Tyson Fury has joked that he should spar with Wayne Rooney to prepare for Oleksandr Usyk, given that the footballer is much shorter than him.
Legendary former Everton and Manchester United striker Rooney was sat ringside for Fury's latest world heavyweight title defence against Derek Chsiora. And in an interview with TalkSPORT after watching the Manchester native land his fourth consecutive stoppage victory in a world title bout, he claimed that Fury should be knighted for his achievements in boxing.
Rooney argued that Fury had done so much away from the UK to enhance British boxing that he should be rewarded with a rare knighthood. The boxer isn't so keen on such an honour, but was very appreciative of what Rooney said, having watched him play for Manchester United as he was coming up the ranks.
