Mike Tyson proud for world champion Tyson Fury to carry his name

Mike Tyson has declared that his namesake Tyson Fury is the best world heavyweight champion since himself.

The American icon, a former WBC, WBA and IBF title-holder, has launched a defence of the current world champion who inherited his name.

Fury, who was declared RING Magazine's Fighter of the Year on Monday, was given the name Tyson by his father to honour the Brooklyn legend, who was the world heavyweight champion on the day of the current incumbent's birth.

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