Tyson Fury trainer hits back at fighter's dad after explosive rant

Tyson Fury's trainer Ben Davison has fired back at the heavyweight's dad. John Fury called for Davison to be sacked. Fury Senior had told BT Sports: "He wouldn’t have even beat Alexander Povetkin on that performance. I'm being honest. He’s my son, but I’m a straight talker; that's the worst I've seen my son. He needs to go back at the drawing board and see what’s gone wrong here. That wasn’t Tyson. He was as weak as a kitten from the first round. Even looking at him in the first round, he looked softer than he usually does. If I had my way, the lot [Tyson's team] would be gone. If they keep that team that will be his career [gone]." But Davison, who has been Tyson Fury's trainer since his return from a near-three year drink and drug-fuelled depression, has hit back at the claims that his fighter is a "kitten". Davison said: “Listen if Tyson was a kitten, he wouldn't have been able to do 12 rounds like that. It was his engine and experience, strength and size which was the difference there. Strength wise I was perfectly happy with it. The cut affected him a lot, he couldn't see out of it but he had to make out like he could see out of it. That's why he made it a dog fight. Close the gap so he didn’t have to be able to see the shots coming. He got the job done."

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