Tyson Fury has ditched his long-time trainer and claims he shall be preparing for his upcoming return to the ring on his own.
The 2-time heavyweight champion won his second world title in 2020 under the tutelage of Sugarhill Steward, after Ben Davison got him back into fighting shape back in 2018. Nonetheless, for what’s his latest major comeback he claims he’ll go with out a head coach.
Fury says that he shall be channeling Clubber Lang; Mr T’s character from Rocky 3, as he ‘trains alone’. He has based his camp out of Thailand, where he claims his mental health advantages from year-round sunshine versus the UK.
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Tyson Fury claims he’ll train alone for Arslanbek Makhmudov fight
After months in Thailand where he has frolicked with family in addition to training intensively, Tyson Fury jetted into London for his first face-off with Arslanbek Makhmudov. He and the enormous Russian held a media day, with lots of of press in attendance from all over the world.
And asked about his plans for training camp, he claimed that he wouldn’t need a head coach in any respect after his split with Steward.
“I’m like Clubber Lang,” Fury said on the Netflix broadcast of today’s pre-fight press conference on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. “I’m going to coach alone.” When Lennox Lewis noted that he ‘knows what to do’ because he has been through so many camps, Fury replied within the affirmative.
“I do know what to do, I do know how you can go 12 rounds, I do know how you can push myself when I want to but I also know when to take a rest when I want to. Boxing, people attempt to make it so very similar to rocket science nevertheless it’s not.
“So long as you train hard and eat well and get loads of rest, I believe the remainder of it in the event you’re experienced like I’m an experienced veteran on this game sometimes you would like people to point stuff out to you and remind you of certain points.
“But what I don’t find out about my very own body now, I’m never going to know.”