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Tyson Fury has been told his story about clashing with TV presenter Chris Tarrant is a desperate attempt for “cheap publicity”.
Heavyweight champion Fury stated in an episode of his new Netflix documentary 'At Home with the Furys' that he had a row with Tarrant when the pair were in Gleneagles at the same time. Tarrant refuted the story by explaining that he got into a lift with Fury at the luxury hotel but the pair didn't speak to each other, which is why he was baffled when Fury claimed they had a spat.
"I didn’t actually start the fight," Tarrant said on Radio X. "In actual fact, there was no fight, there was no big row. I’ve never met this man, but of course I wouldn’t pick a row with the biggest man on the planet. It’s complete and utter nonsense! If it was any normal bloke and any normal boxer I would say he’s had too many blows to the head, but nobody’s ever hit Tyson on the head! He’s 6'9", you can’t get near him!"
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Tarrant explained that nobody spoke to each other in the lift whilst it took them to their designated floor and he was unsure if Fury was the man standing behind him. The broadcaster then went to the hotel reception to ask if Fury was staying in the same hotel, but they refused to tell him.
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"I never spoke to him, I still never met him, so why? So weird," Tarrant added. "Is he trying to set me up for the next fight? Is he trying to rile me? It’s a bit of publicity for him and all that but there’s a point where it’s starting to bring out the warrior in me frankly. Oh come on, you can look past it, I’ll tell you what, I’m in the gym."
Tarrant insisted that he doesn't resent any of Fury's family, but does have a problem with Tyson for his alleged fabricated story. The 76-year-old knows he would be outclassed in the ring against Fury so he promised to show up at the Brit's next fight with a lead pipe and take him by surprise.
"I’ve got a plan because this is going to go all the way now and it’s actually wound me up as well. I just think, he just wants cheap publicity out of me and I’m not having it. I have a plan that on the night of the fight, I’m going to hide behind his dressing room door, and when he comes out, I’m going to hit him with a lead pipe," he said.