Mentality, Paris effect & Malta sun - inside Fury's revenge bid

The post-mortem into Tyson Fury's defeat began the infinitesimal Oleksandr Usyk's manus was raised successful Saudi Arabia successful May.

Victory would person cemented the Gypsy King's presumption arsenic the top of his generation.

Instead, it was Usyk who go boxing's archetypal four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion, with Fury near licking his wounds and pondering what could person been.

"It was the astir important heavyweight combat of the 21st century, which lived up to each expectations and a effect which could person gone either way, but Fury isn't a cry-baby," promoter Frank Warren says.

Fury – who was saved by the doorbell successful the ninth circular - did not marque excuses successful the contiguous aftermath of the split-decision points loss.

However, an oculus wounded and consequent deficiency of sparring, chaos instigated by his squad and calamity backmost location successful Lancashire each contributed to Fury's demise.

With penetration from those who cognize Fury best, BBC Sport looks astatine what adjustments the two-time champion has made successful preparing for Saturday's rematch.

Earlier this year, Fury's mentation for the astir notable combat of his vocation was acold from ideal.

A cut to his close eye picked up successful sparring delayed it by 3 months.

Assistant trainer Andy Lee says Fury was incapable to prosecute successful caput spars from thereon.

The 36-year-old is present backmost successful Riyadh for the rematch having held his grooming campy successful Malta, much than 2,000 miles from his location municipality of Morecambe.

The hilltop colony of Mellieha provided a hotter climate, little media intrusion and is an hr person to the Saudi clip zone.

Heavyweights Moses Itauma and Kevin Lerena, who sparred Fury for some fights, archer BBC Sport this campy has gone smoothly.

Lerana has seen a "massive turnaround" and Itauma says Fury is "100% superior astir getting revenge".

Former satellite champion Richie Woodhall feels the deficiency of sparring earlier the archetypal combat whitethorn person proved the difference.

"Fury was coasting against Usyk but his occupation was helium ran retired of state and got caught," Woodhall says.

"The astir important portion of your grooming programme is your sparring and running. If helium wasn't sparring, it decidedly affected his state tank, without a shadiness of a doubt."

Before their archetypal fight, the unpredictable Fury refused to marque oculus interaction with Usyk astatine 1 face-off earlier shoving his hostile a time later, but it was the antics of his begetter which dominated the headlines.

John Fury appeared to headbutt a subordinate of Usyk's entourage aboriginal successful combat week. He was a portion of his son's anarchic country connected combat night, barking instructions arsenic his dependable drowned retired caput trainer SugarHill Steward.

Warren expects Team Fury to beryllium connected their champion behaviour and for John – who volition erstwhile again enactment the country – to instrumentality a backseat.

"There were a mates of moments wherever being a genitor became much important to him than being a cornerman, which I wholly understand, but this clip the country volition run otherwise – it has to," Warren says.

Fury's woman is besides expected to ticker from ringside.

Paris Fury, astatine six months pregnant, lost their baby connected the eve of the archetypal bout and was incapable to articulation her hubby successful Riyadh.

"I could truly consciousness her absence. You tin usually consciousness her power successful the dressing room," Warren says.

"But I'm rather definite Paris volition beryllium determination for the rematch, and determination person besides been nary cuts this time, truthful I anticipation the full facet of what is happening extracurricular of the ringing changes what happens wrong it."

Although lone Fury and his trusted insiders volition genuinely cognize however physically and mentally acceptable helium was successful May, Itauma has noticed a alteration successful mindset.

"He's decidedly much connected it," helium says.

"I'm not saying helium wasn't earlier but I bash consciousness similar he's much connected the ball.

"Tyson whitethorn not amusement it successful nationalist but there's been a power successful his mentality which could triumph him the rematch."

Trainer Dave Coldwell, who was successful Tony Bellew's country erstwhile helium lost to Usyk successful 2018, predicts the result of the rematch volition beryllium determined by tactics successful the ringing and not by immoderate goading oregon trash talk.

Coldwell besides feels southpaw Usyk's assemblage shots could beryllium cardinal and questions whether Fury – aft a pugnacious trilogy with Wilder and being dropped by debutant Francis Ngannou past twelvemonth – has suffered excessively overmuch deterioration and tear.

"Once the punch absorption goes, it doesn't travel backmost and possibly helium besides underestimated Usyk's quality to wounded him successful the archetypal fight," Coldwell adds.

Fury, who had already been knocked down 7 times successful his career, controlled astir of the aboriginal rounds earlier helium was fixed a lasting number aft an Usyk onslaught successful the ninth.

Fury says his tactics volition stay unchanged. For Woodhall, Fury indispensable beryllium much disciplined and usage his tallness and scope vantage to dictate the scope against the smaller man.

"Fury and his squad volition enactment connected that uppercut connected the wrong which didn't truly onshore past time. Get Usyk to adjacent the spread down and bring him connected to that large punch," Woodhall adds.

Woodhall tips Fury for the win, perchance by knockout. Pushed for a prediction, Coldwell leans towards Usyk.

The post-mortem results brought up beauteous conclusive results, yet conscionable similar the judges archetypal clip round, the experts are divided connected what happens next.