TYSON FURY revealed he will fight any UFC heavyweight – once the remaining three fights on his boxing contract are up.
The Gypsy King recently had a stint in the WWE beating Braun Strowman at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event in Saudi Arabia at the end of October.
Tyson Fury wants to fight in the UFC after his boxing contract is upCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Fury was filmed training with UFC middleweight Darren Till in LiverpoolCredit: Refer to Caption
Fury then revealed he wants to make his MMA debut, and was filmed training with UFC middleweight Darren Till in Liverpool.
The 31-year-old heavyweight beat Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin this year to set up a rematch with WBC champion Deontay Wilder, after their draw last year.
But Fury said on the True Geordie Podcast it “wouldn’t take a lot” convince him to swap the ring for the Octagon.
He continued: “I’ve got three fights on my boxing contract, when they are up I’m coming for every UFC heavyweight there is.”
The Gypsy King was called out by current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, who wants to box the 6ft 9in traveller.
Miocic is a Golden Gloves amateur champion, but Fury dismissed the MMA fighter’s boxing skills, and said he would KO heavy-hitter Francis Ngannou.
He said: “Stipe, he can’t box, it wouldn’t be a boxing contest, but in that world I’d be intrigued to see if he can take what I can put out, for sure.
“I look at Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic, and they’re like six-round bill fillers if they were boxers – they wouldn’t even win Central Area titles.
“I’ve been hit by the biggest punchers in boxing history – Deontay Wilder, all knockouts, Dr Steelhammer, 60-odd knockouts, and I’m still here telling the story.
“Their game isn’t to go standing up with me and punching, because there’s only one winner, me with them 4oz gloves on.”
Former unified heavyweight world champion Fury has been offered MMA training by ex-UFC champions Frank Mir and Irish superstar Conor McGregor.
But the boxer revealed he has already prior experience in kickboxing.
Fury said: “They’ve got to try and take me to the floor, so if I put the time and effort into not being taken to the floor, I believe I could chin them.
Tyson Fury seen in octagon for first time as he dons UFC gloves and trains with Darren Till for ‘MMA switch’
“The stand up side of it, the boxing and the kicking I’m quite good with because I’ve trained for kickboxing as well.
“But obviously going down with the jiu jitsu side of it, it’s a different world, isn’t it?
The Gypsy King has a rematch pencilled in against WBC champion Deontay Wilder in February 2020, but last month made his WWE debut wrestling Braun Strowman.
Fury has been offered MMA training by ex-UFC champions Frank Mir and Irish superstar Conor McGregorCredit: Bran Holloway/MTK Global
The boxer revealed he has already prior training in kickboxingCredit: Bran Holloway/MTK Global
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
