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JOSHUA NEEDS TO COME TO MORECAMBE AND LET ME TRAIN HIM FOR USYK OR HE WILL LOSE

Fury planning a return and insists AJ has made a huge error with new trainer Garcia ...he now says his rival can only win if he trains with him

- BY TOM HOPKINSON

TYSON FURY reckons the methods of Anthony Joshua’s new trainer Rob Garcia are a recipe for disaster in his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

And the WBC world heavyweigh­t champion is convinced the only way his fellow Brit (with trainer Garcia, far right) can win is if he lets Fury train him.

Fury, who for the first time has hinted that he is not yet finished in the ring, said: “AJ’s American trainer Rob Garcia is going to put him on the front foot and make him attack and I think that’s a recipe for disaster.

“Without trying to slate AJ or anything – after all, he has done well and had a great career – he doesn’t have the engine to do that for 12 rounds. He doesn’t have the toughness to take punches on the way in and he doesn’t have the b ****** s to put everything on the line, do or die, and make it a fourround fight.

“He just doesn’t have the grit or determinat­ion for that. So unless he comes to see me here in Morecambe and lets me train him for this fight, I see another loss.”

Asked what he would tell AJ to do against Usyk, who won their first fight by unanimous decision, Fury (below, with East Kilbride boxer David Jamieson and his coach Gerry Higgins, who were invited to Morecambe for sparring) added: “That would be telling, wouldn’t it? I don’t give my stuff away. But if he wants to beat Usyk in any way other than a knockout punch he needs to come to Morecambe Bay.

“If not, he gets another ‘L’ on his record.”

Fury (relaxing in Morecambe, below) retired eight weeks ago after beating Dillian Whyte at Wembley although, as we reveal today,

he is now in a ‘never say never’ mindset about fighting again. In the longer term, however, he is open to training fighters who he feels would benefit from his widerangin­g knowledge of the sport. He added: “I’ve a lot of experience in the game at all levels. I’ve a lot of experience with the lawyers and management side, and all that stuff. The last three or four years I’ve been managing my own career and doing what I’ve got to do.

“I’ve done it all myself so I’d definitely be a good asset to anyone who wanted my help.

“I’ve been looking after Joseph Parker for the last year or so and he has come on leaps and bounds. We’ve got him some good deals, so it has been pretty good.

“So I never say never with training people, although what I expect from people sometimes doesn’t exist.”

Fury says getting a fighter to use the same methods he did will probably never work

He said: “I want to train everybody like I fight and, if you ever trained anyone to fight, it would be a case of ‘do not do anything Tyson Fury does.’ The way I box can never be replicated. I’m 6ft 9in, I move pretty good, I’ve got speed, I’m a counterpun­cher, presser, I have my hands down at all times.

“I don’t look at my opponents most of the time. It’s just a crazy style that only I can do.

“It’s a unique style that either fits you or it doesn’t – I’ve had 32 fights and it has really worked a treat.

“By the time opponents have got to grips with it, we’re already in round 10. That’s if we’ve got that far and they’re not already on the canvas. It’s not just something you can train, it’s a God-given talent.”

Tyson Fury’s ‘Official After Party Tour’ begins in Derby on June 23. For more informatio­n about the tour, see www.goldstarpr­omotions.co.uk

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