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Could we see John Fury face Mike Tyson?

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John Fury has sensationally claimed that Mike Tyson has agreed to fight him.  

The father of Tyson Fury, a name he gave his son after the legendary New York heavyweight, is a regular fixture in the boxing world due to his family connection with Tyson and Tommy Fury.  

A former fighter himself, are we about to see him return to the ring? 

Operating at two different levels of the sport due to gulf in class that Tyson and Tommy currently compete in, the elder Fury has been outspoken about a number of figures in the sport ranging from Anthony Joshua to KSI.  

Now 58, and seemingly well retired, Fury Sr has spoken about entering battle once more and Tyson could be in the opposite corner. 

"I did say to him in the podcast [unreleased] me and you should do something and fight," said Fury when speaking to Freebets.com on his meeting with the former heavyweight champion. 

"You know what he said? 'Yeah, I would love that'. When he said that to me that is the highlight of my life. 

"If I can get in the ring, punch-for-punch, whatever he wants to do if I get carried out or die on a stretcher that is my life completed.” 

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