'A fat man beat you': Fury taunts Klitschko ahead of rematch

ByJames Dutton

Published 27/04/2016 at 15:03 GMT

Tyson Fury has upped the ante on Wladimir Klitschko and taunted the Ukrainian for losing to a 'fat man' in their heavyweight clash in Dusseldorf last November.

Fury was speaking at a press-conference in Manchester on Wednesday ahead of their rematch in July, where he will be defending his WBA and WBO belts.

And the 27-year-old used the occasion to mock the 40-year-old defeated veteran, saying he should be ashamed not to have won their original encounter.

"A fat man - that's who beat you. Shame on you. What's the point of practising your job for 40 years if you can't beat a fat man? You want to see some love handles? You want to see some belly fat?"

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Tyson Fury takes off his top during the press-conference

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Fury had earlier taken to to boast how well his training regime was going.

"I'm feeling good. Feeling okay. I've just got two stone to lose now and I've got a lot of time to do it in, so camp is going really well so far.

"I'm training three or four times a day and killing myself in sweat suits and all that. I've lost a bit of weight off my face as you can tell."

Klitschko used Wednesday's press-conference to attack some of Fury's more controversial views, which have been aired in public since his shock victory in November.

"He said a lot. To say homosexuals belong in jail, that women belong on their back. That is how he sees Elton John and the Queen. To people who think the same way and Tyson, I say, **** off. Thank you."

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