Boxing: Tyson Fury Vows to Knock Out Deontay Wilder

Tyson Fury has vowed to stop WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder when the pair meet for a second time on February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Fury believes he hurt Wilder several times during their first encounter in December 2018 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which ended in a controversial draw.

Ahead of the rematch, the British heavyweight has made significant changes to his training team as he looks to adopt a different approach against the unbeaten American.

Fury parted ways with trainer Ben Davison after five fights together and appointed SugarHill Steward of Detroit’s famous Kronk Gym as his new head trainer.

The former heavyweight champion insisted there was no disagreement with Davison, explaining that he simply needed a different style for the Wilder rematch.

“Me and Ben have never had a falling out, but for certain fights, you need certain styles,” Fury told BT Sport.

He admitted that his approach in the first fight was not enough to secure victory and said he was prepared to make major adjustments.

“What I did before clearly is not good enough to win this fight,” Fury said. “If I’m not going to win the way I boxed before, I’m not going to win it like that this time, so it’s got to be totally new.”

Fury also claimed he had identified weaknesses in Wilder’s game that he was unable to fully exploit in their first meeting.

“I was boxing him last time and I was hurting him. He was hurt a lot in that fight,” Fury said.

“I didn’t have the energy to finish him. I’ve seen a lot of stuff I’m going to expose and that I saw last time but couldn’t pull the trigger on.”

Fury added that he was prepared to make every sacrifice necessary to win the rematch and predicted that Wilder would not hear the final bell.

“This time he really is going to fight the Gypsy King and I’m going to take him out,” he said.