Tyson Fury’s coaching accomplice Moses Itauma has revealed the previous world champion was “a lot different” throughout preparations for his heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
After Usyk in Might turned the heavyweight’s first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis, Fury has the prospect to avenge his first profession defeat, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on Saturday evening.
Itauma, who is taken into account one of many brightest younger prospects within the heavyweight division and fights on Saturday’s undercard, has been a part of every of Fury’s coaching camps to organize for Usyk.
“He’s a lot different. His mentality has switched,” Itauma stated at Tuesday’s grand arrivals ceremony in Riyadh.
“He wasn’t the great man anymore. He was really there to coach.
“Usually, once I did [previously] practice with him in Saudi and Morecambe, we might spar collectively, bag, circuits collectively, run collectively, do power and conditioning collectively, however this time he was like solely targeted on doing it by himself.
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“And he was like, ‘I am a lone soldier, I am a lone wolf’.
“He would get hit with a good shot and he was screaming. I was like, ‘this guy’s a lunatic’. But to be in this sport you need to be a little bit mad.”
Itauma is adamant that Fury’s motivation for taking a right away rematch just isn’t monetary, however that his compatriot is solely pushed by a burning want to avenge defeat.
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He added: “I don’t think Tyson’s doing this for the money. So, if he’s not doing it for the money, what is he doing it for?
“As a result of he really desires to beat Oleksandr Usyk, and if he did do it for the cash, he would have packed up a very long time in the past.
“So, with that in mind, people need to bear that in mind. Saturday night, it’s going to be Tyson Fury coming to fight, coming to win.
“I do not really feel like he’ll simply come and get knocked over, as a result of he may have simply not skilled. And belief me, I used to be within the coaching camp, he was coaching onerous.”
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury’s huge heavyweight rematch will be live on Saturday December 21 on Sky Sports Box Office. E book Usyk v Fury 2 now!
