Tyson Fury might be on a boxing break but his cousin Hughie hopes to fight WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in the spring.
Wilder, 31, broke his right hand during a fourth defence of his title against fellow American Chris Arreola in July and is not expected to box again until March or April.
“We’re in negotiations with Wilder at the minute and hopefully it will come off so I can have a showdown with him,” Fury, 22, said. “I’m not surprised by the speed talk of a world title fight has come round. It’s come round for me at the perfect time actually.
“I definitely see ways I can beat Wilder. Me and my dad have already sat down and looked at plenty of ways I can beat him. Let’s put it this way, he’s never fought a decent opponent. It’s wide open.
“Wilder I think is a bit chinny, to be honest. We’re looking at early March. Me and Tyson went over to New York to watch him live when he fought the Polish kid Artur Szpilka, and he was getting beaten then, he was getting out-boxed until he landed the bomb.
“So he can be out-boxed, easy. He just has a big punch and I can definitely take his shots. I’ve never been wobbled in my life or been put down in all my fights. I’ve got a good chin.
“Because of the illness I’ve had, and especially in the last fight, I was always fighting the illness in my body. But now I feel great, I’ve been on the right medication, I’ve passed all that and it’s the best I’ve ever felt.”
Hughie also gave an update on cousin Tyson. “Hopefully Tyson will come back stronger next year,” he said.
“He’s on the right medication and he’s on the mend, so hopefully next year we’ll both be world champions, he’ll be world champion again and I’ll be coming up behind him.
And the younger Fury claimed he had turned down a fight with fellow Briton and IBF world champion Anthony Joshua.
“They offered us the fight [on Dec 10] but it was silly money,” Fury said. “My dad [Peter] was in negotiations with them but they didn’t want it so they went somewhere else.
“I’d take that fight tomorrow. But they were talking stupid at the end of the day. They just offered us the fight to say they’d offered it. But we’d take the fight tomorrow if everything was right financially. That’s the fight I want.”
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