Wednesday 18 May 2016

Fury camp revelations.

Amidst the bravado and ballyhoo surrounding the Tyson Fury circus, one thing I do find the current heavyweight champion... he's honest..  It's three weeks since his outrageous barechested outburst in Manchester, where he protested to Klitschko "you were beaten by a fat man."  Last week he upset the establishment again with yet more opinionated remarks ...  Fury makes no bones about it, he's poles apart from man he so shockingly dethroned last year, Wladimir is the consummate professional, he never cuts corners in his preparations, he's always immaculately turned out in public and rarely gets involved in mud slinging before bouts..  Fury is rough and ready,  moulded by his surroundings, a travelling man, a full time athlete he is not, he openly admits his hatred towards the rigours of day to day training, but to date, whatever team Fury have been doing, right or wrong, it works and it culminated in a memorable victory last November, Fury is now three weeks into training in Belgium, a reclusive getaway from the luxuries of home life, in the next 7 weeks, like it or not he will grind his  280lb frame towards the respectable 260lb  region..   Vocal as always Fury did release a video from his Belgian hideout today, if it is to be believed, it's brutally honest, claiming to have been put through his paces by an enthusiastic light heavyweight sparring partner whom he'd foolishly allowed the grace of wearing 10 ounce gloves.. Fury without headgear claims to have been dropped a couple of times, blaming the mishap on the opposing fighters speed and his inability to move his ill condition bulk correctly, in the tape Fury appeared jovial but did show off a rather genuine blackened eye and a mark around the eyebrow. Is it mind games? Or is Tyson Fury once again being brutally honest in his own outlandish way to stir interest.  Back in 2011 Fury bragged about travelling to Finchley to spar a little know amateur called Anthony Joshua, and admitted openly to getting the daylights beaten out of him for most part, with absolutely no shame admitting the warts and all truth..
I will go back to the words of Eddie Futch in this instance, "Fighters are made, rarely born, in the gym they hone something that doesn't come naturally to most men,  make your mistakes in the gym, and work out the kinks, but fight night has to be flawless."
But as to Fury blaming his mishaps on being overweight.. The old adage "if you stay ready...  You don't have to get ready.. ". Springs to mind.
However..  Since the video, Fury has insinuated that all of the camp revelations involving sparring and fallouts with uncle Peter were just fabricated mind games..

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