Fury: I’ll never tire of beating Wilder
WAITING GAME
TYSON Fury insists he will never tire of beating Deontay Wilder in anticipation of their trilogy fight once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
Fury avenged the controversial draw in December 2018 by overwhelming Wilder last month, the American’s corner intervening in the seventh round of a brutally one-sided fight.
It is hoped they will meet for a third time in October, after the previous date of July 18 was abandoned because of the global spread of Covid-19, and Fury is eager to resume their rivalry after Wilder activated the rematch clause.
“I’ll be obliged to give him a bit more! in with all the (England) guys on Thursday to see if they’re all good and coping,” he said. “It’s similar with the Yorkshire guys. I’ve spoken to a few of them over the last week.”
Root’s Test colleague Jimmy Anderson recently spoke about his concerns that the summer could slip by without a ball bowled, and there will be senior players up and down the country, be it with England or at counties, who may be wondering whether this could signal the end of their careers if they weren’t able to get back out onto the field.
Root, however, has urged any such player to deal with the present rather
You never tire of beating Deontay Wilder, it’s one of those things you take great pride in doing,” he told Good Morning Britain. “I really did what I said I was going to do and not many people, in boxing especially, say something and than look too far ahead.
“As with everything that’s come from this situation, we’re just going to have to roll with the punches to a degree and just wait and see – have a very openminded attitude,” he added.
“Yes, contractually, it might be a few guys’ final year. But if they haven’t played for a year, their bodies shouldn’t be any worse off and they should still be able to do what they’ve done previously.
“You can’t hide away from the fact that age slips away from you, but my view is that if you feel young enough and fit enough, there’s no reason why you can’t keep going.” then do exactly what they were going to do. So I was quite proud of the performance and I’m really looking forward to getting all this coronavirus out of the way and the world getting back on track and getting back to my job.”
Fury has been staying fit by engaging in fitness sessions with his wife Paris and five children.
“It’s quite difficult because obviously I’m not allowed to go to gyms for training,” Fury said.
“However, I’ve been doing every morning at 9am a workout video with the world live on Instagram. We do a 50-minute workout. It helps me stay in shape and helps many, many people out there who join in from all over the world.”