TYSON FURY is predicting a fifth-round stoppage win against Sefer Seferi in his big comeback fight in Manchester on Saturday.
And then the controversial heavyweight boxer is targeting a world title once again wrapped around his waist by the end of 2018.
Fury is the overwhelming favourite when he steps back into the ring against the 39-year-old Albanian who has lost just once in 24 fights.
And just as the odds reflect, Fury himself can’t see the fight getting past half-way, although he is not taking Seferi for granted.
Speaking to Fighting Pride, the ‘Gypsy King’ said: “I don’t know what to expect from Seferi, he’s got me on edge really.
“I don’t know how good he is, I don’t know if he’s terrible – I don’t know if he’s excellent.
“He could be the second coming of Evander Holyfield who knows, but I know what I can do and I’m not really too bothered what he can do.
“As long as I do what I do I’ll get him out of there round five.”
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Fury has claimed he could have as many as FIVE fights this year, with the eventual mouthwatering prospect of a British blockbuster banger against Anthony Joshua down the line.
He added: “I’d like to be a world heavyweight champion again by the end of 2018. Active and busy and still undefeated.”
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Seferi’s only loss came at the hands of the WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight champion Manuel Charr, who is expected to be ringside in Manchester for Fury’s comeback fight.
And that could well be the title Fury is talking about winning before the year is out.
Speaking to the Telegraph, the 29-year-old said: “Charr is a bona fide world heavyweight champion.
“The WBA belt goes back a long way and as far as I’m concerned, and the WBA ‘Super’ title is a paper title made up in 2011 for Wladimir Klitschko.”
Joshua is the man who currently hold the ‘Super’ version, seen by most now as the genuine WBA world title.
Fury added: “[Deontay] Wilder, [Anthony] Joshua, [Tony] Bellew, [Dillian] Whyte, [Dominic] Breazeale, [Jarrell] Miller – there all Big fights, there’s 10 good heavyweights out there.”
“All young and relatively unbeaten, doing well.”
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