Boxing news: Tyson Fury will have legendary trainer Freddie Roach in his corner for Deontay Wilder fight
The lineal heavyweight champion of the world is covering all the bases before his December 1 clash in LA
Tyson Fury has enlisted the help of Freddie Roach for his heavyweight title fight with Deontay Wilder.
The 'Gyspy King' will have the legendary boxing trainer in his corner when he takes on the undefeated WBC belt holder at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on December 1.
While training appears to have gone as smoothly as possible for the 6"9 Brit, it seems he is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to reclaim his place at the top of a stacked heavyweight division.
Fury is training at Roach's gym in LA and has struck up a close friendship already with the 58-year-old.
"He asked me if I’d work in his corner," Roach told . "He asked me if I could do cuts.
"I said, ‘Yeah, I have guys better than me though.’ He said, Do you know what you’re doing?’ And I said, ‘Of course I do, I have everything you need.’ So I’m the cutman."
Roach has worked with some of the finest fighters of the past 20 years and established a reputation as one of the greatest coaches of all time.
Manny Pacquiao, Jorge Linares, Miguel Cotto and Amir Khan have all become world champions under his tutelage and will be in Fury's corner alongside trainer Ben Davison.
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Roach has prior history of working the corners having led MMA legend Georges St-Pierre to UFC middleweight glory last year at Madison Square Garden.
The American is expected to take the place of Fury's father john, who is expected to not be allowed to travel to the States because of his conviction for gouging a man's eye out in 2011.