By Mark Vester
Speaking with The Mirror, British heavyweight Tyson Fury urged WBA champion David Haye to continue his career. Haye has promised to retire at the end of the year, with or without facing the Klitschkos brothers. Fury, 22-years-old and now trained by Emanuel Steward, is hungry for the opportunity to show what he's made of against Haye.
"I would be upset if Haye retired at the end of the year because I want to relieve him of the world titles in the ring. Haye will be doing me a favour by unifying the titles, so I hope he stays around long enough to fight me. I have no doubts I'll soon be ready to take on and beat Haye," Fury said. "I can't see the point in retiring at his age. It would be great for British boxing for us to get it on and give the public a genuine world title fight.
Fury had a bad taste in his mouth after watching Haye's three round destruction of Audley Harrison. Fury, unbeaten in thirteen fights, wants to speed up the process to a title shot.
"Haye's so-called Battle of Britain against Audley Harrison was a joke. You could see Harrison was scared to death before he even got in the ring. It will be totally different with me. I know I have the ability and the hunger. I'm convinced it's my destiny to become world champion," Fury said.
"It's time for me to advance towards my goals. I want to be a lot busier in 2011. This could be a massive year for me. I want the British title. I'm mandatory challenger."
