Tyson Fury has opened up about his unexpected split with former trainer, Ben Davison, ahead of his highly-awaited rematch with Deontay Wilder.
Anticipated as one of the biggest combat sports event in 2020, Fury and Wilder will lock horns on February 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the second instalment to their rivalry.
The heavyweight superstars first fought in December 2018, with the WBC heavyweight title on the line, but the instant classic ended in a controversial split draw.
The British boxer could not have pulled off a sensational performance against the American power hitter without the guidance of his former trainer, who helped him overcame his battle against depression and health issues.
But the duo has shockingly parted ways less than two months before the Las Vegas card.
“Tyson and myself had to make decisions which resulted in our working relationship coming to an end. We remain friends and he will smash the dosser,” Davison wrote in a tweet.
Looking For Change
Fury has announced that he will be working under the tutelage of Javon ‘Sugar’ Hill for the Wilder rematch – a reunion of sort that is almost a decade in the making.
In a recent interview with ESPN, the ‘Gypsy King’ shed a light on why he decided to split with Davison, citing the need for change as the main reason.
“I was going a little bit stale, repetitive, doing the same things day in, day out for years,” Fury claimed.
“I needed a change.”
“We’re gonna go back to basics. I trained with Sugar Hill back in 2010, we got on like a house on fire.”
Aiming to give Wilder a doze of his own medicine, Fury has vowed to finish the reigning WBC champion.
“This is unfinished business, but come February 22, this dosser will finally get what’s coming to him,” he said.
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‘No Mas’
Wilder is coming off a sensational knockout win against Luiz Ortiz, where he lost the early rounds before landing the finishing touch in the seventh frame.
The lineal heavyweight champion has taken a swipe on Wilder’s most recent victory in the latest episode of Top Rank’s Real Time documentary series.
“He’s happy to lose every single round on the way to knocking someone out,” Fury stated.
“He ain’t going to touch me this time. I’m going to make him say ‘no mas.’ Wilder will say ‘no mas’ in this fight when he can’t land on me and I make him look like a ripe idiot.”
With Tyson Fury working with a new trainer, can he deal Deontay Wilder the first loss of his career and become the new WBC heavyweight champion?
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