Fury had a message for rivals past and present (Image: Getty)

Tyson Fury fooled almost all of his rivals with his Christmas message on social media.

The WBC heavyweight champion shared a family photo of him posing with his kids in front of the Christmas tree, showing off the faces of his boxing opponents.

Anthony Joshua is front and centre, along with David Haye, who Fury would fight twice in 2013 and 2014, but fell both times.

Wladimir Klitschko, who defeated “They Gypsy King” in 2015 to be crowned world champion for the first time, also plays alongside Deontay Wilder, who has been knocked out twice by Fury in recent years.

Finally, Dillian Whyte, who grounded Fury in front of a crowd of 90,000 at Wembley in April, is included in the season photo by the undefeated champion himself.

Absent from the picture is IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight champion Usyk, who is in talks to fight Fury in 2023.

He and the undefeated Ukrainian faced off after the former’s dominant win over Dereck Chisora ​​at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in December as they battled for the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis early next year.

“The two fighters have agreed to fight each other next time,” Fury co-promoter Bob Arum told Sky Sports earlier this month.

“With Fury and Usyk, we’re dealing with two adults, not much [rubbish] Back and forth.

“Usyk is a good friend of mine, he’s very intelligent and Tyson is Superman, both as an athlete and as an intellectual,” he continued.

So they want the fight. Both want the fight and so there will be little or none. [messing] General.

“So we’ll be able to make that happen.” I have a lot of self confidence. As I said, the fighters have agreed to fight each other non-stop.’