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Tyson Fury will fight Deontay Wilder this weekend for the third time. The fight, set at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, will have the WBC and The Ring heavyweight titles on the line.

Ahead of the fight, EsNews asked Tys0n ‘The Gypsy King’ if he felt the extra time leading to the fight would help Wilder train better. Fury replied, saying, “It doesn’t really matter how good they wanna come in, it’s really unimportant to me. Yeah, they have a lot of time. But however long he’s been a pro, 13 years, he still can’t beat me. So you know, what’s another few months gonna do?”

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Fury has always been very open about his game plan against Wilder. Ever since they announced the rematch, Fury confidently spoke about how he was going to walk through Wilder. ‘The Bronze Bomber’, on the 0ther hand, says the changes he made to his training camp will bring out a different side of him for this fight.

With his new trainer Malik Scott engineering an excellent training camp, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ seems confident that he will win his titles back from Fury. The last time these two met in the ring, Fury dominated his American foe. For seven straight rounds, Wilder looked lost inside the ring as the Gypsy King put on a show.

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The current WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury speaks very openly about his battle with mental health. The champion went through a really bad phase that saw him gain weight, become addicted to drugs and alcohol, and stop training.

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According to Fury, training is the only thing that motivates him. In a chat with BBC 5 Boxing Radio Podcast, he said, “What motivates me? I’m getting asked this a lot. It’s definitely not a few quid. It’s a fact there’s nothing else. I’m boxing because I can — I don’t enjoy anything else, I don’t have any hobbies. After boxing, I will be a very sad, lonely person.”

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“I’ve tried looking after animals, four-wheeled driving, got a shotgun licence, clay pigeon shooting. Nothing turns me on.” (h/t ESPN)

Fans will hope that Fury doesn’t retire anytime soon. A win on Saturday will go a long way in determining that.