Boxing champ calls out UFC champ Velasquez

University of Toronto researchers examined records and videos from 844 Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts from 2006 to 2012 for the study published this month. (AP Photo)

Undefeated heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury is not impressed with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and has challenged him to a fight.

Fury (20-0 with 14 KOs) is the current WBO Intercontinental heavyweight champion and owns British, Commonwealth and Irish heavyweight titles, and is currently seeking a fight with Vitali Klitschko. However, the Englishman says the WBC heavyweight champ, and his brother Wladimir Klitschko, are afraid to fight him. Fury recently tweeted that if the Klitschkos are not willing to fight him then he wants to fight “the MMA heavyweight champ” because “at least he is game.” Fury added that it wouldn’t last two rounds.

Velasquez (11-1) reclaimed the UFC heavyweight title at UFC 155 by battering Junior dos Santos en route to a unanimous decision win.

Fury, 24, is 6-foot-9 and competes between 245-260 pounds, while Velasquez, 30, is 6-foot-1 and competes at around 240 pounds.

Velasquez has not responded to Fury’s comments.

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