Having forged a bond in Detroit 10 years ago, Fury and his team are locked down in Las Vegas before Saturday´s rematch with Deontay WilderAt the Top Rank gym in Las Vegas, down a little side street called Business Lane, the door is sealed shut by a dustbin that stops it blowing open to the world outside. In this secluded space the old Detroit gang prepare for work on one of the last mornings left before Tyson Fury faces Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight world title. Their first fight, in December 2018, produced an epic battle. Fury´s superior skills seemed to have won him the decision but being knocked down twice by Wilder meant it was called a draw. Both men remain unbeaten, after 43 bouts for Wilder and 30 for Fury, and heavyweight boxing has a compelling decider between two riveting characters.Andy Lee, Fury´s cousin and new assistant trainer, is a former world champion middleweight and one of boxing´s most incisive analysts. In the gym he plays a recording of an iconic fight - Roberto Duran´s defeat of Sugar Ray Leonard in Montreal 40 years ago this summer. Duran and Leonard were both fighters of huge ego, with their skill supplemented by ferocious will, and a fascinated Fury watches as he skips rope. Continue reading...
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