The new heavyweight champion of the world Tyson Fury has revealed he wants to fight at Croke Park, but is unsure if dethroned Wladimir Klitschko will take up the offer of a rematch.
Speaking on RTE Radio 1, Fury also claimed he was misquoted by newspapers who reported the 27-year-old compared homosexuality and abortion to paedophilia.
Fury beat Klitschko on points in Dusselforf last Saturday night to take the IBF, WBO and WBA belts and the Ukrainian has the option of a rematch to win back his title.
On the possibility of another match-up with the 39-year-old, Fury said: “I don’t know if he is going to take the rematch or not. There is a contract to say he is entitled to a rematch. I don’t know where it is going to be. I have always said I would like to fight at Croke Park. Maybe that can be a reality one day.”
The home of the GAA is one of the venues Fury says he has always wished to box at, “I always said that there’s a couple of venues in the world that I wanted to box in. One of them is Madison Square Garden — I’ve done that one; one of them is Old Trafford, Manchester United — I’ve not done that one; and the other is Croke Park.”
Fury upset the odds to topple Klitschko in Germany - the Ukranian’s first defeat since he was knocked out by Lamon Brewster in 2004 - but his controversial views on homosexuality and abortion have come under scrutiny.
However Fury claims he was misquoted by the Mail on Sunday, he said: “It’s newspapers trying to sell papers on writing bad things about me. I don’t have any hate for anybody.
“I’m not homophobic, I’m not racist. I’m not against any people. All I have for people is love. At the end of the day, we’re all brothers and sisters in god. What people do is none of my business.”
Fury, who was born and raised in Manchester, also discussed his Irish roots, he said: “My father was born in Galway, along with the rest of my father’s family who are from the west of Ireland.
“My grandmother on my mother’s side was born in Belfast, Nutt’s Corner, and I’ve lots of relatives over there. I’m over there quite regularly visiting.
“I boxed for Ireland as an amateur. I boxed in the Irish senior championships. I went to America for Ireland and won a fight, and I boxed Ireland versus Poland and won two fights.
“I would describe myself (as British-Irish) to be honest.
“I wouldn’t say I’m Irish born and bred because that would just be lying. I’m born and bred in Manchester in England but people who know me know I’ve been back and forward to Ireland for a long, long time.”
