TYSON FURY has the psychological edge over Deontay Wilder after climbing from the canvas twice in their first fight, according to Frank Warren.
The Gypsy King sensationally rose from the mat in the ninth and 12th back in December 2018 after being dropped by the Bronze Bomber to take the WBC title holder the distance during their epic draw.
Tyson Fury has the psychological advantage over Deontay Wilder going into their rematchCredit: PA:Press Association
The Gypsy King rose from the canvas twice during their first fight back in 2018Credit: PA:Press Association
Frank Warren believes the way the Brit climbed back to his fight twice will give him the edge going into the second clashCredit: Getty Images
Despite feeling the wrath of the much-feared American’s fists, the Englishman’s promoter believes those knockdowns actually give Fury and not Wilder the advantage ahead of Saturday’s highly-anticipated Las Vegas rematch.
Warren said: “The knockdowns in the first fight will have more of a psychological impact on Wilder, because he’ll be thinking ‘how am I going to stop this fella from controlling the fight?’.
“The only way to do it is to let those bombs go. Because he’s not going to out-jab Tyson and he’s not going to out-box him, so what’s he going to do?
“He’s got to let his shots go. And when he does let his shots go – and yes, they come from unorthodox angles – he leaves himself open and vulnerable to the counter.”
Since the first fight Fury has secured two more wins over Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin ahead of his second shot at regaining his heavyweight crown.
However SugarHill Steward will be in his corner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena instead of Ben Davison after the 6ft 7in traveller decided to change trainer.
Warren is undeterred by the switch, insisting the lineal champ knows what is best for his in-ring performance.
He added: “I haven’t seen him training because I’ve been in the UK and Tyson has been in America but when I speak to him he sounds good.
“But if you think about it, when he went with Ben everybody asked ‘Ben who?’ because he had no track record of training any top-quality fighters.
“Everyone said ‘this is madness, Tyson shouldn’t be trained by him’ but he actually did very well.
“Tyson is a student of boxing, he knows the sport backwards and he also knows SugarHill from years ago.
“He decided that SugarHill could bring something effective to his weaponry and that’s why he took him on.
“Tyson is no fool. He knows what he’s doing. He’s in a very good place at the moment. And in boxing, of course you want to be fit and you want to be well-conditioned and whatever.”
“And Tyson is that. But the most important thing is to be mentally on the money – and that’s where Tyson is at the moment.”
Eddie Hearn wanted to sign Tyson Fury two years about but thought the overweight boxer could never come back
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