Reigning IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois says he never truly believed Tyson Fury when the former champ announced his seemingly umpteenth retirement from the ring a few months back. Dubois, speaking with The Ring as he edges ever closer to his huge four-belt unification showdown with Oleksandr Usyk, said he felt Fury would fight again.

And, with Fury saying this week that he is coming back to fight Usyk a third time, Dubois says it will be he who Fury should fight, this in a “mega-fight.”

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Dubois, who is confident he will beat Usyk and get his revenge on July 19 at Wembley, said a fight between himself and Fury, with all four world titles on the line, is what he wants.

“I don’t even think he took himself seriously,” Dubois said of Fury and his latest retirement announcement. “He’s just saying whatever comes to mind first. I thought he would come back. He’s done it before. With all the belts on the line, he can come back and have a mega-fight, so I didn’t take it seriously, no. I think he will come back. Seeing all the belts on the line, I think he’ll fancy it. He’ll come out for sure. That’s what I want. We need the heavyweight division to be healthy, for us fighters to get up for a real mega-fight like that. That would be a mega-fight. That’s what you want.”

Why a Dubois vs Fury Mega-Fight Makes Perfect Sense

If – and it could be seen as a big if in the minds of plenty of fans – Dubois did manage to hand Usyk his very first pro defeat, Dubois vs Fury would indeed be not only a massive fight but also a fascinating one. Frank Warren, promoter of both, would have a tough time with this match-up, and he has said he wouldn’t really want to see it as he likes both guys.

But money talks, and if Dubois were to emerge from the July 19 showdown at Wembley as the first-ever British heavyweight to own all four world titles, well, would Fury be able to resist taking a monster fight with him?

Not long to go now until the moment of truth, and that potentially great rematch on the 19th.