Tyson Fury told to get rid of ‘useless’ fight camp members in major change
Tyson Fury must rid his fight camp of ‘useless s**thouses’ to stand his best chance of returning to the summit of boxing, according to Johnny Nelson.
‘The Gypsy King’ will return to the ring on 11 April to take on Russian giant Arslanbek Makhmudov in what will be his first fight in 16 months.
The former WBC heavyweight champion will no longer have his father John Fury by his side with the latter revealing their relationship is ‘completely destroyed’ in an astonishing interview last week.
Fury Snr claimed his son’s best days are now firmly behind him after two draining battles with Oleksandr Usyk in 2024 while also brutally dismissing the role of his son’s trainer Sugarhill Steward, calling the American a ‘gym sweeper.’
Fury Snr, who was in his son’s corner for the first fight, was hugely critical of Steward’s role in that defeat and alluded to deeper problems in the camp over unnamed individuals who do not have the fighter’s best interests at heart.
They are concerns shared by former world champion Nelson, who suggests some members of Fury’s sizeable entourage are ‘as useful as a chocolate fireguard.’
The former cruiserweight king believes now is the time to trim the fat and lose any individuals only in it for a payday and to ‘fatten their CV’, warning Fury cannot afford to make any more mistakes preparing for fights.
‘What John Fury said nothing new,’ Nelson told Metro. ‘There was a time when I said there is stuff going in the gym and that Tyson’s legs are gone. Regardless of what you think of him, John has pride in regards to how he reads a fighter.
‘John was one of those who was speaking straight about the state of the camp, I had also heard this myself too about members of the camp who are useless. Like a chocolate fireguard.
‘These guys will cost him money. At the end of the day, Tyson will have more experience than anyone else in the camp. They are there to get their CV fattened up so when they go onto work with someone else they can say “yeah, I worked with Tyson Fury”.
‘They will learn from the mistakes Tyson makes. Tyson can’t have himself in a position now where people can be making mistakes with his career. He wants to put himself in a position where the people he is working with know what they are doing and they stand by their responsibilities. So I understand where John’s coming from.’
Fury has relocated his camp to Thailand for this fight and in February insisted he would be doing it all on his own ‘with no trainer, no mind coach, no strength coach and no nutritionist’. But last week, the 37-year-old told Metro that head trainer Steward remains part of the team ‘and always will be’.
While it would appear the American is still part of the picture, Nelson is not convinced what more Steward can do to improve a fighter entering the final stanza of his career.
Asked if Steward will stay on with Fury for the Makhmudov fight and beyond, Nelson said: ‘It all depends on how long Tyson stays in the game.
‘He’s at a stage now where there isn’t someone who is going to teach him something new. He needs someone to motivate him and bring the best out of him. He knows the sport.’
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