Friday 3 June 2016 19:30, UK
Tyson Fury has welcomed Lou DiBella's assertion that the WBA Super and WBC world heavyweight champion is 'the golden goose.'
American promoter Lou DiBella, who oversees the career of WBC champion Deontay Wilder recently told Sky Sports that the Briton was the main attraction in boxing's marquee weight class and Fury (25-0-KO18) agrees wholeheartedly.
In an interview reported on boxingscene.com, the 27-year-old said ahead of his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko: "I like being the golden goose. It's not a bad thing to be. I am the golden goose of the heavyweight division.
"I am the lineal heavyweight champion. They all want to be what I am, so bring them all on I say. We have just to get Wlad out of the way and then it will be a unification. I'm up for that. I'm down."
After dethroning Klitschko (64-4-KO53) in Dusseldorf in November, Fury attended Wilder's third title defence and leapt into the ring to confront the American following a knockout of Polish challenger Artur Szpilka.
Fury said of the possibility of taking on the 'Bronze Bomber' next: "Deontay Wilder, if you're out there, bring it on chump.
"I like Deontay Wilder. He's like myself. We're from the same cloth. He's a fighting man. He comes for a fight. He's got a big knockout punch. He's got a big heart.
"He's a young man like myself and he's tall. He's the American hype. I'm the British hype. Let's get it on."
Fury faces Klitschko in their rematch on July 9 in Manchester, while Wilder is still awaiting confirmation of his next opponent after a drug test saga saw a scheduled meeting with Alexander Povetkin in Russia scrapped.
