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Tyson Fury is planning to 'do a Joe Louis' with a fight every month in a calendar year, including a seven-stop world tour and five Wembley Stadium blockbusters.
All starting with a March clash with Ukraine war hero Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed world heavyweight championship last held by Lennox Lewis more than a decade ago.
Is this humanly possible?
Tyson Fury (above) has claimed he wants to fight one person a month in a calendar year
'No doubt,' says Fury. 'Louis the Bronze Bomber famously fought a bum a month, not a fight a year.'
Can he keep pulling crowds through such a packed schedule including projected fights in Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, a stadium return to America, either China or Macau and even an extraordinary staging of a major event in Antarctica?
'Absolutely,' he says. 'I live the boxer's life all the time. I'm in the gym every day even if there's no fight.
'Instead of the high-life I'm at home with my wife and kids in Morecombe Bay where nothing happens.'
American promoter Bob Arum has no doubt that Gypsy King can pack football grounds
He cites also the 60,000 tickets pre-sold for this Saturday's WBC title defence in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
That is against Dereck Chisora the 38 year old veteran who has been somewhat derided as a suitable opponent, having
