Tyson Fury insists he would welcome a toe-to-toe battle with David Haye on September 28th. Haye boasts a fearsome knockout record and has vowed to blow away bitter rival Fury in their heavyweight fight next month, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Fury was floored heavily in a recent win over Steve Cunningham, but remains bullish about his chances of beating Haye in a brawl. Haye often boxes off the back foot against bigger men and Fury admits he would rather stand and trade with the Londoner instead of pursuing him around the ring.
"If he comes for a fight then it's Christmas," Fury told boxrec.com. "If he goes on the defence like he did against Valuev, goes away and tries to come in with two or three shots, then it might be more difficult because I've got to walk him down and get on top of him and hit him with some hard shots, but beware of getting hit myself.
"If he wants to come for a gun slinging match from word one then that will play into my hands because I'll keep a tight defence. I ain't 40-years old and I ain't John Ruiz and I ain't Tomas Bonin, I'm Tyson Fury. I'm better than all of them. If he thinks he's in for an easy ride or he thinks he is going to fight someone like Ruiz again or Audley Harrison, he'll be waking up at Christmas."
