous alternative for me and I most likely wouldn’t flip it down,’ he mentioned.
‘After I do something I all the time take a look at the highest and the highest proper now's Tyson Fury clearly, however we’ll see in two years’ time who's on prime then.’
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