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Tyson Fury has won 35 pro fights, with 2 defeats and 1 gully
ByKal Sajad
BBC Sport boxing journalist
Tyson Fury was lighter than his hostile astatine the weigh-in for the archetypal clip successful 15 years arsenic helium prepares to combat Mariusz Wach successful Thailand connected Friday.
The Briton tipped the scales astatine 18st 13lb (120kg) - 26lb little than seasoned Wach's 20st 11lb (132kg) - earlier the heavyweight bout.
Fury, 37, volition combat the 46-year-old successful Pattaya successful beforehand of astir 1,500 fans and without a tv broadcaster.
"I'm Mr Slim now. I'm delighted to beryllium present and determination are fans present from each implicit the world," Fury said.
It is lone the 4th clip successful Fury's nonrecreational vocation helium has weighed little than his opponent. The erstwhile juncture was successful his archetypal combat against Derek Chisora successful 2011.
He was besides lighter than John McDermott and Daniil Peretyatko during a vocation spanning much than 17 years and 38 nonrecreational fights.
Fury arrived wearing a decorator robe and a ample transverse chain. The erstwhile heavyweight champion joked and laughed with Wach during their face-off, playfully attempting to lighten the temper earlier the brace posed for photographs.
Fury is 3lb lighter than helium was for his past outing against Arslanbek Makhmudov successful April.
Wach has mislaid 7 of his past 10 fights, including a knockout decision by Moses Itauma 2 years ago.
The expected triumph for Fury would acceptable up the long-awaited combat with Anthony Joshua, who has his ain warm-up bout against Kristian Prenga successful Saudi Arabia connected Saturday.
"I privation to support busy. I'm not banking connected immoderate combat that whitethorn oregon whitethorn not happen," Fury added.
"This is the twelvemonth I privation Tyson Fury to enactment busy. I whitethorn adjacent person 10 fights this year.
"I've had 1 combat successful 2 years. I privation to container his caput disconnected for 10 rounds ideally, but if it goes disconnected earlier past that is ideal."
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