- Venue: Wembley Arena, London
- Date: Saturday 23 July
- Start time: 2200 BST
- Coverage: Watch live on Channel 5
Fury made his debut against Bela Gyongyosi in December 2008 Tyson Fury has claimed the winner of his fight with Dereck Chisora on Saturday is likely to face David Haye's conqueror Wladimir Klitschko.
Klitschko, who has twice pulled out of fights with Chisora, won a unanimous decision over Haye earlier this month.
"Wladimir Klitschko has shown a lot of interest in the winner of this fight. Unofficially this is a world title eliminator," Fury told BBC 5 live.
"Hopefully the winner will do a better job than Haye, which won't be hard."
The unbeaten Fury's last outing was a fifth-round knockout of Marcelo Luiz Nascimento, while Chisora successfully defended his British and Commonwealth heavyweight title against Sam Sexton in September.
The pair share almost identical records with Fury collecting 10 knockouts compared to his opponent's nine en route to 14 unanswered victories.
But Londoner Chisora is confident he will dispatch the 24-year-old to place himself in Klitschko's sights for a third time.
"I will show everyone that I am the top domestic heavyweight and that Fury isn't what he thinks," he told the Barnet Press.
"Klitschko owes me a fight. I hope he's a man of integrity and honours his commitment to me."
WBA, IBF, and WBO champion Klitschko, whose older brother Vitali holds the WBC title, pulled out of a fight with Chisora in December with a torn abdominal muscle before a back injury caused him to withdraw from their rearranged clash in March.
Former Olympic champion Audley Harrison has also declared his interest in fighting the winner of Fury and Chisora's fight, claiming he is keen to "erase the stigma" of his one-sided defeat by Haye in November.
The British Boxing Board of Control discussed withholding the 39-year-old's purse after he landed only one punch in the fight.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/boxing/14243725.stm
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