Tyson adding Sugar to his training team
TYSON Fury has teamed up with Javan ‘Sugar’ Hill following his amicable split from trainer Ben Davison.
Davison, who had worked with the 31-year-old Manchester boxer since 2017, announced on Twitter that they had parted ways, but insisted they are still friends.
Fury later revealed that he will now work under Hill, the nephew of the late trainer Emmanuel Steward.
Hill will prepare Fury for his heavyweight rematch with American WBC champion Deontay Wilder, which is set to be in February, although the fight has not yet been officially confirmed.
Fury had previously worked with Steward out of the Kronk gym in Detroit and used social media to post a picture of them both, along with Hill and former world champion Andy Lee, with the caption: “Getting the old team back up and running”.
Davison said on Twitter: “Obviously it’s not gonna stop until there’s an answer, Tyson and myself had to both make decisions for our careers, which resulted in our working relationship coming to an end.”
And he gave his verdict on how Fury will fare against Wilder.
He added: “HOWEVER, we remain friends and he will SMASH the DOSSER!!”
Meanwhile, Manchester’s Hosea Burton scored a knockdown after just six seconds as he moved into the semi-finals of the Golden Contract tournament with a points win over Bob Ajisafe.
The Joe Gallagher-trained lightheavyweight floored the fellow former British champion with the first right hand he threw.
Burton dominated the rest of the fight, winning 99-90, 99-92, 98-91 on the scorecards.
“Ajisafe is tricky for anybody, he put Tony Bellew down before,” said 31-year-old Burton. “I out-boxed him. I came out with a one-two and caught him clean.
“For me, that was the final, he was the joint-favourite, it’s not going to be a bad tournament this.”
Germany’s Serge Michel, Latvian Ricards Bolotniks and Liam Conroy all also made progress into the last four.