Tyson Fury aims brutal jibe at Dillian Whyte after ranking his most difficult opponents

Tyson Fury has already begun his mind games with next opponent Dillian Whyte as the two begin training for their April 23 heavyweight clash.

The Gypsy King is set to face Whyte for the WBC championship after the fight was mandated following four delays, with purse bids being pushed back.

However, an agreement was finally reached with the fight set to get underway in just over two months.

It will be Fury 's first in the UK since 2018 - before his first fight with Deontay Wilder.

Eddie Hearn had confirmed that Dillian Whyte and his team have now received the contracts, and expects the fight to be made official within the coming days.

Fury was looking to fight one of three fighters, in Whyte, Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua. But with the latter two to fight each other in a rematch, Fury was left with the opportunity to defend his belt against the mandatory challenger Whyte, before potentially facing the winner of Joshua and Usyk later this year.

Over the past few years, Fury has overcome a number of obstacles to get where he is - both in and out of the ring.

In the ring though, he's defeated some of the biggest names in heavyweight boxing.

And when asked how he'd rank Dillian Whyte out of his most difficult opponents so far, Fury send somewhat of a brutal jibe towards his next opponent.

Fury told Queensberry Promotions: "It'd probably be Deontay Wilder, then Wladimir Klitschko, then Derek Chisora, then Otto Wallin, then Steve Cunningham, and then him."

But whilst stating that he does not his opponent as much of a challenge, Fury admitted that the fight will be a British heavyweight boxing classic.

He added: "Get ready for the biggest British dust-up since Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno. History in the making.

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