Tyson Fury has been underestimated too often to feel overconfident entering his third fight with Deontay Wilder.

The gigantic English heavyweight dominated Wilder during their rematch 19 months ago. The unbeaten WBC champion dropped Wilder twice, once in the third round and again in the fifth round, on his way to a seventh-round stoppage at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Fury feels he more than deserved a victory over Wilder in their first fight as well. The Manchester native overcame two knockdowns in that bout, one in the ninth round and another in the 12th round, yet he settled for a split draw with Wilder in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Fury’s confidence from those two performances notwithstanding, the favored fighter fully understands that Wilder’s pulverizing power very easily could change the complexion of their rivalry when they meet a third time October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“I’ve only got one fight on my mind at the moment, and that’s Deontay Wilder,” Fury said during a Zoom conference call Wednesday. “He’s the most dangerous heavyweight on the planet, barring none, and can end your career with one punch in any round. So, I can’t be thinking about what happened in other fights.”

The 33-year-old Fury referred to Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight title fight Saturday night in London. Joshua’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat ensured that Fury would have to find another opponent for his first fight of 2022 if he defeats Wilder because Ukraine’s Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) is contractually obligated to give Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) an immediate rematch.

“I have no real concern about anything else, other than Deontay Wilder,” Fury said. “I’ve got a mammoth task ahead, a really, really dangerous fight that I’m not overlooking, that I’m giving a hundred-percent focus. And I don’t care who I fight after this. Whoever the next challenger is, let me get through Wilder first. Then, on Sunday morning, you can speak to me, as you always do, and then we’ll talk turkey about who we’ll fight next. And quite frankly, I just don’t give a damn!”

Most Internet sportsbooks have installed Fury as a 3-1 favorite versus Wilder in advance of their third bout. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) and Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) will headline a four-fight pay-per-view show that’ll be co-distributed by ESPN and FOX Sports.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for krikya360.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.