McDermott's Fury at jibes

Sky Sports 11th September, 2009

Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury has angered John McDermott with his trash talking ahead of their bout for the English title on Friday night.

The giant 21-year-old has swept aside all in his path so far, claiming seven straight wins by way of knockout.

But Fury is set for his most serious test at the Brentwood Centre in Essex on Friday night against a man that has mixed it with the likes of Danny Williams and Matt Skelton.

Rather than looking to play down expectations, though, it seems the Fury is doing everything he can to rile his opponent.

"John McDermott, What can you say about him? He's a bit chubby, but he's a good fighter. I'm definitely going to knock him out though," Fury told Sky Sports News.

"There's only one man going to be touching down and it isn't Tyson Fury, guaranteed."

Anger

To make matters worse, Big Bad John will be on home turf on Friday night and, after a tempestuous weigh-in, now has all the motivation he needs for the bout.

"To be honest the worse thing he's done is call me McMuffin," McDermott said. "That's the worst thing he's done because I have trained like a maniac.

"I've lived in a hole for six weeks, kept away from my family, I've done nothing but train so it's the worst thing he's done was to call me that.

"He's in for a war. I'm going to knock him out that's what's going to happen. Talking isn't fighting. Fighting's fighting and talking's talking.

"He's got all the big mouth, saying about he's going to do this to me and do that to me, but I'm going to keep pushing him until he's finished."

See if McDermott can bring Fury back down to earth with a bump live on Friday night fight night on Sky Sports 2 and HD2 from 10pm.

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