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Published 13:55 IST, November 14th 2019

Tyson Fury accepts latest challenge posed by UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic

After Francis Ngannou, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic challenged Tyson Fury for a fight. Tyson Fury opens up about facing Miocic. Know more details.

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British boxer Tyson Fury has been receiving many challenges for heavyweight bouts from the UFC ever since he made a decision of heading to the MMA and now UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic has also turned his attention towards the 'Gypsy King'. After calling out Francis Ngannou, Miocic has challenged Fury for a fight and 'The Gypsy King' has accepted it. Fury claims that he is interested to fight Miocic once he gets done with his boxing rematch against Deontay Wilder.

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UFC: Stipe Miocic Challenges Tyson Fury

Till the news of Tyson Fury’s MMA debut sparked, Stipe Miocic was lined up against former heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier (DC) for their trilogy fight. Cormier knocked out Miocic in the first encounter and claimed the heavyweight title but Miocic got his revenge by knocking out DC in their second encounter at UFC 241. The duo was set to fight for the third time but The Gypsy King’s MMA announcement diverted Miocic’s interest to him from DC.

A few days ago, Fury posted a video of his MMA training with UFC welterweight contender Darren Till. The sensational video took the combat sports community by storm and UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic wasted no time in calling out 'The Gypsy King' through his Twitter handle. If that was not enough, the Croatian claimed that he can outbox Fury in Ariel Helwani’s show.

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UFC: Tyson Fury Is Ready

The undefeated boxer has steadily accepted Stipe Miocic’s challenge and said that he will fight Miocic, once he gets done with Deontay Wilder. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder are set to fight for the second time in February 2020 and ‘The Gypsy King’ wants to fight Miocic after that. According to Fury, since Miocic has claimed to outbox him, he would love to fight him in a boxing match. The UFC-boxing crossover can be huge and it has been proven with the Mayweather-McGregor bout in the past. However, there has never been a heavyweight clash between a UFC heavyweight champion and an undefeated heavyweight boxer. Take a look at both Stipe Miocic and Tyson Fury being at their best.

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13:45 IST, November 14th 2019