John Fury says Tyson has had a ‘brilliant’ training camp in response to Eddie Hearn’s comments, while Gypsy King reveals effects of ‘brutalising’ body for Deontay Wilder fight
Much has been made of Tyson Fury’s camp heading into his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.
The WBC champion had to pull out of the original bout between the pair on July 24 when he and much of his camp contracted COVID.
Mikey Williams/Top Rank
Wilder has openly speculated Fury never had COVID and postponed the fight because he was getting hurt in sparring. Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has also gone on record saying the Gypsy King ‘doesn’t look ready’ for his WBC heavyweight title defence.
However, Team Fury seems to believe it’s a case of no pain, no gain.
His father, John, strongly denied rumours that Tyson had a bad camp when speaking to talkSPORT.
“How do they know? Have they been living with Tyson? You could say that just from their eyeballs and the internet,” Fury Sr said. “Forget all that, Tyson’s had a brilliant camp, brilliant.”
BETTING SPECIAL – GET FURY AT 30/1 OR WILDER AT 50/1 WITH WILLIAM HILL
The champion himself has admitted he feels terrible after going through the wringer in camp, but he knows he’ll feel great come fight time.
He said: “I feel terrible, absolutely terrible. But if you did an eight-week training camp and you were just winding down and you feel fantastic, you didn’t do it right.
“If you brutalise your body for eight weeks, training twice a day, six days a week, getting battered to bits in sparring by four or five different guys at a time, if you feel great then you’re a bionic human being.
“And in a week’s time, I will feel fantastic.”
Aleksandar Mraovic – Instagram
It was rumoured that 21-year-old American heavyweight Jared Anderson put a beating on Fury in sparring during the training camp, but those are rumours mainly constructed by Wilder himself.
Fury and Wilder will finally face off this Saturday and if Fury wins, he’s already said he’d like to face Dillian Whyte next in a UK homecoming fight.
From there, much will depend on how the Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk rematch goes.
talkSPORT’s coverage of Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder III is live from Las Vegas this Saturday, October 9