Tyson Fury’s trainer SugarHill Steward has given his views on his fighter’s physique ahead of his undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury and Usyk meet in the ring on Saturday, May 18 live on DAZN PPV. The winner will become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era.
For the fight, Fury has built a slimmed down physique - by his standards, at least - and there are questions over why he has made that change, and what effect it may have this weekend.
Steward was unconcerned.
"It's not even that he's lighter, he's just more fit. He hasn't dropped a bunch of weight just to get down low. It's just weight where he can be stronger and more mobile and agile and everything else," he said to Sky Sports .
He referenced the changes made for his fights with Deontay Wilder, adding: "When he fought Wilder for the second time he came in at 273lbs and everybody was questioning, everyone was doubting everything. 'Why? Why? Why?' Why not? Why would you wait to get knocked out?
"In the first fight he waited around and he got caught and knocked down in the 12th round and barely got up," Steward continued.
"Went on to fight but that's how you got a draw. I said I'll make sure you don't get the draw. You're going to get a knockout. You're going to push him and let's see what he got. Bully the bully.
"See how he likes it. Didn't like it too well."
He continued: "It's not like it's a weight cut. The way he looks and the way he's moving and the way he's boxing, the way he's punching, all this is because he wants to be better."
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