Tyson Fury‘s sparring accomplice Jai Opetaia has left his coaching camp after solely 5 rounds.
The former cruiserweight world champion will combat Mairis Briedis on the undercard of the undisputed heavyweight world title combat between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk subsequent month. He had been aside of the Gypsy King’s staff in Saudi Arabia forward of combat evening on February 17.
But Opetaia, 28, has now returned to his native Australia attributable to a scarcity of orthodox sparring for Fury. He’s been prioritising southpaw opponents in preparation for Usyk.
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In an announcement, Opetaia’s promoter said: “Jai Opetaia has recently returned from Saudi Arabia where he sparred and trained with Tyson Fury.
“They had been incredible, aggressive rounds and an unimaginable expertise for Jai. However any discuss of both boxer being dropped is just not true. Jai is now again in Australia finalising his preparation to defend his world title and can’t wait to take action in Saudi Arabia.”
Fury is ready for his next big fight, called ‘Ring of Fire’, after narrowly beating Francis Ngannou last year. He’s sure he’ll do even better this time. “I’m going to bust him up. Sausage. Ugly little man. Rabbit. Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, run,” he boasted.
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“You know what’s coming? You’re getting smashed to pieces, sausage. You’re fighting the best British heavyweight there’s ever been. You’ve beaten the rest of them, but you haven’t beaten Tyson Fury, sausage.
“You can by no means beat me. If you beat me in your desires you higher get up and apologise. I stole that from Muhammad Ali, I apologise. When you sleep at evening ugly man you are going to consider me for the subsequent eight weeks. I’m going to punch your face in. You ugly little man.”
After teasing his opponent, Fury praised the upcoming match as a clash of top-notch boxers. “We’re each undefeated. He’s a champion, I’m a champion. It’s going to be a combat for the ages,” he mentioned.
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“It’s been 24 years since we’ve had an undisputed champion. The Klitschkos were champions for around 10 years, so there’s been 14 years when the other heavyweights couldn’t do it.
“We’ve each been chosen and there can solely be one winner. I’m going to turn into the undisputed champion. More than that, I’m destined to cement my legacy because the primary fighter of this period.
“To do that I’ve got to beat this little man, which is easier said than done because he’s a tricky boxer, slick and all of that. But I’ve seen many like him before and when they fight the big men, they struggle. And he will struggle on February 17. I will break him.
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“He’s a middleweight, but it’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog and he’s obviously got a lot of fight in him. But when you meet a big man who is a lot bigger but also has the fight inside him, let’s put it in a nutshell – you’re f****d.”
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