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SugarHill Steward praises Tyson Fury relationship: 'We just feel it'

Alexander Netherton
SugarHill Steward praises Tyson Fury relationship: 'We just feel it'DAZN
The WBC champion fights at the end of the month.

SugarHill Steward celebrated the strong relationship he has with Tyson Fury ahead of his fight with Dillian Whyte at the end of April.

Fury makes his second title defence against his WBC mandatory challenger at Wembley Stadium, and the heavyweight champion appears to have been hard at work in the gym for months in preparation.

Steward was the trainer who oversaw Fury’s two victories over Deontay Wilder. And speaking to the BBC, the American explained how comfortable their relationship is.

"We don't have to talk about it. We just feel it in each other," he said.

"If you're in a relationship with somebody, or if you have kids - parents know when their kids are not feeling well because they're watching them and they're trying to understand them. It's the same for me and Tyson.

"I'm watching him, trying to understand him. And he's watching me, trying to understand me - so we can help fill each other's many ups and downs if you want to call them ups and downs.

"I just allow Tyson to be himself and it's the same for me - I'm being myself. So me and him are very comfortable in our situation - and in any situation - because we feed off of each other.

"We have that smooth balance like caramel and chocolate. We help each other out - not knowing that we're helping each other out.”

Steward suggested that Fury’s previous struggles with his mental health have turned him into the determined boxer he is.

"If Tyson didn't go through what he went through, then how would he be able to help other people mentally if he hadn't gone through it?" he wondered.

"Now to be able to reach out and touch and help so many people in that manner, because he went through it...

"Had he not gone through it, then what? We wouldn't be talking about the same Tyson Fury.

"Those things we go through are powerful. Those things mean a lot. Not just to us, but to other people and being able to help other people.

"Tyson's a resilient person who likes challenges and whatever obstacles in front of him he conquers. That's not something that's made. That's just something that's in you, and it's in Tyson."

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