WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has proclaimed himself to be the "greatest fighter that's ever lived."
Fury, 31-years-old, continued his undefeated run back in February, when he scored two knockdowns on his path to stopping Deontay Wilder in the seventh round to capture the WBC world title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Wilder and Fury are slated to fight each other in a trilogy fight in the fall, with dates being targeted for November and December.
Fury does not believe that there was any heavyweight in history that could have beaten him.
"There hasn’t been a heavyweight from any era in the last thousand years that could’ve tackled me, who’ll beat me. I’m the greatest fighter that’s ever lived, and how about that for a bit of modesty," Fury stated to BT Sport's What Went Down .
The first time around in December 2018, Fury and Wilder fought to a controversial twelve round split draw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
In the rematch, Fury explains that it was the beginning of the end when he landed a left hook to the temple of Wilder.
“I was born to do it and I’m on the world’s biggest stage here, and I perform every time," Tyson said.
“A lot of people think it was the right hand to the side of the head that done him, but it’s actually the first left hook to the temple that buried him - the check hook.”
Fury is bound to the trilogy bout, based on a contractual stipulation that Wilder exercised for an immediate rematch. There were plans to stage the fight in July, before the coronavirus pandemic pushed back the event.