‘I know what I’ve got to do’, says Tyson Fury after responding to pleas to remove dad John from his training team
TYSON FURY has responded to pleas to change his coaching team that includes dad John ahead of rematching Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk became the first four-belt undisputed champion in heavyweight history after taking the Gypsy King’s WBC title and unbeaten record in May.
But his crowded corner, led by Sugarhill Steward but also involving assistant Andy Lee and Fury’s dad John, came under fire.
John was especially singled out by pundits for shouting over head trainer Sugarhill during the valuable 60 seconds in the corner.
But Fury has vowed to stick with his team when probed during the console release of boxing video game Undisputed.
He said: “I know what I’ve got to do, nothing drastic.
“People can say ‘I want to change trainers or I’ll blame it on me conditioning coach or I’ll blame it on the cook or I’ll blame it on the mouse next door.’
“I’m not interested in all that. For me, it is the same team, same everything. I know what I’ve got to do. I thought I won the fight last time.
“I give him – me boxing all my life and watching boxing my whole career – I give him rounds eight, nine and ten, and round nine was a 10-8.
“So that’s what I give him out of the fight, but obviously the judges saw it a bit different, couple of them did.
“One of them had me winning. That’s what it was. It was as close as it can be. I didn’t get the nod on the night, I’ll make it back next time.”
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Usyk, 37, was forced to vacate the IBF belt to proceed with his December 21 rematch with Fury, 36, back in Riyadh.
Daniel Dubois, 27, meanwhile inherited the belt after being elevated from interim champ and knocked out Anthony Joshua, 34, in his first defence.
And Fury reckons he will need a similar performance to guarantee victory over undefeated Usyk.
He said: “There’s no secret – I’m going in there to knock him out because I don’t think I’m gonna get a decision no matter what I do.
“So I have to take it out of the judges’ hands. I believe I have to get him out of there.”