Tyson Fury has told Anthony Joshua he will need to adopt his old school training methods if he is to accept his rival's coaching offer.
Fury, who defends his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte on Saturday night, has offered to coach Joshua for his planned rematch against Oleksandr Usyk this summer. Joshua lost his belts when he was outpointed by Usyk last September
For the first time in his professional career, Joshua will change his trainer for a rematch with Usyk. 'AJ' has partnered with Angel Fernandez after parting ways with Rob McCracken, who received criticism for Joshua's approach in his first bout with Usyk.
Fury has now vowed Joshua will have to ditch modern training methods if he wants to partner with him for his next bout. "I’m willing to train him, but he’s got to be willing to learn,” Fury said. "In my world, numbers on a screen on a heart rate monitor are not welcome.
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"You train hard, you put your life and soul into something and you fight until the end. You don’t quit when you get knocked down, you don’t look out of the ring like you don’t want to fight on, you go and throw the kitchen sink when you’re behind in a world title fight.
“You don’t cruise to a points loss because in my world, getting knocked out in round one is better than losing on points and not trying to win.”
Since teaming up with coach SugarHill Steward for his rematch with Deontay Wilder in 2020, Fury's style has drastically changed as he focuses on knockouts rather than out-boxing his opponents.
His approach for his fight with Whyte is much the same, as Fury has vowed to knockout his former training partner in what could be the final fight of his career.
Fury thinks that if Joshua could adapt a similar approach to his game, he would "definitely" be able to beat Usyk and become one of the few three-time heavyweight champions in boxing history. "I know that if I trained Joshua - me and SugarHill Steward - he'd definitely beat Oleksandr Usyk," Fury told BT Sport.
"That's a fact and I would be open to doing it. I'd be very open to me and SugarHill training him. I'd do it for free, because I don't need the money. I wouldn't take his money anyway, we would take on that challenge no problem."
