TYSON FURY’S uncle has slammed the corner and the tactics in defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.
For the first time, Fury brought his dad into training camp in an official capacity before the historic undisputed title decider.
John was also the third member of Fury’s crowded corner, joining head coach SugarHill Steward and assistant, ex-world champion Andy Lee.
And damning footage in the aftermath of the fight revealed John barking orders by shouting over lead voice SugarHill.
Fury has chopped and changed coaches over the years, going from uncle Peter to upstart Ben Davison and now SugarHill, nephew to the legendary Emanuel.
And Peter – who led his nephew to an iconic upset over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 – said SugarHill was drowned out in the corner.
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But he also insisted Fury – beaten by split-decision – failed to use his TWO STONE weight advantage against the smaller Usyk.
He told October Red: “There should only be one man in the corner, there shouldn’t be three or four.
“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 SugarHill, who said ‘put it on him’.
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OLEKSANDR USYK is the deserved undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, writes Wally Downes Jr
A great biggun doesn’t always beat a great littleun, not when David has the weight of a besieged nation on his shoulders and is able to swing each compatriot into every punch.
Usyk did what Usyk does, he moved magnificently, he counter punched and he outworked his taller and heavier opponent.
He somehow manages to use every physical disadvantage to his favour.
But what the hell is Fury doing getting up in round nine?
Why is a father-of-eight with £300million in the bank, three best-selling books and a Netflix series going to the well like?
Britain is not fighting back Putin’s army, Morecambe is not occupied.
So when the 35-year-old’s senses are scrambled, when the canvas is calling him, when he is so desperate not to be felled he is willing to bounce around all the ropes like a drunk, when he eventually has to collapse into a corner, why doesn’t he just stay down?
He has earned the right to surrender as well as his millions.
The sheer courage and guts and bloody mindedness it takes to climb off that deck, with a broken nose and a crumbling ego is not comprehensible to us mortals.
Fury said he felt he won the fight but was too dignified to call robbery or corruption, no doubt his dad will taint that decency by the time you’ve read this.
The rematch will be superb.
Because for all the love we have for a resurgent Anthony Joshua – who was ringside for that iconic event – these two polar opposite men are head, shoulders, fists, hearts and brains ahead of everyone else.
There is the top two, then there is a void and then there is the rest.
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“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?’
“There were too many people, but maybe Tyson wants that? I don’t know, it’s been years since dealing 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.”
Former world champion Carl Froch was among those urging the dethroned Gypsy King to ditch his dad John for the proposed rematch.
It comes after Fury, 35, invoked his right to an immediate rematch with Usyk, 37, which is being eyed for November or December back in Saudi.
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