Tyson Fury has offered to have a drink with Dillian Whyte after their heavyweight world title fight.
Fury defends his WBC title against interim champion Whyte in front of 94,000 fans at Wembley tonight. 'The Gypsy King' will be looking to go out on top as he vows this will be the last fight of his 14-year professional career.
After a tense build-up to the fight that saw Whyte refuse to take part in any of the promotion, both fighters have been on good terms during fight week. The domestic rivals had a tense, but friendly, staredown as they weighed at a combined 518lbs yesterday.
Fury insists the fight is "nothing new" despite its enormity, with the clash marking the first all-British heavyweight title fight since Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno in 1993. I break it down to the bare minimum and we have two big lumps in the ring, trying to knock each other out," he told The Guardian.
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"It’s nothing new, just on a bigger stage. I will be leaving every ounce of strength and energy I have in the ring. That’s all you can do. You can train a horse for battle but the rest of it’s in God’s hands.
"If it’s written in the stars that I win again, we will have a drink after the fight to a very successful night and career. I’ll then get back in my car, drive straight to Morecambe Bay and take the bins out on Monday morning. Same old story.”
Mandatory challenger Whyte has waited over four years for his first world title shot. 'The Bodysnatcher', who won the silver title in 2017, lost his interim belt to Alexander Povetkin in a shock knockout loss two years ago but won back the belt last March.
Fury has praised his former friend Whyte as an opponent and admits he poses as a serious threat to his world title, stating: "Dillian’s definitely a fearless guy. I’ve sparred him a lot in the past and he didn’t show any weaknesses.
"So I’m anticipating a good fight, a real tough fight, because Dillian is a strong heavyweight who is in the top five in the world. He poses a real challenge, as do all these heavyweights. It only takes one punch to knock a man out as we’ve seen many times. So I’m not underestimating him. I’ve trained like a Trojan warrior.”
