![]() What’s there to hang around for? You might want to have a fight, you might want to chase something, but you’d always regret it if you got beat by somebody who, at your best, would never have laid a glove on you.” Younger, stronger, hungrier fighters are coming up. And what else is there to do like? I’m 35 now, what was I then at the time, when I retired, 33? Still young enough to fight, but only getting older. I’m not a multi-millionaire, but I did enough – I did all right to set myself up financially. It’s just fulfilment,” explained fighting favourite and now professional trainer-manager, Andy Lee (35-3, 24KOs), when speaking to Boxing Social from the comfort of his family home. They had a trilogy last year which Fury also won by stoppage, before he handily took care of Dillian Whyte in his most recent mandatory defence, both also under Steward's coaching.“What am I going to fight for? Unless someone comes over and says, ‘Andy we’re giving you four million dollars.’ Or stupid money that you could say, ‘Well, look it’s worth it.’ But otherwise you’re just chasing something that’s not really there anymore. They stuck together for two more fights in 2019, but the Manchester native opted to go for a different style in his rematch with the American and brought in SugarHill Steward to change things up.įury stunned fans and experts alike as he walked Wilder down, pressured him and ultimately stopped his rival in their 2020 rematch. Unfortunately, the duo were prevented from winning world honours together by a dodgy decision in California when Fury fought Deontay Wilder for the WBC title that December. Having won the world heavyweight title from Steward's former charge Klitschko, Fury launched a stunning comeback under Ben Davison in 2018. However, the two families would come together again a decade later when Fury decided to switch up his training camp and change styles from a fluid-moving boxer to the heavy-hitting knockout puncher he is now. Have you been surprised by Tyson Fury's stylistic change under Sugarhill Steward? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below! ![]() But the relationship didn't last, and ultimately they went their separate ways. And that’s history.”Įmmanuel Steward had worked with some of the greatest fighters in boxing including Wladimir Klitschko and Lee himself, and even trained Fury for one professional fight against Zack Page in Canada. So he had his first chance to spar, and that was his last chance to spar too because who he was sparring didn’t want to spar anymore. Where I’m from I’ve seen people come in and hit the bag and look brilliant, but let’s see how you do when you box. For me it was like ‘alright that’s pretty good’. "I told him to go ahead and change and start working out, and I was watching him work out and he had exceptional movement athleticism for a man of that size. "And I just kept working like ‘okay.’ I was introduced to him and he told me who he was, and he mentioned Andy Lee. ![]() “They told me there’s this big white boy in the gym talking about he’s going to be the next heavyweight champ," Steward told Boxing King Media. Deontay Wilder ignored new offer from Eddie Hearn to fight Anthony Joshua ![]()
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