Former IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has fired back at retired fighter turned trainer Chris Eubank Sr. - who made some critical comments about Fury's worth as a fighter.
Fury, 29 years old, shocked the world in November 2015, when he traveled over to Germany to win an upset twelve round unanimous decision over Wladimir Klitschko.
Following that contest, Fury had issues with his mental health and abusing recreational drugs - which eventually led to him losing his boxing license and his world titles.
But now the boxer is back in training and preparing for a ring return in the first quarter of 2018.
Eubank, a former two division world champion, was not impressed by anything that Fury accomplished.
"Tyson Fury, at one time, was learning to box," Eubank Sr. told TalkSport. "He had a fight, he won that fight and then he imploded.
"He only got to apprenticeship position, as far as I was concerned, and then he stopped learning. Everyone is talking about a fighter who speaks very well in terms of getting people's attention, but he didn't learn to fight."
Fury was made aware of the comments and took to social media to respond.
"A lot of people would look up to you -- you did achieve some great things. "But to try and downplay my achievements, when I have dedicated my whole life to something and to try and say bad things, it's just not called for," Fury said.
"The truth of the matter is you only won one belt in your division, I won five in mine -- four heavyweight championships of the world and a Ring Magazine belt as their Fighter of the Year. So when someone dedicates their full life to doing something and then to try and get that downplayed by someone who didn't achieve half as much, that's very disrespectful and very distasteful, but good luck in your life and your career."