Tyson Fury ready to KO Cristiano Ronaldo as Man Utd’s No1 attraction as boxing heavyweight champ eyes Old Trafford bout
TYSON FURY wants to defend his world heavyweight title at Old Trafford... and KO Cristiano Ronaldo as Manchester’s No 1 attraction.
And the Gypsy King has told the Red Devils' footballing superstar: “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us!”
WBC champ and Red Devils fan Fury recently knocked out Deontay Wilder in their Las Vegas trilogy fight.
But the Manchester-born fighter spoke beforehand about featuring in a world title bout at United’s 76,000-seater stadium for the first time since the famous Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn draw in front of 42,000 there 28 years ago.
Speaking from his Las Vegas fight camp, Fury, 33, told SunSport: “I have two fights left out here but I’d love to bring a world title fight back to Manchester.
“It has always been a dream of mine to fight at Old Trafford. The last fight there was Eubank versus Benn in 1993 and that was massive.
“I’m really happy Ronaldo’s back at Old Trafford - but this town ain’t big enough for the both of us!
“If I lived in Manchester it would be a problem. But I’m an hour up the motorway in Morecambe so he’s got plenty of distance.”
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Fury knows his next fight will be the winner of Dillian Whyte, 33, versus Otto Wallin, 30, at the end of the month.
And his UK promoter Frank Warren wants a British return for the champ, whose last five fights over three years have all been Stateside.
Warren said: “I would love that homecoming more than anything, the British fans and everything. Can you imagine it?
“Tyson sells out any stadium in Britain, easy. The fans will come out for him. He deserves that hero’s homecoming now.”