By Jeff Powell For Mailonline
Published: 18:30 BST, 11 June 2019 | Updated: 18:30 BST, 11 June 2019
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'There will be two crazy heavyweights in the ring at the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday night', says Tom Schwarz. 'Me and Tyson Fury.'
The little-known German opponent for the Gypsy King's second coming to America adds: 'We're one and the same, the way we act and behave.'
Should be an interesting night for the referee. Although, as far as Schwarz is concerned, the third man in the ring will be a German ancestor who achieved something perhaps even more astonishing in heavyweight boxing than he hopes to pull off here.
Tom Schwarz has compared himself to Tyson Fury ahead of their MGM Grand Garden bout
Fury goes into the bout as the favourite - with the two set to meet in Las Vegas on Saturday
Max Schmelling went to New York a huge underdog and knocked out the immortal Joe Louis, so he too is on Schwarz's mind.
Fury, of course, is to the forefront of his thinking and the young man from Halle is fascinated by the comparison he sees.
'Tyson is like me as a person,' he says. 'I've also done some crazy things in my time. Conducted myself like him.
'When I was younger I used to dress crazy and behave oddly. The German media were onto me. I don't really want to go into the details. It's in the past. But I understand him.'
Fury, the quintessential maverick, is warning himself to take nothing for granted against a strong, determined, slightly younger man but he lets the guard slip a little when he says: 'If I lose to Schwarz I will have to retire.'
