Fury unlikely to be world champion again - Wardley
If Tyson Fury beats Arslan Makhmudov on Saturday, I wouldn't be surprised if he calls me out - and I'd 100% be up for that fight later in the year. In fact, I was pushing for Fury as an opponent before we announced my upcoming fight with Daniel Dubois. I was the one saying yes, and he actually was the one that said: "Let me have a little time, I've had a year out, let me have a warm-up.
" Of course, the priority for me will always be an undisputed fight against Oleksandr Usyk - I want to test myself against the best in the world - but if Fury does his thing and, God willing, I defend my belt against Daniel Dubois next month, then we can have a conversation. I never actually expected Fury to stay retired. It's great to have him back, active, posting on Instagram, doing his shout-outs and whatever he does.
He is the biggest crossover star in British boxing - the guy with his own Netflix reality show, the guy who fought in the WWE. I didn't really feel like he was gone, more that he was just taking a break, as he does. When he said he was retired, I thought: "We'll see you in a year.
" But although it's good to have him back in a boxing ring, in the current state of the heavyweight division, I can't see how Fury becomes a world champion again. He would have to fight either me or Usyk - and do I think he can beat either of us? No.
If the titles get fractured - if Usyk is stripped of a belt for one reason or another - and Fury fights someone like Lawrence Okolie or Agit Kabayel for a vacant title, then yes, he can become champion. Regardless of the belts, there will always be an appetite for him to fight Anthony Joshua as well. No matter what, they could be 50 and if we haven't seen it, we'd still want to see it.