21-year-old Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of heavyweight legend Muhammad Ali, has a lot of respect for the abilities of Tyson Fury.

Ali Walsh was impressed with Fury's win from last Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London.

Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown with a sixth round knockout of mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte.

"Tyson Fury, he's one of my idols," Ali Walsh said to Sky Sports. "I truly think he ranks among the greatest heavyweights of all time. I think he's a top five heavyweight of all time.

"I didn't say No 1. Nobody can beat my grandfather. Yeah, I'm biased in saying that. I don't think anybody can beat my grandfather from now, to before, to the future, but Tyson Fury, he's Tyson Fury, he speaks for himself."

Muhammad Ali fought twice in London, beating Henry Cooper at Arsenal's Highbury stadium and Brian London at Earls Court.

Ali Walsh would love to follow in grandfather's footsteps with a UK fight.

"For the people in the UK, they're the biggest boxing fans in the world," Ali Walsh said. "I know they were huge fans of my grandfather and he was fans of them, so I'm doing this for the people in the UK and my fans in Vegas.

"I've never been to the UK. I need a fight in the UK. My promoter is on board with that. It's going to happen soon and I'm really looking forward to that fight."

Ali Walsh is back in the ring on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, when he makes his Las Vegas debut on the undercard of the super featherweight unification between Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez.