Wilmslow's Tyson Fury has finally been handed his long-awaited British title showdown with Dereck Chisora.

Styal’s English heavyweight champion will go head-to-head with Chisora before the end of July.

The British Boxing Board of Control have ordered that purse bids go ahead for the much-anticipated clash after Chisora’s world title bout with Wladimir Klitschko was scrapped.

Undefeated Fury has publically challenged the British champion on several occasions – last month calling for the BBBoC to strip him of his title if he continued to avoid a clash.

Now he insists he will do it himself.

"I’m going to strip the title away from him along with the zero on his record," said the 22-year-old.

"I can’t wait for this fight, it’s been a long time in the making, but one thing is for sure, it’s not going to take me as long to finish him off.

"Expect another brutal knock out to be delivered from me."

Fury is the mandatory challenger for Chisora’s title having built up an impressive 14-fight unbeaten record.

Most recently he blasted Brazilian knockout specialist Marcelo Luiz Nascimento in five rounds.

The BBBoC have ordered purse bids to be submitted by April 13, with the bout set to go ahead by the end of July.

Fury has been frustrated that his career has been put on hold as Chisora has chased a world title clash with Klitschko.

But after that fight was last week cancelled for the second time in six months, with the Ukrainian now set to fight WBA champion David Haye, there is nothing to stand in the way of a Battle of Britain between Fury and Chisora.