Tyson Fury to draft in unbeaten Brit heavyweight likened to Mike Tyson for sparring ahead of Oleksandr Usyk rematch

TYSON FURY is to bring Moses Itauma backmost into his grooming campy for sparring up of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

Itauma was portion of Fury's archetypal campy earlier successful the twelvemonth successful Saudi Arabia before the Gypsy King suffered a fearfulness cut.

It delayed the undisputed rubric decider to May, which Usyk would spell onto triumph by determination to go the archetypal four-belt heavyweight champion.

Now the brace rematch connected December 21 successful Riyadh with Itauma connected the undercard against 21-1 Aussie Demsey McKean.

But helium is acceptable to beryllium portion of Fury's grooming campy arsenic a southpaw sparring spouse trying to replicate Usyk.

Itauma told Sky Sports: "We're benignant of akin styles, the likes of maine and Usyk, we've benignant of got a akin benignant truthful I consciousness similar I'll beryllium precise beneficial.

"It conscionable compliments me. It compliments maine but listen, I'm not going to spell determination conscionable to assistance him.

"I privation to gauge my quality disconnected his ability. Obviously I'm looking guardant to [that]."

Itauma, 19, has been likened to a premier Mike Tyson who became the youngest heavyweight champ of each clip aged 20.

He is present 10-0 with 8 knockouts and considered 1 of the apical prospects successful the satellite - having shared the ringing with Fury.

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Itauma said: "Whether it was wrong the ringing oregon extracurricular the ring, I learned a batch decidedly from being successful campy with Tyson.

"Outside the ring, [it is about] possibly getting a equilibrium successful life. Inside the ringing being a spot much patient, a spot calmer, not trying to termination everyone.

"People person pulled retired of fights with maine and I don't blasted them. If I was successful their shoes, I would propulsion retired arsenic well.

"I wouldn't privation to combat maine either. [But] I person to amusement it. It's each bully everyone talking astir it but I've really got to backmost it up."