Tyson Fury's former cutman Jorge Capetillo believes the heavyweight champion will make a retirement U-turn and fight again.
The renowned Mexican boxing coach saved Fury from suffering the sole defeat of his professional career when the Brit was badly cut against Otto Wallin in 2019. He was in the corner as Fury's cutman and managed to stop the bleeding sufficiently to prevent the fight being stopped and awarded to the Swede.
Capetillo has remained in touch with the Fury family, heading up Tyson's brother Tommy's corner during his American debut against Anthony Taylor last summer. He has moved into MMA, coaching UFC flyweight Brandon Moreno to the interim title, and this weekend working alongside Anthony Pettis in his PFL play-off fight with Stevie Ray at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden.
Speaking exclusively with Mirror Fighting as Pettis and other PFL stars rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, Capetillo said that if he were a betting man he would be backing Fury to fight again. The pair remain in touch, and he had even been called by the heavyweight champion to again corner Tommy for his bout with Jake Paul before it was cancelled.
"I got a call from Tyson and he says 'hey Capetillo, Tommy's going to be on the way to America I want you to train him' and I told him yeah, 100 per cent," he said. "So that was the game plan, I told Anthony 'you fight Friday and then we go and see Tommy on Saturday'. "Unfortunately the fight fell off but I'm looking forward to continue working with the Furys... Tyson is in a place where he has accomplished a lot in boxing.
"So for him now to be taking a break with his family is fair enough for him and he can do whatever he wants. He can retire, he can come back to boxing, he's the man right now and he's on top of his game."
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Capetillo's move to MMA has helped to bring along fighters such as Pettis and Moreno, with the former UFC lightweight champion saying that he takes a lot from watching Fury. The American has been training like a boxer for his rematch with Ray, and says he was amazed at the road work Fury is able to do as a 6'9" heavyweight.
"Heck yeah," he replied when asked if he was a fan of Fury's. "Obviously he's got the work ethic, but the mountain in Las Vegas that we run, to know he's running that thing I'm like 'man, he's a big dude to be going up there'. The work ethic of boxing is something that I took a lot into my MMA game. I never did so much road work in my life and now that I'm doing that weight cuts are much easier, training camp is a lot easier."
The PFL play-offs take place on Friday night live from New York's Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, with Scottish fighter Stevie Ray facing Anthony Pettis on Channel 4 at midnight.
