After a WWE appearance in October, heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been looking at a possible transition into mixed martial arts. “The Gypsy King” began training with middleweight Darren Till early this month, and also welcomes being under the tutelage of former UFC champion Conor McGregor.
Crossovers like this one are usually frowned upon by most observers. But not for former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, who is looking at it from a business standpoint.
“If Tyson Fury was to come over, I’m not gonna say the word ‘groom,’ but they would stagger his matchups and give him logical matchups,” Bisping said on a recent episode of his Believe You Me podcast (transcript by BJPenn.