Tyson Fury has dismissed the idea of former rival Wladimir Klitschko making a comeback to break George Foreman’s record as the world’s oldest heavyweight champion.
Fury beat the iconic Ukrainian fighter back in 2015 and Tom Loeffler, who began K2 Promotions with the Klitschko brothers, recently claimed the 48-year-old has a dream of breaking Foreman’s record.
Foreman beat Michael Moorer in 1994 at the age of 45. But Fury said: “I don’t really buy into all that about beating the George Foreman record.
“If you are coming back you are coming back for the dough only, he’s not coming back for the ‘being older than George Foreman’ s***e.
“If he was then he would just go after the WBA regular title and fight a [Manuel] Charr, or whoever, but that doesn’t generate any money so he isn’t looking for that, he’s looking for the big dollars.
“He must have spent a few quid because he is 48 years old and he has been away from boxing a long time but I don’t tell anybody what they can or cannot do, it’s their own life and none of my concern.”
The Gypsy King has been immersing himself in a vampire series as he prepares to face off against Oleksandr Usyk for the second time.
The 36-year-old has been spending his downtime at a training camp in Malta, engrossed in Netflix’s Van Helsing.
Despite the upcoming rematch with WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight king Usyk in Saudi Arabia next weekend, Fury insists he’s not focusing on boxing outside of his training.
“I haven’t watched any boxing stuff,” Fury admitted. “I have been watching a series called Van Helsing, about vampires. I have got into that to be fair, five seasons, 12 episodes a season, that was pretty good.
“Lots of blood-sucking, fighting, blood, snot and guts everywhere. I am not much interested in non-fiction, I like fantasy stuff and fiction. I live a real life on a daily basis so when I switch on the TV I want to be entertained.”
During a video call with the media, Fury seemed uninterested in engaging with many of the questions posed by the national press.
His focus is clearly on the coming week and avenging the only loss of his 36-fight career which occurred back in May. “I have taken nothing from the first fight, this is a different fight, a different day,” Fury stated.
“I will be ready next Saturday. All training camps are the same, repetitive, same s**t different day. No different to five years ago, ten years ago.”
