Via BT Sports: 

I don’t know (whether I’d beat him). I love the fact that he thinks that, because that’s the way I would think as well. He’s supposed to think that way, he is the heavyweight champion of the world and that’s something very special.”

Later in the interview, Tyson said he was taking Fury to win the rematch against Wilder in March.

“In the first fight I was hoping for Tyson Fury, I always pulled for him because he was named after me, that is the natural thing to do, right?

“I was always biased toward him. He is very likeable; he is a nice person.” I was always biased toward him. He is very likeable, he is a nice person.

“I never understood Tyson, I just kept seeing him beating decent fighters.

“I didn’t know if they were washed up or throwing the fights because Tyson did not look like he should be beating them.

“But he was and he was laughing at them, that made me a fan. He is so much better than what he appears to be and looks like.”

No one beats Mike Tyson in his prime. 

He was an absolute monster. 

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