Tyson Fury was ‘badly injured’ ahead of victory over Deontay Wilder, according to father

Tyson Fury was “very badly injured” going into his knockout victory over Deontay Wilder final month and has since undergone elbow surgical procedure to appropriate the issue, the British heavyweight champion’s father has stated.

In keeping with an interview with British broadcaster BT Sport, John Fury stated Tyson had cortisone injections in each elbows and had a six-hour operation to take away bone spurs.

“Tyson was very badly injured going into that battle,” John Fury informed BT Sport. “He was handicapped from the start. It wasn’t a boxing match, was it?”

The 33-year-old Fury outlasted Wilder in an enthralling slugfest in Las Vegas that was extra aggressive than many had anticipated, however ended as most predicted, with Fury defeating the American to stay the undefeated lineal champion.

Fury dropped Wilder within the third spherical and got here off the canvas twice within the fourth earlier than storming again with knockdowns in rounds 10 and 11, with devastating proper hand sending the American face-first to the ground.

“He stated to me afterwards, ‘I couldn’t field, I couldn’t work the jab. If I’d missed the jab, it will’ve put me in limp mode and I wouldn’t have been in a position to battle’,” John Fury stated.

“‘The ache when throwing the jab was insufferable, so I used to be combating two folks — the ache in my very own physique and him. All we might do was make it a battle, and I needed to win greater than he did.’”

In keeping with the elder Fury, Tyson was “solely 50%” of the place he ought to have been attributable to a constructive COVID-19 take a look at that compelled postponement of the battle in opposition to Wilder in July in addition to well being problems along with his new child daughter in August.

“He had too many issues. He had the COVID in July when it was first meant to happen, then he obtained the issues along with his daughter. You possibly can’t get your head straight from that inside weeks,” John Fury stated.

“And that’s what he did. And to carry out like he did. … He thought, yup, OK, to hell with the boxing. It’s not going to work. Let’s have it. Let’s have a battle. And he stood toe-to-toe with him, and it was an exhilarating affair, however it shortens careers, doesn’t it?”