Fury: Leave Audley to the dogs

Rising heavyweight star Tyson Fury says he won't fight Audley Harrison and suggests the former Olympic champion is "left to the dogs".

Rising heavyweight star Tyson Fury says he won't fight Audley Harrison and suggests the former Olympic champion is "left to the dogs". Fury defends his British and Commonwealth titles against Neven Pajkic on Saturday night in Manchester but on the eve of the fight he had to fend off questions about a possible domestic showdown with Harrison, who had earlier in the week raised the prospect so he could retire in a better state than his woeful third-round defeat to David Haye. However, Fury has dismissed his calls and says he is instead looking upwards towards a future fight with Haye's subsequent conqueror Wladimir Klitschko, or the Ukrainian's elder brother and WBC king Vitali. "Leave him to the dogs," Fury said when quizzed on Harrison's comments. "I'm hoping to get a world-title shot. I don't want to go backwards, I'm on my way to the top and I'm past all these people now. "I want this fight, then maybe another one, and then definitely a Klitschko." Fury tipped the scales ahead of his first professional contest in his home town at 18st 5lb - a near two-stone advantage. "I think he's a good, game opponent and he's going to come for a fight," Fury added. "But there's only one winner and that's me. I'm going to knock him out. "He's a tough guy isn't he? You can tell by his face, the state of it, that he's a tough guy. I'm just going to punish him badly for coming over here. "I'm going to punish him for a few rounds, then I'm going to knock him out." Chris Eubank Jr, son of the former two-weight world champion, will make his professional debut in a six-round middleweight contest on the undercard.