Tyson Fury has the ‘mental edge’ over Deontay Wilder already, says Frank Warren

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WHEN Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder went head-to-head over the course of their increasingly fractious three-city media tour, promoter Frank Warren frequently found himself trying to keep the two irascible heavyweights apart. โ€œNo one else would do it would they? Whereโ€™s the security?โ€ he said jovially.

He was however concerned that without some intervention it could quickly have got out of hand. โ€œIโ€™m always there because a clash of heads your fightโ€™s off, cut eye, it happens. It happens,โ€ Warren said.

โ€œPeople think itโ€™s a get up,โ€ he continued. โ€œThey sat on the same sofa, youโ€™ve seen the whole video and itโ€™s not the case. Theyโ€™re in the studio, what are you going to doโ€ฆ Itโ€™s the green room, you all go in there.โ€

Warren does believe it has all played into Furyโ€™s hands ahead of his challenge for Wilderโ€™s WBC heavyweight title on December 1 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. โ€œTysonโ€™s very bright, Tysonโ€™s very clever and I like Deontay, Deontayโ€™s a really nice guy, Iโ€™ve got a lot of time for him as well. But Tyson from the press conference, in the mental stakes, he got the edge,โ€ Warren said.

โ€œHeโ€™s come away with the mental edge. For some fighters thatโ€™s important. Itโ€™s certainly important for Tyson, as he proved against Klitschko.โ€

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Fury is preparing for the big fight at Big Bear in California. โ€œHeโ€™s happy as anything, heโ€™s prepared. As much as heโ€™s been out of the ring, this is the first time heโ€™s had back to back fights before fighting for a world title. Before one of them heโ€™d had one fight in 12 months,โ€ Warren noted.

Although he is stepping up to world level early in his comeback, the promoter insists Wilder would be foolish to underestimate this challenger, saying of Fury, โ€œHis confidence has given me the confidence to make the fight.โ€

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