Tyson Fury has said he will quit boxing if he fails to beat Wladimir Klitschko Tyson Fury has said he will quit boxing if he fails to beat Wladimir Klitschko

Tyson Fury has threatened to quit boxing if he fails to take Wladimir Klitschko's world titles on October 24.

The unbeaten heavyweight (24-0-KO18) travels to Dusseldorf to take on WBO, WBA Super and IBF champion Klitschko (64-3-KO53) and expects to knock the 39-year-old Ukrainian out to herald a new era for the division.

Fury told Sky Sports News HQ: "If I can't knock him out then I must be useless. If I can't beat a 40-year-old man, I need banning from boxing. If I can't, then I won't be boxing on because I won't be able to achieve and get my goals.

He's got as much personality as the wall I'm looking at in front of me. Tyson Fury on Wladimir Klitschko

"He's been a great champion but [has] not fought anyone of note. That's where I come in to it. Every 10, 15 or 20 years there's a man who comes along and wipes everyone out. We're in a bad era of heavyweights but I tell you what I'm looking forward to – going in there and writing this fellow off.

"I don't like him, for one. I don't think he's an ambassador and has ruined the heavyweight division. People say he's a great champion, clean-shaved, un-tattooed, great manners, very educated. So what? He's boring and has ruined the division as far as I'm concerned.

"He's got as much personality as the wall I'm looking at in front of me."

Sky Sports Box Office will show live coverage of Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury Sky Sports Box Office will show live coverage of Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury

Klitschko has dominated the heavyweight scene in recent years and his brother, Vitali, held world titles in the same division before his retirement. Fury, though, is unimpressed by their legacy and highlighted Wladimir's three knockout defeats as reason for confidence.

He added: "I'm not too bothered if he's got 10 brothers. If they all want to fight at the same time, I'll fight them all. It doesn't make a difference how many brothers he brings or what he does, he's getting knocked out. End of.

"It's not going to be a points decision in Germany as we all know. You're not going to beat a Super champion in his own country on points, so I need a knockout to get a victory. It's not a problem for me.

Adam Smith and Johnny Nelson were at the opening press conference Adam Smith and Johnny Nelson were at the opening press conference

"He's 40 years old. If I can't knock him out then it doesn't say a lot of me – a 27-year-old in the prime of his life. He's been knocked out three times. Three men have done and if a man can be knocked out three times before, what's to stop him getting knocked out again?

"He thinks he's perfected his style with his long reach and his jab-and-grab style but he's never fought anyone like me. I'm a 6ft 9in man who can move and throw different shapes around the ring. He's fought big men who can't move and small men who are small and can't get to him.

"I don't value what he's done. Who cares? It's a man with a pair of gloves on throwing punches at me and I'm going to be throwing punches at him. It doesn't mean anything to me what he's achieved."