'Sooner or later these world champions are going to have to fight me'

Briton Tyson Fury delivered typically theatrical monologue as he took aim at opponent Arslanbek Makhmudov, rival heavyweights and even a struggling Premier League club.

Heavyweight Fury will face the Russian at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday in his first fight for 15 months.

There was plenty of mutual respect when the two heavyweights faced the media, but Fury - boxing's consummate showman - eventually delivered the headline-grabbing moment the room had been waiting for.

"Sooner or later these so-called alphabetical world champions are going to have to fight me. They will be hunted and destroyed. Who will they face for money? I'm the money man," he said.