Peter Fury is receiving plaudits for his recent efforts as a trainer, but there is one fighter that the 58-year-old has admitted he is ‘really excited’ about, promising that he will take him to the very top of the sport.
Fury famously trained nephew, Tyson Fury, to the unified heavyweight world title by masterminding an iconic win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, but ‘The Gypsy King’ opted for a new cornerman when he made his comeback.
Since then, Peter Fury has continued to train his son, Hughie Fury, and has guided Savannah Marshall to the undisputed super-middleweight world title, but he has received recent praise for his work with Dutch kickboxer, Rico Verhoeven, who pushed Oleksandr Usyk to the limit when challenging for the heavyweight crown last month.
However, whilst Verhoeven impressed on the big stage under Fury’s tutelage, the veteran trainer is now looking to build multiple-time national amateur champion and nephew, James Dean Fury, into a superstar.
Speaking with Boxing King Media, James Dean Fury confidently predicted a rise to the top, believing that experience is the only thing currently preventing him from mixing it at the elite level, after announcing his switch to the professional scene.
“At the minute, all that I want to do is get to the best version of myself and achieve my dream of becoming a world champion and whoever that may be, at the time, will get it for sure. I believe in my own self, I believe that I am the best in the world and all I need is the experience and the rounds and then I will definitely get there, for sure.”
Meanwhile, in an interview with About Boxing, Peter Fury declared he is ‘really excited’, as he prepares to train another nephew to a world title.
“I’m really excited about him because he is as good as he speaks, if he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be with me. He has been with me from a child, he is close to me, I look at him like he is my boy, like he is my son. I’ve got a vested interest in him because he is my boy, isn’t he? He is my brother’s son and I have had him from a baby.
“So there is a big reward for me to see this young kid strive to the top – and he will. He will because I will make it that way and, if I have got anything to do with it, he will. Believe me, he is a a talent.”
James Dean Fury has signed with BOXXER and Boxing News understands that he could make professional his debut on the Williamson-Simpson II undercard in Leeds on Saturday, August 8.
