Tyson Fury comes clean about length of training camp for Francis Ngannou fight

26 January 2024 , 12:21

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Tyson Fury comes clean about length of training camp for Francis Ngannou fight

Tyson Fury has admitted he only spent five weeks training for Francis Ngannou despite claiming his camp was three months long.

Heavyweight champion Fury controversially beat Ngannou last October despite being dropped in the crossover fight. The Brit got the nod by a single point on the judges' scorecards with the damage he sustained delaying his undisputed clash against fellow champion Oleksandr Usyk, as they were expected to meet in December but now fight on February 17.

Fury told TNT Sports before the fight: "This is why I’m putting in a 12-week training camp instead of a six-week camp, which I have usually done for [Deontay] Wilder and [Dillian] Whyte." Fury has now made clear that he was joking about training for three months whilst stating his training camp for Usyk will only be five weeks.

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“I train four or five weeks for these fights," Fury said. When quizzed about his original comments, he added: "Please, like I trained 12 weeks for Wilder and everybody else! Four or five weeks, how much training does a man need? Three or four weeks of sparring and one week of resting, done.

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"We’ve been boxing for all of our lives since young boys, how much training do we need? I’m sure we aren’t going to forgot how to box and it’s not a fitness competition is it, so I don’t think you need anymore than five weeks." Usyk was then asked about the length of his training camp, to which he simply replied: "I can keep on boxing non-stop for five weeks."

Fury flew out to Saudi Arabia on New Year's Eve for his training camp and has been in the Middle East ever since. Despite butting heads with Usyk on numerous occasions, Fury has insisted there is no personal feud between the two whilst praising the Ukrainian for his faith in God.

“I’ll bring in some southpaw left-handed fighters for sparring obviously, just the same stuff as usual. What can you do for a fighter? Can't do much for me or him. It’s a boxing match, if he’s better than me he will beat me. If I’m better than him, I’ll beat him and that’s it. No more or less to it," Fury said.

Harry Davies