THE TALE of Tyson Fury’s sparring session with Deontay Wilder’s trainer, Malik Scott, has been revealed by the American.
The former fighter, 40, flew in for a selection of workouts with the Gypsy King in 2013 – but did not last long.
At the time, Scott was a prominent heavyweight star and lost his 36-fight unbeaten record to Derek Chisora that year in a WBO International bout.
While Fury, now 33, was still making his way through the ranks with 20 pro fights to his name.
Now in charge of Wilder’s trilogy clash against the Brit in October, Scott recalled the sparring experience during an Instagram Q&A.
He posted: “I flew to Brussels, Belgium alone.
“Boxed Fury a few sessions, he was very good and mobile for a big man. Big personality but you could tell he was missing a screw or two – for the better, if that makes sense.
“The first session we sparred I got hit by a right hook around my guard and it clogged my eardrum up.
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“We boxed eight rounds that day, after that we did two more sessions throughout the week and my ear just got worse and worse.
“So I decided enough was enough because I was still an active fighter at the time, so I told Peter [Fury] that would be it for me.
“They paid me my money, gave me a train ticket and I wished them luck and the rest is history.”
Fury has fielded a number of accusations from Wilder’s camp ahead of the defence of his WBC world title, including a claim he faked having coronavirus to delay the fight.
And he clashed with Scott over their sparring session at the original pre-fight press conference in July.
Scott said: “You’re a 260lbs man that can fight, you bust my eardrum the first time we sparred.
“That’s not something to brag about, you can fight, that’s what you do…
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“The first day he bust my eardrum, then I come back and boxed him the next day.
“Then the next day it happened, I couldn’t hear and I couldn’t continue to box, this s*** happens in boxing.”
To which Fury taunted: “As we’re on the topic of ear-busting, don’t we find it funny that I bust both these guys eardrums, trainer and fighter? Crazy statistic.”
