Hughie Fury believes that his newly signed promotional deal will provide him with the ideal platform from which to launch a renewed attack on the heavyweight division.

It was recently announced that 30 year-old Fury, 29-3 (16 KOs), has signed a multi-fight deal with Izzy Asif’s GBM Sports.

Last year, Fury boxed on two GBM events and clearly liked enough of what he saw from the burgeoning promotional outfit to entrust them with his future. His next appearance will come at London’s York Hall on April 4th.

“I’ve signed with GBM and they’ve promised to keep me busy and get the fights. I believe that Izzy will get me some big fights so I'm looking forward to it,” Fury told The Ring.

“It's a massive relief to get back out there now. I just need to get these big fights to show people what I can do.

“I'm ready for these fights tomorrow. If these fights come my way and the opportunity comes, I'll take it.”

It is an eye opening seven and a half years since Fury challenged Joseph Parker for the WBO heavyweight title at Manchester’s M.E.N Arena.

Initially, the fighter’s paths veered in wildly different directions from the moment Parker had his arm raised after grinding out a lacklustre majority decision victory but the New Zealander’s recent successes have made people forget that he too had to spend some time rebuilding himself in the shadows.

After beating Fury, Parker marched directly into a world title unification fight with Anthony Joshua in front of around 70,000 fans at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium and although he lost a wide decision, his solid effort earned him a fight with Dillian Whyte four months later. A defeat to the Londoner cast him into the heavyweight wilderness for a couple of years.

Slowly but surely Parker rebuilt himself and has now earned himself a seat at the sport’s top table.

Fury has persevered along his own, longer road back to relevance. He has battled against a severe case of acne conglobate and won an exhausting bout with long COVID.

The difference in his and Parker’s career since that night in Manchester is stark but in today’s climate, a heavyweight is only one win - or even one punch - away from the big time.

“Yeah, listen, it is,” Fury said.

“God's got a plan and I believe this is the destiny now and I've not had the easiest route - with the health issues and all of that I’ve had the hardest route in the world - but I believe now is the right time.

“I’m only one fight away, just get the right fight and I'll be there.

“I'd like anyone, I'd like all these fights, I'd like the [Zhilei] Zhang fight, I'd like the Joshua fight. Even [Filip] Hrgovic, I'd like him. All of these fights, hopefully I'd get.”

The deal with GBM gives Fury some stability but he wants to use it as a launchpad. Fury knows that he needs to impress and believes that he is finally fit and healthy enough to show exactly what he is capable of. Over the years he has established a reputation as a tricky, slick fighter but feels that the time has arrived for him to display the parts of his game that he has been forced to neglect.

“Yeah, and I believe people haven’t seen a fraction of my ability and I'm looking forward to this year to showing it,” he said.

“There's a lot different. Even with the last fight [an eight round decision victory over Christian Thun last September], it was just getting the cobwebs off and stuff.

“Talk’s cheap. I just can't wait now to put it all in action. I've got so many different styles that people I haven't seen and I'm looking forward now to put it all into practice.”

Over the past two years, Saudi Arabia has made itself the capital of boxing but it truly is the epicentre of the heavyweight division. Riyadh has become the place where the best big men not he planet convene and fight. Fury’s GBM deal will allow him to get involved in that mix. Now he just has to earn himself a ticket.

“Yeah, 100%. Izzy's a good friend of my dad's as well so he's promised us. I believe he'll keep to his word and we'll get these big fights in,” he said.

"Yeah, I do believe in God's got a destiny and I believe this is my right time now.”