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| Fury is far from your orthodox heavyweight fighter |
PETER FURY admits his nephew Tyson is a bit potty.
But reckons that will be the key to dethroning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night.
The British challenger takes on WBO, IBF and WBA champion Klitschko here at the ESPIRIT Arena.
Fury – who spends his spare time cracking melons off his head and sparking controversy with wild views - is looking to become the first man to beat the Ukrainian giant in 11 years.
And trainer and uncle Peter reckons his wacky way means Fury won’t be worried about Klitschko.
He said: “You'll hear him say he doesn't care about money and he will say whatever comes into his head.
“Tyson, at times, is not stable in the mind. That's what makes him such a good fighter because he's unbalanced.
“It's not a weakness, it's the total opposite because when he talks like that, what he's doing is he will try and put himself down as far as possible by saying he doesn't care about this, he doesn't care about that.
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| Klitschko has been relatively quiet in the run up to his title defence |
“Tyson, at times he's a wild animal. He's got that killer instinct in him. To get it done at all costs. He doesn't value Klitschko as anything.
“It's nothing personal with Tyson, don't get me wrong, but as a fighter, he doesn't value Klitschko. So he's not undermined by Klitschko at all. He's super confident, he can't wait to get in there and do damage.
“Klitschko's never had anyone like that in front of him before.”
Peter believes his nephew won’t just let the fight fizzle out like Brit rival David Haye did when he lost to Klitschko in 2011.
“You'd have to saw his two legs off in the ring before he would suffer a defeat,” Fury’s uncle and trainer said.
“If he was losing that fight, Tyson would rather be carried out on his back. He will go all out.
“If I say to him, you're dropping rounds, you will see him kick into another gear altogether. That's his mentality. He's not going to take second best.”
Fury used to be as wild in the ring as he was outside until Peter took over his career after various trainers failed to tame the young heavyweight.
Peter is hailed as the man that got his nephew on the straight and narrow in the ring, but he had his own issues with the law outside and spent 10 years in jail for various offences.
But if anybody needed an example as to how boxing can rehabilitate people then the well-mannered and softly spoken uncle in Fury’s corner is it.
He said: “Boxing has kept me out of trouble. All I want is a quiet life now, I see myself as a quiet man. I’m someone who just gets on with life.
“Now I’m just a quiet man getting on with my business, which is training fighters like my son Hughie and Tyson.”
Peter may have been a late comer to the sport as acoach, but if he can mastermind the downfall of one of boxing’s longest reigning champions then he will be regarded as one of the world’s best trainers.
Even though that is not what he is in the game for.
He added: “This isn’t a journey for me, or success story for me. It is not about me. I don’t want to be known as the world’s best trainer.
“I don’t feel as though I need Tyson to win the fight for my success. I want Tyson to win it for the family because family is important.
“It would mean so much for this family if he could do it. He deserves it too.”
Klitschko v Fury is live on Sky Sports Box Office this Saturday. Buy now.
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