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Tyson Fury addresses calls to remove dad from team for Oleksandr Usyk rematch

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has revealed he intends to keep the same team for the rematch with - despite calls to remove his dad from his corner.

The Ukrainian became the first man to beat 'The Gypsy King' in a professional contest back in May after the 37-year-old scored in Riyadh. The decisive moment arguably came in the ninth round of their clash when Usyk landed several stinging shot, nearly knocking Fury out. The Brit was left severely dazed and was saved by the bell, with many believing that the bout should've been stopped.

The pair are scheduled to go in what promises to be a great night of . After the first encounter, Fury's corner, including dad John, faced criticism after footage showed them telling their man he was in front and didn't need to seek a stoppage. In the end, only one judge agreed, with the other two giving Usyk the nod. Many have since called for Tyson to remove his father ahead of the sequel.

However, the 36-year-old has insisted he won't be making any changes for the rematch. ahead of the release of the new boxing game, 'Undisputed,' Fury was asked how much time he's spending about the plan tactically for the second fight with Usyk. "Not much time," he said. "I know what I've got to do, nothing drastic. People can say 'I want to change trainers or I'll blame it on me conditioning coach or I'll blame it on the cook or I'll blame it on the mouse next door.' Same team, same everything. I know what I've got to do."

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He added: "I thought I won the fight last time. I give him, me boxing all my life and watching boxing me whole career, I give him rounds eight, nine and ten, and round nine was a 10-8. So that's what I give him out of the fight, but obviously the judges saw it a bit different, couple of them did. One of them had me winning. That's what it was. It was as close as it can be."

Soon after the fight back in May, Peter Fury, who trained his nephew for his first title victory against Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, said that there were . "There should only be one man in the corner, there shouldn’t be three or four," . "Some are too emotional in the corner and some are giving the wrong advice.

"I think the only one that spoke a little bit of sense in the last dying stretch of it was Sugar Hill, who said put it on him. When you go into fights, it doesn’t matter who it is, it could be a family member, but you’ve got to give precise clear information, and the thing I always say to the fighter is ‘are you listening, do you understand what I’ve just told you to do?’

"There were too many people, but maybe Tyson wants that I don’t know, it’s been years since dealings with me. I don’t know what the situation is but clearly for me the game plan was wrong and only one should be speaking. How can you listen to all that? It’s going a bit panicky and it’s all over the place. I’ve always said I can’t be bought in boxing. If someone is talking in the corner, I’d say shut your f***ing mouth now or get out the back. It’s happened before. I’m not having anything go on in that corner. You’re the bucket man, you wash the gumshield out, you wipe his head down, do not speak. That’s their instruction, and if they speak, when they get back to the dressing room, sacked on the spot. You’ve got to have a professional corner."

With just two months to go until the pair touch gloves once again, Fury revealed and claimed he only needed a few weeks of preparation for the contest. When recently asked how preparation for the rematch was going, he replied: "I haven't started training yet. I won't go into camp for a good while. I think I've got 13 weeks today until my fight. So, I'll probably start training in about six weeks for it. I do about six/seven weeks training for these fights usually and I'll be ready to rock and roll on the night."

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