Eleven years ago, a little-known Tyson Fury made a promise to RTÉ GAA correspondent Marty Morrissey after winning a bout at the Point Depot that he would return to Dublin some day to defend his world heavyweight title at Croke Park.

Featuring on the undercard to Bernard Dunne's loss to Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Fury stopped Tomáš Mrázek in the sixth round, despite injuring his right hand in the second round.

He told Marty afterwards: "What an atmosphere, what a place to box. There is like nowhere I’ve boxed before. I’m looking forward to boxing here again.

"[As well as Galway], my grandad’s people were from Roscommon and my granny’s people are from Tipperary. I’m an all-rounder really. One day I’ll come back here with a world title and defend it at Croke Park."

After becoming world heavyweight champion for a second time on Saturday night when he outboxed Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas, it remains to be seen if the 'Gypsy King' will live up to his promise.

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