TYSON FURY has told heavyweight Joe Joyce to “build your profile” before calling to fight him as his wife, Paris, is a bigger star.
Joyce, 37, defeated Joseph Parker last month with a vicious knockout and called for a fight with WBC heavyweight champion Fury.
The Gypsy King was initially keen to hype up Joyce as the second best in the heavyweight division.
However, Fury has now changed his tune and told Joyce to “build your profile” before they fight as his wife, Paris, is a bigger star with 1million followers to Joyce’s 178,000.
Fury told Behind the Gloves: “Can he beat the Gypsy King?
“Probably not, but I’d like to see it one day.
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“I said to Joe, ‘You’ve got like 150,000 followers, you need to build your profile.’
“My wife has a million, so she’s more popular than the top ten heavyweights.”
Fury did, however, say Joyce beats Anthony Joshua and WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk.
Joyce will be a worthy challenger for any of the top heavyweights.
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He has FIVE TIMES the average human bone density.
He told BT Sport’s Carl Frampton: “I did a test in Middlesex, at the Saracens ground.
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
