“All I can say is Makhmudov’s in some serious bother,” Fury said. “He’s in trouble. Makhmudov’s in trouble. He’s a tough man, he’s had a couple of losses like myself, and he’s had a lot of knockouts, 20 odd knockouts. We’re similar age, similar size, similar weight, similar record. I was world champion, he was No 2 in the rankings when I was WBC champion. He was one of the fights I got offered actually. So now we’re actually doing it so here we go.”

