Tyson Fury makes big Oleksandr Usyk decision

Tyson Fury lost a split-decision to Oleksandr Usyk back in May to hand the 'Gypsy King' his first professional defeat and there were calls to remove his dad from his corner

Tyson Fury has disclosed his plans to retain the same team for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, despite calls for his father's removal from his corner. The Ukrainian boxer became the first to defeat 'The Gypsy King' in a professional match in May, after securing a split-decision victory in Riyadh.

The pivotal moment arguably occurred in the ninth round when Usyk landed several powerful blows, nearly knocking Fury out. The British boxer was left severely dazed and was saved by the bell, leading many to believe that the fight should have been stopped.

The two are set to face off again in December in what is expected to be an exciting night of boxing. Following their initial encounter, Fury's corner, including his father John, faced criticism after footage showed them telling Fury he was ahead and didn't need to seek a stoppage.

In the end, only one judge concurred, with the other two favouring Usyk. There have since been numerous calls for Tyson to remove his father ahead of the rematch.

The 36 year old boxer has confirmed that he won't be making any changes for the rematch. In a conversation with Paul Dempsey ahead of the release of the new boxing game, 'Undisputed,' Fury was asked about his tactical plan for the second fight with Usyk, reports the Mirror.

"Not much time," he responded. "I know what I've got to do, nothing drastic. People can say 'I want to change trainers or I'll blame it on me conditioning coach or I'll blame it on the cook or I'll blame it on the mouse next door.' Same team, same everything. I know what I've got to do."

He further added: "I thought I won the fight last time. I give him rounds eight, nine and ten, and round nine was a 10-8. So that's what I give him out of the fight, but obviously the judges saw it a bit different, couple of them did. One of them had me winning. That's what it was. It was as close as it can be."

Shortly after the fight in May, Peter Fury, who trained his nephew for his first world title victory against Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, commented that there were too many voices in the corner.

"There should only be one man in the corner, there shouldn't be three or four," he told October Red. "Some are too emotional in the corner and some are giving the wrong advice."

"I think the only one that spoke a little bit of sense in the last dying stretch of it was Sugar Hill, who said put it on him. When you go into fights, it doesn't matter who it is, it could be a family member, but you've got to give precise clear information, and the thing I always say to the fighter is 'are you listening, do you understand what I've just told you to do? '" said the critic, adding, "There were too many people, but maybe Tyson wants that I don't know, it's been years since dealings with me. I don't know what the situation is but clearly for me the game plan was wrong and only one should be speaking. How can you listen to all that? It's going a bit panicky and it's all over the place. I've always said I can't be bought in boxing. If someone is talking in the corner, I'd say shut your f***ing mouth now or get out the back. It's happened before. I'm not having anything go on in that corner. You're the bucket man, you wash the gumshield out, you wipe his head down, do not speak. That's their instruction, and if they speak, when they get back to the dressing room, sacked on the spot. You've got to have a professional corner."

With the countdown to their rematch ticking away, Tyson Fury confessed that he hasn't initiated his training camp yet, asserting that mere weeks are sufficient for him to prepare. Speaking on the matter of his training routine, Fury remarked: "I haven't started training yet. I won't go into camp for a good while. I think I've got 13 weeks today until my fight. So, I'll probably start training in about six weeks for it. I do about six/seven weeks training for these fights usually and I'll be ready to rock and roll on the night."