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TYSON FURY has broken his silence on the rumours surrounding his first training camp for Oleksandr Usyk.

The Gypsy King suffered a split decision defeat to the slick southpaw in their historic undisputed Saudi showdown in May.

Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in May
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Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in MayCredit: GETTY
It was claimed the Gypsy King had a terrible training camp for the undisputed bout
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It was claimed the Gypsy King had a terrible training camp for the undisputed boutCredit: GETTY
The Wythenshawe warrior has blasted claims he had a poor camp for the May melee
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The Wythenshawe warrior has blasted claims he had a poor camp for the May meleeCredit: GETTY

The build-up and aftermath to Fury's first professional defeat was dominated by rumours of him having a poor training camp and getting "turned over" in sparring.

It was claimed he didn't spar properly due to the cut which delayed his long-awaited meeting with the undefeated Ukrainian.

But during a sitdown face-off with , Fury insisted: "It was a fantastic training camp.

"Never once have I ever said I had any problems in camp because I didn't.

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"I heard a load of d***heads talking s**t that I had a lot of problems in camp.

"But I didn't have any problems. I had a fantastic training camp."

Fury was almost knocked out in the ninth round of the Riyadh rumble, for which he insists he has no excuses.

The 36-year-old said: "He beat me fair and square… give the man his props!

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"I don't understand why people have got an excuse like, 'I lost the fight because I didn't train great.'

"Or, 'I lost the fight because the chef didn't cook me the right foods.'

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"He won the fight, that's it. That's the end of it. There's nothing more to say.

"There's no excuses, I had a fantastic training camp.

"I thought I did fantastic in the fight and he did fantastic.

"So, he got his result. Fair play, end of.

"There's no more talking to be said, I did nothing wrong and I did everything good. So did he."

Tyson Fury has vowed to exact revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch next week
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Tyson Fury has vowed to exact revenge on Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch next weekCredit: GETTY

Despite coming up short in the biggest fight of his career, Fury insists he HASN'T made any changes to his preparations for next Saturday's eagerly-anticipated rematch.

The former unified heavyweight king said. "He got the decision, a split decision.

"A cat's whisker. If I would've got the decision, great!

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"He got the decision, fantastic. There's not much to say is there?

"Am I going to change everything in my camp because I lost a split decision? Hell no."

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