Tyson Fury has called out the entirety of the heavyweight division after his two-round TKO victory over Tom Schwarz in Las Vegas this morning.
The 30 year-old Mancunian heavyweight was fighting in Las Vegas for the first time in his boxing career, and made light work of his German opponent, for his fastest victory in over ten years.
The mooted next fight is a rematch with Deontay Wilder, after their December bout finished as a controversial draw.
Fury and his promoter Bob Arum confirmed that the rematch with Wilder is due "in the first third of next year", and could be "one of the richest fights in boxing history."
But while sights are set on a bigger payday, this was no small fry; Fury was estimated to have earned £10m from the fight with Schwarz.
The fight itself was never out of Fury's control, as he elucidated afterwards, even explaining his decision to switch from orthodox to southpaw.
"First of all Tom Schwarz was a good game lad. He's come here to play tonight, he's come here to spoil, he took some good punches," Fury said.
"I finally got to him at the end of round two and that was it. I switched up southpaw, tonight I wasn't even orthodox, I let him have it from a southpaw position to put on a good show, you know."
"The key tonight was to enjoy myself, use the jab, I was slipping and sliding," Fury said.
Fury is rarely a shrinking violet, and was keen to call out his next opponents in the heavyweight division, be they Wilder or Andy Ruiz, who de-belted Anthony Joshua a fortnight ago.
"I put on an extra 12 pounds, and I really feel it, I'm back - the lineal champion. Bring 'em all on!"
Fury will have more difficult nights in the future, but this was another step on the road to one of the most anticipated fights in a division whose storylines are changing more regularly than a Mexican soap opera.
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