Tyson Fury: Last person to blame for COVID postponement of Deontay Wilder trilogy fight

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Saturday was set to feature the third bout between WBC heavyweight title holder Tyson Fury and the man he dethroned, Deontay Wilder. However, this was postponed to October 9 due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Camp Fury.

The delay added to the woe on an already frustrating maximumweight scene, after months of negotiations for a superfight between Fury and WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua to crown an Undisputed King was overturned by Wilder’s successful arbitration to impose a contractual rematch, promoter Bob Arum insisted he had expired.

In an interview with The Daily Mail, Fury was optimistic about the source of the problem that led to the postponement.

I’m the last person to blame, “he said.” I don’t have a big entourage like most world champions with all their eye-catchers.

Since returning to camp full time, I had been nowhere else than my new home here and the Top Rank Gym. My team neither.

The only people whose movements I couldn’t completely control were my training partners, who change.

They got in and out of the bubble and everyone knows this city is full of COVID. I suspect we caught it from one of them.

Fury also explained how things will be done differently as October 9 approaches in order to avoid a further delay in the fight that was originally scheduled for December 2020 after the first easing of the pandemic lockdown, and will be the two men’s first fight. since their second meeting in February 2020.

He said: There were only ten of us on the team this time. But when we go back to camp for a month in England and another month here, I’ll reduce us to four full-time.

Me, my head coach SugarHill Steward, his assistant Andy Lee and my old pal Tim who organizes my life.

We will strictly control the access of training partners and increase testing.

No masseur. No physical trainer. No dietician. Even my two brothers will have to wait to join me until fight week here in Vegas.

I suffered enough frustration on this roller coaster. I don’t need more. Nor would I have risked anyone else’s health by coming out of quarantine early.

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