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Tyson Fury has fuelled anticipation for his rematch with Deontay Wilder - literally - after revealing he has started dipping his hands in petrol for five minutes a day to toughen them up.
The 'Gypsy King' is working hard ahead of the second bout with WBC champion Wilder as he looks to take his world title belt on February 22, and the heavyweight has been trying a number of new methods to give himself the edge in Las Vegas.
He has ditched old trainer Ben Davison in favour of SugarHill Steward and has even claimed to be masturbating seven times a day - but now his preparations have taken another strange turn after he lifted the lid on a new idea to strengthen his fists.
Fury promised to knock Wilder out in round two, and he said he had taken advice from bare-knuckle fighter Big Joe Joyce to ensure he hits much harder.
'I was speaking to an old legendary bare-knuckle fighter from the travelling community, he's called Big Joe Joyce,' he said, speaking to journalist Gareth Davies.
'He told me about dipping his hands in petrol, to toughen them up.
'So for this fight I'll be dipping my hands in petrol for five minutes a day during the last three or four weeks of the training camp to really toughen them up. It worked for him, so I'm going to give it a try.'
Fury responded by predicting an ambitious stoppage in the second round.
The war of words between Fury and Wilder is well underway, with the US fighter mocking the British star for switching trainers and telling him he had 'pillows for fists' and vowing to 'rip his head off'.
'When you have power, there's no way around it,' Wilder said.
'You can't prepare for it. I gave this man a concussion the first time, he doesn't know how he went down or how he got up.
'This is unfinished business that I will finish. I will knock him out. I'm the king of the jungle. I'll rip his head off. I'll knock him through the ropes.'
'You are going to sleep in two rounds. I keep having the same dream about round two. I am playing poker and I get dealt the number two card. He is getting knocked out in round two, 100 per cent.'
Tyson Fury has fuelled anticipation for his rematch with Deontay Wilder - literally - after revealing he has started dipping his hands in petrol for five minutes a day to toughen them up.
The 'Gypsy King' is working hard ahead of the second bout with WBC champion Wilder as he looks to take his world title belt on February 22, and the heavyweight has been trying a number of new methods to give himself the edge in Las Vegas.
He has ditched old trainer Ben Davison in favour of SugarHill Steward and has even claimed to be masturbating seven times a day - but now his preparations have taken another strange turn after he lifted the lid on a new idea to strengthen his fists.
Fury promised to knock Wilder out in round two, and he said he had taken advice from bare-knuckle fighter Big Joe Joyce to ensure he hits much harder.
'I was speaking to an old legendary bare-knuckle fighter from the travelling community, he's called Big Joe Joyce,' he said, speaking to journalist Gareth Davies.
'He told me about dipping his hands in petrol, to toughen them up.
'So for this fight I'll be dipping my hands in petrol for five minutes a day during the last three or four weeks of the training camp to really toughen them up. It worked for him, so I'm going to give it a try.'
Fury responded by predicting an ambitious stoppage in the second round.
The war of words between Fury and Wilder is well underway, with the US fighter mocking the British star for switching trainers and telling him he had 'pillows for fists' and vowing to 'rip his head off'.
'When you have power, there's no way around it,' Wilder said.
'You can't prepare for it. I gave this man a concussion the first time, he doesn't know how he went down or how he got up.
'This is unfinished business that I will finish. I will knock him out. I'm the king of the jungle. I'll rip his head off. I'll knock him through the ropes.'
'You are going to sleep in two rounds. I keep having the same dream about round two. I am playing poker and I get dealt the number two card. He is getting knocked out in round two, 100 per cent.'
Next he'll be snorting the ashes of cremated goats
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