HUGHIE Fury is determined to emulate his cousin Tyson and claim a version of the world heavyweight title by dethroning Joseph Parker in Manchester tonight.
Despite his relative inexperience the 23-year-old is in predictably bullish mood ahead of his clash with the New Zealander, who claimed the vacant WBO belt in December two months after Tyson relinquished it due to medical reasons.
The fight represents by far the biggest test of Fury’s career having reeled off 20 straight wins over relatively modest opposition, but it is a chance he believes he will seize.
Fury said: “It is going to be a pleasure to perform for the first time in my home city of Manchester and I’m going to bring on the greatest performance of my life and bring home the title.
“You can look at my previous fights but you don’t see what is going to hit him. This is a different Hughie Fury – I’m so hungry and ready to put on a performance and when I say I’ll knock him out, I’ll knock him out.”
The 25-year-old Parker has mixed in marginally better company but hardly enthralled in either of his previous two title bouts.
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