ALL TY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

You're fooling no one Fury... win WILL be your greatest moment

- CHRIS MCKENNA

TYSON FURY dismissed any notion that beating Oleksandr Usyk tonight would be his greatest achievement in the ring.

That's quite the statement when you think about it.

Because standing in front of Fury tonight will be the man who ended his unbeaten run in May and became the best heavyweight of this era. At least for now.

Usyk, 37, is an undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight with an unblemished record as a professional having also won every major honor as an amateur.

Yet Fury, 36, can argue that beating Wladimir Klitschko when he was a huge underdog and ending that Ukrainian's almost decade-long dominance was a bigger moment.

Or maybe pulverising feared puncher Deontay Wilder twice after dropping 10st, overcoming addiction and an anti-doping ban could be in the mix for that honour given the context.

Yet Fury feels the reason why beating Usyk tonight would not be the standout moment of his 36-fight career is because it would not be a surprise. To him at least.

"I'm expected to do it," he said. "When I beat Klitschko, I was expected to get the floor wiped with me.