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Fury '100 per cent' best heavyweight in history, claims Makhmudov
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Tyson Fury is "100 per cent" the best heavyweight of all time, believes Arslanbek Makhmudov, as the pair arrive at their bout.
'The Gypsy King' meets the 'Lion' at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight, with the former ending his latest retirement in London.
Across multiple reigns, Fury has held all four major belts at one point or another, with lone losses taken against Oleksandr Usyk.
Despite that, Makhmudov still believes it is the Briton who holds GOAT status in the glamour division, even as he plots an upset.
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"100 per cent, Tyson Fury's the best heavyweight in history," he told Sky Sports News. "[He is a] big guy with [a] big punch.
"Of course he is dangerous. Everyone at this level is dangerous. But I'm also not nobody. All my life, I've prepared to beat him.
"I have power, I have punch [ability]. Saturday night, we shall see which is more successful."
Fury, for his part, has refused to undersell his opponent's strengths, even as he plots a potential pathway to Anthony Joshua.
Is Fury the best heavyweight of all time?
DAZN News correspondent Andrew Steel
Talk about a loaded answer from Arslanbek Makhmudov - but then, Tyson Fury may well have claim to be in the hunt as such.
Pub-bore chat could likely narrow a list of all-time great heavyweights down to half-a-dozen contenders with some variation.
Fury likely would be among those names heard more often than not, but even in his generation, so too would Oleksandr Usyk.
Makhmudov has referred to his rival here as "the professor" in other interviews, his answers often cloaked in honest respect.
It will be fascinating to see if that gives him an ace of some kind against a man he may view as a hero when they do meet.
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