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Tyson Fury To Fight 39-Year-Old Albanian Sefer Seferi

Tyson Fury To Fight 39-Year-Old Albanian Sefer Seferi

The former unified heavyweight champion is back on June 9th.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Tyson Fury is slated to fight 39-year-old Albanian Sefer Seferi.

The 29-year-old is to return to the ring on June 9th at the Manchester Arena.

Also on the card, former WBO lightweight world champion Terry Flanagan, who takes on Maurice Hooker for the vacant WBO light-welterweight strap, among others.

Fury announces his return at a press conference. Image: PA
Fury announces his return at a press conference. Image: PA

Before the official announcement, rumours were rife about Seferi (23-1) taking on Fury. When quizzed about the potential match-up, he called the bout a dream come true.

"This would make a dream come true. I never thought I'd have the chance to stand against Fury - my idol," he said.

"Fury is a boxing legend of the 21st century. He is tall, has weight and strength, moves to it quite easily, and he has dethroned Wladimir Klitschko. Fury is a bear."

Seferi has mainly campaign at cruiserweight, with his sole defeat coming at heavyweight to Manuel Charr, who's the current WBA (regular) heavyweight world champion.

Anthony Joshua is the WBA (super) heavyweight world champion. In other words, Charr holds a paper belt.

Joshua with his world titles including WBA title. Image: PA
Joshua with his world titles including WBA title. Image: PA

Fury hasn't fought since November 2015 where he dethroned Wladimir Klitschko, becoming the unified heavyweight world champion.

Following a period of inactivity which included an alleged failed drug test against him, Fury either relinquished or was stripped of his world titles.

But he'll be making his anticipated return in around three weeks, under the tutelage of Ben Davison.

"Tyson Fury can do absolutely everything in the ring. He can box front-foot southpaw, back-foot southpaw, stand there and have a fight and he can do all those things as an orthodox fighter too," Davison told ESPN about his star pupil.

"Outside of the ring, the idea people have got about Tyson Fury is 100% unfair. He's a stand-up man and that's one of the first things I noticed with him. He says what he believes and he sticks to what he believes. He's a very good man."

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Topics: Tyson Fury, Boxing News, Anthony Joshua, Boxing