Tony Bellew is already thinking about a potential megafight with British rival David Haye,Bellew makes a first defence of his WBC world cruiserweight title against American BJ Flores in front of his home fans at Liverpools Echo Arena on Saturday. A victory for Bellew could lead to a catchweight fight with heavyweight Haye or a title unification fight against one his rival world cruiserweight champions.Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk is the WBO champion, after winning Olympic heavyweight gold medal at London 2012 London, while Russian Denis Lebedev is the WBA-IBF champion.Im after megafights and me fighting Haye equals megafight, Bellew said. Also on my radar are Oleksandr Usyk and Denis Lebedev, because I want to unify the weight division, so its going to be one of those names.Its got to be a megafight but also tie into that, Ive got a very exciting mandatory to fulfil in Mairis Briedis if he comes through the Simon Vallily fight so its exciting times ahead.Bellew called Haye the b---- from Bermondsey and has taunted him since before he captured the WBC belt with a knockout of South Africa-based Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park in May.Haye, 35, has shown no interest in meeting his fellow Briton and so far has been focused on winning one of the world heavyweight titles after returning to the ring early 2016 following a ring exile of over three years.While he might not be fighting Haye on Saturday, Bellew is facing his friend Flores, the Arizona-based boxer who has had two bouts in as many years. Flores sparred with Haye for the Londoners world title fights against John Ruiz and Wladimir Klitschko.I expect a hard fight against Flores, I expect him to come at me, hes in the last-chance saloon so hell try to give it everything he can to defeat me, Bellew said. Hes in the same shoes I was in on May 29 at Goodison Park, but hes in my backyard.Hes in the last-chance saloon, hes fighting for the best belt in boxing, Im giving him the chance of a lifetime, but make no mistake about it, Im going to render him unconscious the exact same way that I rendered Ilunga Makabu.Bellew admitted he has been thinking about the dangers of boxing following the death of Scottish welterweight Towell, who died in hospital with severe bleeding and swelling to his brain on Sep. 30 caused by injuries in a fight against Dale Evans.Especially with someone like me, my family know how much I push myself to the absolute limit, Bellew said. If Im brutally honest its my biggest fear, I frighten myself how far Im willing to go but what I can you do?This is all I can do, this is all I know. It just broke my heart to read the statement Mike Towells missus wrote about him passing away, that he died doing what he loved doing.Its just heart-breaking, it really is. My goal first and foremost when I walk into that boxing ring is to get home safe to my missus and three children, because theyre all in life that need me and they really do need me.It has been a difficult few weeks for British boxing with Towells death as well as heavyweight Tyson Furys withdrawal from his world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko and positive doping test.Bellew fears for Fury, who is reportedly suffering from depression and is set to be stripped of his WBA and WBO world heavyweight titles after testing positive for cocaine.Listen, I dont condone him taking cocaine if thats true, if he has taken it that is wrong for him to do, Bellew said.But ultimately mental illness should not be shrugged off and put to the side, hes not mentally well, hes mentally unstable and he needs help as fast as possible, he really does, because Tyson Fury is an all or nothing person, and it would be heartbreaking to turn on the news and see Tyson Fury has done himself harm, it really would, it would break my heart.So I just pray he gets the help he needs. 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