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Rich Jones

What Tyson Fury sent to Otto Wallin as he slid into his DMs ahead of their fight

Tyson Fury has had some amusing contact with his heavyweight rivals in recent weeks.

It recently emerged he has taken to prank calling Anthony Joshua, telling the Brit he is going to "knock him out".

And his upcoming opponent, Otto Wallin, revealed he slid into his DMs with a bizarre message in the run-up to their fight.

The pair will clash in Las Vegas on Saturday with Fury at his colourful best in the run-up to the fight, leaving Wallin unable to avoid a wry smile with his humour at their press conference this week.

Wallin has opened up on how his first contact with the Gypsy King came via an Instagram message of the lineal champion with some Swedish candy.

Tyson Fury has been having some fun with Otto Wallin ahead of their fight (Getty Images)

"He sent me a picture on Instagram one day," Wallin revealed to BT Sport .

"He had some Swedish candy called Swedish Fish that he sent me.

"He was smiling and he had that, but I never got back to him!"

Fury certainly plays some unique mind games on his fellow heavyweights - and he recently opened up on his strange prank calls to Joshua.

"I call him and sometimes I say, 'What's happening AJ, how are you mush?'"  he told BT Sport  .

"We have a bit of back and forth; I tell him I’m going to know him out, he tells me he's going to knock me out.

Fury takes on Wallin in Las Vegas on Saturday night (Getty Images)

"I said, 'After your last performance you need a lot of improvement to knock me out!'

"We have a little laugh, it's a bit of banter. You have all these heavyweight champions and famous sports people in your phone, you have a couple of beers, what you going to do?

"It's just me having a bit of banter. I call Dillian Whyte, Wayne Rooney and Anthony Joshua."

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