John Fury has branded his son Tyson Fury’s pre-Oleksandr Usyk bout coaching camp as a “circus”.
Come February 17, Saudi Arabia will play host to the blockbuster heavyweight boxing bout between Fury and Usyk, which boxing followers have been dying to see for years. And when the 2 lastly face off, it’ll see the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF belts unified, making the winner the undisputed heavyweight champion.
However, whereas loads are excited in regards to the upcoming combat, eyebrows had been raised again in October when Fury narrowly escaped his combat towards UFC star Francis Ngannou, who regarded to have the 35-year-old overwhelmed when he floored him in gorgeous vogue.
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Fury got here via to win the bout, in what was Ngannou’s boxing debut, through cut up choice, however it has led to considerations about how the Gypsy King will fare when he takes on Usyk come February. And these considerations would possibly simply have been elevated even additional after John Fury’s latest statements about his son’s coaching camp.
While Fury Snr reckons his son is just not “in decline”, he has admitted he’s fearful due to the “circus” surrounding his coaching camp within the construct as much as the combat towards Usyk.
Speaking to Second Out, Fury stated: “I never said my son [Tyson Fury] was in decline because he’s not. It’s the people around him who ain’t up to much. His training’s in decline and his camp’s in a bigger decline. It’s not a camp, it’s a circus.
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“I saw him in the gym in Saudi, watched him spar three or four rounds with a couple of kids – I knew then it was gonna be a hard night’s work. I thought, “What have you ever been doing?” I was alarmed, I still am.
“Unless you are gonna get the attention of the tiger again and return to the outdated methods and get the starvation again – sweat, blood, s*** and tears.
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“Because Usyk’s doing that – sweat, blood, s*** and tears. And he’s got disciplined, professional, great people around him, and I don’t think Tyson has that. I really don’t.”
And then when he was requested if was fearful about whether or not his son may undergo the primary defeat of his skilled profession, he added: “Absolutely, if he doesn’t make any adjustments, it well could be.”