JEEP Horn’s team is burning with anger after being forced to train in a dilapidated sauna-like Las Vegas gymnasium for his world title defence against American Terence Crawford next week.
``The facilities and conditions here are very oppressive,’’ Rushton said.
``We were expected to work out in 40 degree heat and I believe the temperature is going above 40 next week ahead of the fight.
``The Top Rank gym has a tin roof so the heat is stifling. The people who run it told us the air conditioning didn’t work. Then we tried to get the big metal roller doors lifted but they were locked tight and no one had the key. The punching bags were in poor shape and the speed ball was totally deflated. We eventually got one of the roller doors up yesterday but we don’t want to continue training there.
``The facilities and conditions here are very oppressive,’’ Rushton said.
``We were expected to work out in 40 degree heat and I believe the temperature is going above 40 next week ahead of the fight.
``The Top Rank gym has a tin roof so the heat is stifling. The people who run it told us the air conditioning didn’t work. Then we tried to get the big metal roller doors lifted but they were locked tight and no one had the key. The punching bags were in poor shape and the speed ball was totally deflated. We eventually got one of the roller doors up yesterday but we don’t want to continue training there.
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