Tyson Fury's cousin makes huge prediction ahead of professional boxing debut

Tyson Fury is reaching the twilight of his career at 37 years old, even announcing on five occasions that he had retired from boxing; however, when he does eventually hang up the boxing gloves forever, his cousin believes he could fill the gap.

The Gypsy King is set to square off with Mariusz Wach in Thailand on July 25, with the fight not being streamed or broadcast for UK fans of the boxer, in preparation for his major clash at the end of the year with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua.

Fury will be aware that a victory against Joshua could set into motion the chance to once again fight Oleksandr Usyk for the third time, in an attempt to reclaim his WBC heavyweight title, which he lost in his first clash with the Ukrainian.

Should he square off with Usyk again, like in the second clash, they may be fighting for the WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles to make Fury an indisputable great of the sport.

However, Fury’s cousin, James Dean Fury, has made the bold claim that he will be the best British boxer to ever emerge from the island, eclipsing the success and legacy of Tyson in the process.

Speaking in an interview with Seconds Out, the 20-year-old said: “I am happy that all of my family has done well. I am happy for all of them, but this is about me now; this is the James Dean Fury show. I don’t want to live in nobody’s shadow; I don’t want to live in any of my family’s shadow. I’ll make my own way, I will do my own thing, and I will create my own legacy.

“I will be the best to come out of Great Britain. This is what is going to happen, mark my words; this is what is going to happen.”

“My main job is picking them world titles up, everyone one of them. [I want them] all around my waist, all around my shoulders, and around my ribs, I want to be smothered in them, and that is what is going to happen.”

The three-time national amateur champion made these comments ahead of his professional debut, where he will fight on the undercard of Callum Simpson and Troy Williamson’s rematch on Saturday, August 8, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.