It looks like the time and place of Tyson Fury's long-awaited comeback fight have been set.

The former World Heavyweight Champion hasn't fought for two and a half years, ever since defeating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015.

It was that fight that saw Fury skyrocket to the top of the division as his unanimous decision victory crowned him the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA (Super), The Ring, and Lineal Heavyweight champion.

However, with a rematch between the two set, Fury would twice pull out of the meeting claiming injuries - both times he was also under suspicion of drug violations.

He would eventually relinquish his titles in October 2016 citing depression and a day later his license was suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control.

After a lengthy process, Fury would eventually declare himself fit to fight once again and accepted a back-dated two-year ban for testing positive for nandrolone.

Now ready to go, his desire to fight the new kings of the heavyweight division has been as open as it gets, with Anthony Joshua currently sitting at the top of the list.

First, though, he needs a comeback fight - and things look to have been set.

The Manchester Evening News is reporting that Fury will be fighting in his hometown of Manchester on June 9th, although an opponent is yet to be decided.

There will surely be a line of fighters hoping to be his first back, knowing that a former world champion who hasn't fought in years is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make some headlines.

Fury, on the other hand, will want to make as big a statement as possible in the hope to get himself straight back into the title picture.

That picture is currently headlined by Joshua and Joseph Parker, and the two of them are set to clash on March 31st in a fight dubbed 'Road to Undisputed'.

Winning the fight will hand the victor four world titles and a potential fight with the WBC Heavyweight Champion - currently American Deontay Wilder.

That's the group that Fury will be hoping to force his way back into; the landscape of the heavyweight division is very different to how he left it - he now has to prove that he hasn't been left behind.