Regardless, Fury doesn’t appear to mind who he fights next as long as it is soon – which rules out Usyk and Joshua – although he admitted he feels bad for Whyte given the arbitration issues. 

“I thought I was going to be fighting Dillian Whyte but I don’t know what he has going on in his private life with the WBC,” Fury told iFL TV. 

“I hope he does not get caught in the long grass and I hope I don’t get forced into another fight like a voluntary defence.

“I am not interested in waiting around for other people, I will be fighting again in February, early March latest, defending my WBC heavyweight world title.

“Who it is, I just don’t give a damn because the outcome will always be the same.

“I will win, and I will knock the mother f***** out because that’s how I do it now.”