Fans are worried that Tyson Fury is entering his fight with Dillian Whyte this weekend in worse shape than he was against Deontay Wilder last October.
Fury looks to defend his WBC title this Saturday night against interim titleholder Whyte in front of 94,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. It marks his first fight in the UK since 2018 having fought in the US since signing a $100m deal with Top Rank in 2019.
'The Gypsy King' has been backed by his father John to weigh a stone lighter against Whyte than he did for his trilogy with Wilder. Despite having trimmed down, some fans think that Fury looks worse than he did before his knockout of 'The Bronze Bomber'.
"Not liking the shape Fury seems to be in. I was hoping he would come in like he did in the 2nd Wilder fight. Also interesting that he is going southpaw on the pads," one user weighed in.
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"Fat… There’s no muscle there, just looks to me because the uncertainty about the fight going ahead he hasn’t been training as well, you can bet Whyte has," another commented.
A second added: "Everybody saying he looks good but he looks a bit slow and heavy," whilst another user wrote: "I know he’s always a fat man but he’s really not looking in the greatest shape".
Fury promised to enter the ring as a "man mountain" and be the biggest version of himself to date. His nutritionist George Lockhart also added to the intrigue around his physique, teasing that Fury's appearance for the fight will "shock" fans.
The 33-year-old has trained in Morecambe alongside the likes of Joseph Parker and David Adeleye ahead of his title fight. In an effort to stay focused, he moved just four miles away from his family and never went near his family home during his preparations.
"I moved out of my family home and did my camp down the road for eight weeks. Paris has had to use her hands and legs to fill in for all the school runs and bin days I usually do," he said.
"The camp I have used is about four miles away from the house, just around the bay, but I never ran near the house, I never saw the family. It wasn’t that hard - it was not that long a time, and it doesn’t matter if I am across the Atlantic or down the road - I have to focus on the camp and the fight. It is not a problem.”
