03-06-2017, 01:51 PM
FURY'S TALK ON THE WILD SIDE Hughie Fury warns world heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder he’s coming for him after he dethrones Joseph Parker
Brit feels the American superstar is ignoring him - and wants to teach the Bronze Bomber the ultimate lesson
By PAT SHEEHAN
4th March 2017, 9:42 pm Updated: 5th March 2017, 2:00 am
Fury challenges the power-punching Kiwi on May 6 in Auckland and is looking to cause a huge upset by taking the crown off Parker in his first title defence.
Hughie Fury is desperate to claim the title off Joseph Parker
Parker went to watch American superstar Wilder’s fight against Gerald Washington in Alabama last month when the Bronze Bomber retained his WBC crown in five rounds, taking his unbeaten record to a sensational 37 knockouts in 38 fights.
After the fight, Wilder had talks with Parker and told him to take care of business against Manchester’s Fury so they can meet in a huge unification clash with the WBC and WBO belts on the line.
But mandatory challenger Fury insists he will make Parker pay for taking him for granted.
And he plans to throw a massive spanner into the works by grabbing the WBO title to set up his own clash with Wilder.
Fury, cousin of former world champion Tyson Fury, said: “It’s basic ignorance that Parker is overlooking me and already hatching a plan to fight Wilder next.
“But he’ll find out painfully he counted his chickens before they’ve hatched.
“In fact, let them overlook me because when I do defeat Parker, he’ll be the one who has badly underestimated me when he sees me with the world-title belt around my waist.
“Then Wilder must come to me to negotiate a unification fight.
“I’m happy going under the radar and going into the fight as the underdog because then when I cause the upset it will send shock waves around the world.
“There’s no way I’m underestimating Parker and I’m treating him with the respect he deserves as a world champion.
“But come fight night that goes out of the window and I’m going all out to tear that title from him in front of his own countrymen.”
And Fury could also challenge another unbeaten heavyweight world champ Anthony Joshua, who holds the IBF crown. But first he must come through against Parker, while AJ has a big fight night against Wladimir Klitschko on April 29.
Unbeaten Fury, 22, will be challenging Parker for one of the world titles his older cousin Tyson won when he beat Klitschko in November 2015 in Germany.
Tyson, 28, was forced to vacate his crown last year due to health reasons.
But Hughie has been inspired by what he achieved abroad against all the odds.
And Fury hopes to emulate Tyson’s feat against Parker in New Zealand.
He said: “I was there when Tyson won that world title fair and square in Germany against Klitschko and defeated the recognised best of the division the hard way in the man’s own backyard.
“So when Tyson gave the belt back voluntarily it was felt by the whole family.
“To me, he is still the world champion, the lineal champion, the man who beat the man.
Deontaye Wilder is in the sights of Hughie Fury - if the Brit beats Parker
“Everybody has rushed to try and pick up a world title, Parker now has the WBO belt and I see it as my duty to retrieve it and bring it back home to the family,
“Tyson showed that it can be done, to go abroad and win the world title and now I want to follow his example and do it on the other side of the world.”
The hope is that Tyson Fury will restart his career soon so that the Furyfamily can do something similar to the brothers Wladimir and Vitali who ruled the heavyweight division for a decade.
Promoter Frank Warren moved heaven and earth to try to get Fury’s bout with Parker staged in the UK but the New Zealander’s people bid £3million to stage the bout in Auckland.
Brit feels the American superstar is ignoring him - and wants to teach the Bronze Bomber the ultimate lesson
By PAT SHEEHAN
4th March 2017, 9:42 pm Updated: 5th March 2017, 2:00 am
Fury challenges the power-punching Kiwi on May 6 in Auckland and is looking to cause a huge upset by taking the crown off Parker in his first title defence.
Hughie Fury is desperate to claim the title off Joseph Parker
Parker went to watch American superstar Wilder’s fight against Gerald Washington in Alabama last month when the Bronze Bomber retained his WBC crown in five rounds, taking his unbeaten record to a sensational 37 knockouts in 38 fights.
After the fight, Wilder had talks with Parker and told him to take care of business against Manchester’s Fury so they can meet in a huge unification clash with the WBC and WBO belts on the line.
But mandatory challenger Fury insists he will make Parker pay for taking him for granted.
And he plans to throw a massive spanner into the works by grabbing the WBO title to set up his own clash with Wilder.
Fury, cousin of former world champion Tyson Fury, said: “It’s basic ignorance that Parker is overlooking me and already hatching a plan to fight Wilder next.
“But he’ll find out painfully he counted his chickens before they’ve hatched.
“In fact, let them overlook me because when I do defeat Parker, he’ll be the one who has badly underestimated me when he sees me with the world-title belt around my waist.
“Then Wilder must come to me to negotiate a unification fight.
“I’m happy going under the radar and going into the fight as the underdog because then when I cause the upset it will send shock waves around the world.
“There’s no way I’m underestimating Parker and I’m treating him with the respect he deserves as a world champion.
“But come fight night that goes out of the window and I’m going all out to tear that title from him in front of his own countrymen.”
And Fury could also challenge another unbeaten heavyweight world champ Anthony Joshua, who holds the IBF crown. But first he must come through against Parker, while AJ has a big fight night against Wladimir Klitschko on April 29.
Unbeaten Fury, 22, will be challenging Parker for one of the world titles his older cousin Tyson won when he beat Klitschko in November 2015 in Germany.
Tyson, 28, was forced to vacate his crown last year due to health reasons.
But Hughie has been inspired by what he achieved abroad against all the odds.
And Fury hopes to emulate Tyson’s feat against Parker in New Zealand.
He said: “I was there when Tyson won that world title fair and square in Germany against Klitschko and defeated the recognised best of the division the hard way in the man’s own backyard.
“So when Tyson gave the belt back voluntarily it was felt by the whole family.
“To me, he is still the world champion, the lineal champion, the man who beat the man.
Deontaye Wilder is in the sights of Hughie Fury - if the Brit beats Parker
“Everybody has rushed to try and pick up a world title, Parker now has the WBO belt and I see it as my duty to retrieve it and bring it back home to the family,
“Tyson showed that it can be done, to go abroad and win the world title and now I want to follow his example and do it on the other side of the world.”
The hope is that Tyson Fury will restart his career soon so that the Furyfamily can do something similar to the brothers Wladimir and Vitali who ruled the heavyweight division for a decade.
Promoter Frank Warren moved heaven and earth to try to get Fury’s bout with Parker staged in the UK but the New Zealander’s people bid £3million to stage the bout in Auckland.