Tyson Fury plans to return to the ring with no trainer after questions are raised surrounding his corner team
Tyson Fury will return to the ring on April 11th after a 15 month hiatus against Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Gypsy King hung up the gloves for the fifth time in his career shortly after his second successive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.
His team corner received criticism in the Usyk first fight.
Critics claimed that the corner had an overwhelming amount of voices and conflicting opinions, in a fight that Fury narrowly lost via split decision.
The man from Lancashire’s camp was under the stewardship of Sugar Hill Steward.
In assistance to this was former world champion and elite trainer Andy Lee, as well as father John Fury.
For the rematch, John Fury was exiled from the camp, and was publicly unhappy with the decision.
John Fury did not attend the fight, and remains opinionated on the coaching of his son.
Tyson Fury has been training for his return in Thailand for the last 8 weeks, consistently displaying training content on Instagram during this time.
Sugar Hill Steward has not appeared in any clips so far, and was not in attendance for the fights launch press conference yesterday.
Manager of the Gypsy King Spencer Brown stated that announcements regarding Fury’s team will be announced in the upcoming weeks.
Fury remarkably revealed that he plans to have no trainer for his Makhmudov comeback fight.
Speaking to Steve Bunce at the BBC, Fury stated:
“I don’t need a trainer, I don’t need a nutritionist, I don’t need a mind coach, I don’t need a sleep coach and I definitely don’t need a strength coach,”.
“Here’s what I need in boxing – someone to wash my gumshield out and give me some water between rounds, and give me a smear of Vaseline across the eyes, and leave the rest to me”.
“[I’ve got a] PhD in boxing.”
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