Deontay Wilder 's new coach revealed the heavyweight has been perfecting body shots in the lead-up to his trilogy with Tyson Fury.
Wilder fights Fury for the third time on October 9 in Las Vegas. The American will hope to win back the WBC heavyweight title he lost to Fury in their rematch last year.
He recently partnered with Don House - an experienced coach and cutman - who has also worked with fighters such as Floyd Mayweather during his own boxing career.
And House explained why he doesn't want Wilder to just rely on his power for the fight on October 9.
He told 78SportsTV : "As a trainer for Deontay Wilder, everyone knows he’s got that bomb. If he catches you with that, you’re going to sleep.
“I saw a lot of things in Deontay that he didn’t see himself. But when you have that bomb, when you can crack with that right hand a lot of times, you rely just on that.
“But when somebody can take that from you, it makes it difficult to win a fight. Listen, Deontay is a pure athlete.
“By saying that, there are a lot of things that he can get away with that a lot of fighters can’t get away with. This guy [Deontay] is fast, and he’s got power with both hands.
"I don’t want to give away all the secrets, but all the fundamental things, he’s picking up easy."
Fury isn't buying the supposed improvements Wilder has made and predicts that he will stop him even quicker than he did in their rematch.
But Wilder believes Fury has been "struggling" in sparring after talking to some of his young sparring partners and cites that as the reason he pulled out of their scheduled July 24 date for the trilogy.
Fury pulled out of their meeting in July after he and several members of his training camp tested positive for Covid-19.
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And House continued by stating that Wilder will try and break Fury down over the course of their fight.
“I’d rather get hit in the head than the body. Deontay has always been focused on knocking guys out to the head. We’re not going to do that in this fight. We’re going to box him and going to break down the body.
“He [Wilder] loves the body. It’s a bigger target, and you’ve seen Fury’s body on how big a target it is.
“It’s an easy target to hit. We’re going to maintain and stay in that area, and put the money in the bank, then break him down and knock him out."
