Boxer Tyson Fury has shed an incredible EIGHT STONE

Tyson Fury has shed an incredible EIGHT STONE. The Manchester heavyweight showed off his new, leaner figure on Instagram in a series of photographs taken at pal Ricky Hatton’s Hyde-based boxing academy. He said he has dropped from 27 stone to 18.9 since he started training again last October. Fury , who goes by the username gypsyking101, wrote: “Ready for war and feeling fantastic.” The boxer, originally from Wythenshawe, piled on the pounds during his two-and-a-half year break from the ring. Earlier this year, he told viewers on Good Morning Britain that his impressive weight loss was down to black coffee. Fury – who is set to fight Francesco Pianeta at Windsor Park on August 18 – has never been ashamed of his bulky frame. After beating Wladimir Klitschko in 2016, he whipped off his shirt and grabbed his stomach at a press conference, before saying: “Shame on you. You let a fat man beat you.” Fury returned to the ring in June beating Sefer Seferi in the fourth round. He claims he is in talks to fight WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder later this year. Speaking earlier this week, Fury said: "I can confirm that me and Deontay Wilder are in negotiations and it's very close to being done," said Fury. "It's out there now and I can reveal that negotiations are very strong for December and we're almost done with this deal. "I won't be overlooking Francesco Pianeta. He's going to give me the right fight and the right work to prepare me for Wilder. "I'm going to flatten him first and then Wilder, let's dance. You've been dealing with Eddie Hearn and Anthony Joshua but I am a man of my word and if I say I'll fight you, I'll fight you. "Prepare well, train hard and let's get the deal done. I will knock Pianeta into next week and then I'll knock you spark out too." Wilder has been linked to a fight with fellow Brit Anthony Joshua throughout the year, but Fury says he is close to agreeing a deal to fight the American instead.