Tyson Fury has called for a fight with 9-12 journeyman Chris Healey for his Central Area heavyweight title - the only belt missing from his collection.
Fury has won every belt that a British heavyweight can as a professional in his 33 fights, except for the one held by Healey. Fury is currently the world champion with the WBC, and has held the other three major belts before being stripped during his time away from the sport following his 2015 win over Wladimir Klitschko.
And throughout his career, Fury has taken care to go about winning every belt systematically, picking off challengers and champions on his way to taking all the belts. However, he still has his eyes on the Central Area belt, which would generally be the first title you chase as a young professional.
Usually, area titles are contested for by fighters without major amateur records, which is why Fury would have bypassed that step before taking on John McDermott for the English strap in his eighth bout. But now with seemingly just a handful of fights left, he has expressed his interest in taking on the champion at his weight class; who he doesn't know is 34-year-old Healey.
In an Instagram video, Fury told fans that he had "just been thinking," before launching into his diatribe about why he wants to fight for the beginner British title. "I’ve won every single belt in boxing, apart from one belt, and that belt is the Central Area heavyweight championship of Britain.
"So I’m calling out whoever’s the Central Area heavyweight champion. I’m calling you out, cause that’s my belt! I want it! I haven’t got it! It’s the only belt that I haven’t won and I want it. I’m coming for whoever you are. Come on!”
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After four straight losses, Healey pulled off a major upset when he defeated Danny Whitaker over ten rounds in their rematch in June of last year, having previously only gone eight once. He has since fought four times and lost all of them, including knockout defeats to David Adeleye, which took place on Fury's undercard at Wembley Stadium, and Fabio Wardley.
Healey has yet to directly respond to Fury's call-out, but did log on to his otherwise inactive Twitter account to like a post from management company Maree Boxing who were willing to put the fight on an upcoming card. "Got two Central Area titles on our show October 22 in Oldham," they tweeted. "Happy to squeeze in Tyson Fury vs Chris Healey for the Central Area."
However, the fight will not happen any time soon, with Fury currently gearing up for two fight dates in the next few months. He is due to face Derek Chisora on December 3 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff before moving on to finally unify the division against Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the other major world titles he used to hold.
