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Tyson Fury used to feign injuries in an attempt to find spies in his camp, according to one of his trainers. In the build-up to his most recent clash with Deontay Wilder, where he won the WBC heavyweight belt in Las Vegas after eight rounds. Sugar Hill Steward employed Andy Lee, a former fighter, as one of his assistants, and Lee told Boxing Social some of Fury’s unusual methods.

There were a couple of days where Tyson messed around, just to see if leaks would happen. He feigned injury or pretended to limp a little bit after the sparring session just to see what would happen. Lee admitted he found the habit of worrying and distracting one.

That’s the type of level of deviousness you’re dealing with, with him. Inside his own training camp where he’ll put on a show and play-act to see if anyone talks outside the camp. One day he pretended to have a bicep injury, he pretended to shake out his hand after training and I was really concerned, he said.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the entire sports community hasn’t experienced fan attendance. It is still unknown whether mass gathering will be allowed during sports events. That said, Warren doesn’t want to miss out on the gate that Fury vs Wilder 3 can generate. Thus, he doesn’t see the fight happening without fans.

In a recent interaction with Good Morning Britain, Fury and Frank Warren discussed several things going around the boxing community. While Fury appears ready for his return, there’s still no official update regarding the final date. Not a fight of that magnitude. Wilder and Fury was the highest-grossing [heavyweight] fight to ever take place in Vegas. We just can’t lose that gate. It’s a huge amount of money.

The first two contests between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have been absolute thrillers. While the first one ended in a controversial draw, Fury knocked out Wilder for the WBC title in the rematch. It was a one-sided affair as Fury manhandled his American rival throughout the fight. The trilogy bout will hold a lot in store for ‘The Bronze Bomber.’ However, it will be equally important for ‘The Gypsy King,’ who vows to retain the title and his undefeated pro record.

The Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder rematch was the most-watched heavyweight pay-per-view fight in the United States in more than 17 years. Their heavily hyped showdown did not, however, reach the expectations of its optimistic organizers.

BoxingScene.com has learned that the event is projected to have produced slightly more than 750,000 pay-per-view buys in the U.S., the highest rate for a heavyweight fight through that platform since Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson in June 2002. Lewis’ eighth-round knockout of Tyson generated roughly 1,970,000 buys, the second-highest total for a heavyweight fight in pay-per-view history.

The most pay-per-view buys in the U.S. for a heavyweight boxing match is 1,990,000 for the Evander Holyfield-Tyson rematch, the infamous Bite Fight in June 1997.

The Fury-Wilder rematch, which England’s Fury won by seventh-round technical knockout Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, eventually could crack or at least approach 800,000 buys. That can’t happen until all cable companies submit each purchase made through those outlets.

Typically, most buys are tallied within six months from cable and satellite operators. In rare instances, smaller cable companies can take more than a year after an event to fully report buy rates.

However, results for digital buys through ESPN+ and the FOX Sports app, two newer ways to purchase pay-per-view boxing events, are available within a few days after those fights.