Tyson Fury is ready to fight next week. That’s the opinion of former world title challenger Dmitriy Salita. Now a leading promoter/manager in America, Salita knows the fight game as well as anybody and he’s been impressed with what he has seen from the WBC champion.
Fury is currently in camp preparing for his trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder on July 24th and he’s aiming for a similar performance to the one he produced in February 2020. There, Fury was sensational as he bludgeoned Wilder in seven one-sided rounds.
The victory appeared to be a platform for a showdown with Anthony Joshua but an arbiter’s ruling ensured that Wilder would get his shot at redemption first. Salita recently encountered Fury at his training base in Miami and he was impressed with what he saw.
"I have just been in Miami with Tyson and he is in great shape for Wilder next month,” said Salita to MyBettingSites.co.uk. “I went to the gym and he did 15 rounds straight with no break - he's training hard, in phenomenal condition and great spirits.
"From a purely boxing point of view he looks like he's ready to fight next week. He's in great shape; strength-wise, cardio-wise, skill-wise. timing-wise. He's never going to be Mr Olympia, but don't judge the book by the cover.
"The gym in Florida is like 97 degrees with humidity. After a couple of rounds the floor of the ring really heats up and then the ceiling heats up. It's close to being a sauna.
"For a little 140 pounder like me it's challenging, but for a guy like that - as big as he is - it shows he's in phenomenal shape to be able to do 15 rounds in those conditions. He's a truly world-class athlete in every sense of the word.
"Tyson has been training throughout the whole process to get better, learning new things. And he's so mentally strong that I don't see ring rust or being out of a ring as a problem. At that level it may even help him against Deontay. I don't see how being out of the ring has hurt him based on what I saw in the gym."