Back on December 15, BoxingScene.com first reported that former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury was in the process of replacing his head trainer, Ben Davison.

A few hours later, Fury confirmed the report and announced that he hired trainer Sugarhill Steward, who is based in Detroit, Michigan. Steward is the nephew of Hall of Fame coach Emanuel Steward. Former middleweight champion Andy Lee is also new addition to Fury's corner.

Fury is now preparing for a scheduled pay-per-view rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, set for February 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. They fought to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018.

The boxer's U.S promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, said he supported Fury’s decision to switch his trainer from Davison to Steward, adding that he believed there had been problems in the corner for the Otto Wallin fight in September, criticising the cutman [Jorge Capetillo], even though he had praised him straight after the fight.

However, he said that he had not told Fury to sack Davison, but had told him to get help.

“That corner almost lost that fight,” said Arum. “They had no clue. They gave all the credit to the guy who had never been a cutman before, and did everything wrong. Everything. He was pressing down so that the blood was coming out. ‘The man who saved Tyson Fury’. He almost killed him.

“I told Tyson that he needed help in the corner, because it wasn’t being run properly, and he needed a cutman. Emanuel Steward’s nephew is pretty good. I think what will get Tyson through is Andy Lee, because Andy Lee is a real boxing guy who can work with Tyson’s head.”