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Sugar Hill Steward: Tyson Fury going for the knockout against Dillian Whyte

Alexander Netherton
Sugar Hill Steward: Tyson Fury going for the knockout against Dillian WhyteDAZN
The heavyweights fight later this month at Wembley Stadium.

Trainer Sugar Hill Stewards says his fighter Tyson Fury is in training and planning to knockout Dillian Whyte in the ring.

The WBC champion will attempt to successfully defend his belt against his mandatory challenger on April 23 at Wembley Stadium.

While Whyte has been relatively quiet ahead of the fight, doing little to no promotion, Fury has regularly posted to social media, as have others in his camp.

Speaking to talkSPORT, Steward recounted: “Tyson’s excellent, he’s in high spirits.

“He’s ready to make his big fight in London at Wembley Stadium, a sold out crowd.

“It’s an exciting time, full of energy, just 100 per cent ready to go.

“For myself, I’m feeling the same way.

“I’m liking and loving the way Tyson Fury’s feeling right now.”

After three fights against Deontay Wilder, which brought one draw and then two victories, the American said he was looking to help Fury develop.

“To me it is a little bit more exciting now, getting ready for someone else and not Deontay Wilder,” he said.

“At this point this is the opportunity for Tyson to do some new things that he wasn’t able to do with Deontay Wilder.

“Some things that we worked on in training camps leading up to this fight, not just this training camp, but some things we worked on that he wasn’t able to do or didn’t have to do in a fight with Deontay Wilder.

“It’ll be very exciting in this fight with Dillian Whyte.”

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Steward is working to get Fury ready to deliver a knockout later this month.

“In this fight I’m looking for one thing mainly from Tyson Fury and that’s punch placement,” he explained.

“It’s the ability to set up the correct punch at the right time.

“And we’re looking for a big, exciting bang after that.

“I don’t know anything else [but to go for a knockout].

“It’s difficult for me to train anyone to go for a decision, I just don’t really believe in that myself.

“If you have the opportunity to train for a knockout, why would I sell myself short?

“I feel like if I train a fighter to go for the knockout, if he doesn’t get the knockout, then if they come up short with the knockout at least they put in enough effort to win that fight.”