Hughie Fury has hit back at Christian Hammer’s taunt that “he’s not Tyson” as he looks to make it two wins in a week for his family.
Hughie will be looking to follow in cousin Tyson Fury’s footsteps this weekend as he takes on Hammer in his own heavyweight contest in Newcastle.
Fury will be fighting on the same card as Savannah Marshall’s world title defence against Lolita Muzeya, as well as Chris Eubank Jr’s return against Wanik Awdijan.
His opponent has come unstuck against a member of the Fury family before, with Hammer having previously been stopped by Tyson, who of course defended his WBC title against Deontay Wilder last weekend.
Since then, the German has knocked out David Price and has gone the distance with Luis Ortiz, Alexander Povetkin and Tony Yoka.
And, speaking ahead of this weekend’s fight in the north-east, Hammer brushed off the challenge of coming up against Hughie, saying: "He's from the Fury family but he's not Tyson. He's a young guy.
"I will try to break him. I hope he doesn't only run. I am here to fight. I want a fight, not a marathon."
Fury though hit back, responding: "Let's put it this way - he's not here to fight David Price. I'm a fighting man, so we'll see.
"He's tough and durable. These are the fights I want. I have learned the hard way and that's the way I want it. If the knockout comes, it comes."
Despite still being just 27, Fury has 28 fights under his belt already, although has suffered defeats to Joseph Parker, Kubrat Pulev and Povetkin.
Ahead of his latest run-out though, he insists he has matured and is ready to take on his veteran opponent.
"It's a different ball game now. It was a man against a boy before," Hughie said. "People are going to see."
His father and trainer Peter Fury said: "He's been ahead of his time. He fought for a world title aged 22.
"You can't put men against young men or boys. Now, he's arrived on the scene as a full-set man.
"They are in the fight business. They are brought up street-fighting. It's a no-surrender business, it's not play.
"He'll fight until every last drop of blood leaves his body. The only time he goes out is if he's out cold. This is a warrior sport."
