Both heavyweights have reigned as champions of the sport’s blue-riband division in recent years.
Fury still has the WBC belt and claims to be the lineal heavyweight champion of the world.
While the two giants are yet to fight each other, the ‘Gypsy King’ believes their individual dominance will inspire a generation of British heavyweights.
“I think we’ve given them a lot to aim for, with me and AJ,” Fury told Sky Sports.
“We’ve given them a lot of hope that it can be done. Because before I became world champion, Britain had only had maybe six or five world [heavyweight] champions throughout the history of boxing.
He continued: “All of a sudden we had a few more of late. A lot of highly ranked world heavyweights. I think we’ve inspired a lot of people and hopefully they can go on and continue to do well in the division.”
Fury believes there is an abundance of British talent coming through, but insists there is a long way to go before they reach the world stage.
“I think we’ve got a lot of talent. Young David Adeleye, Solomon Dacres, Johnny Fisher, Frazer Clarke, Nathan Gorman, Daniel Dubois,” Fury said. “There’s a lot of red hot talent coming through in this country especially.
Fury fights Francis Ngannou in October
“I think there’s a lot of good fights at British level at the moment,” he continued.
“I don’t think they’re anywhere near world level at the moment. They’re only young people so they should be contesting for English titles, maybe the British title. So I’m not sure how far they can go, but they definitely look like good prospects.”
