"Listen, do you know what stood out to me? He looks like the world No 1. He's the best heavyweight I've ever seen," says boxing trainer Billy Nelson, as he takes a short break from watching his fighter Thor Bjornsson's recent exhibition victory over Eddie Hall. The proud Scotsman has just spent over four weeks in camp with Tyson Fury and his own fighter Martin Bakole, who was invited down to Morecambe to be part of the Gypsy King's preparations for his WBC and Ring Magazine heavyweight world title clash against Dillian Whyte at Wembley, due to his stylistic similarities to the Body Snatcher.
The game Congolese heavyweight, who holds a BBBofC licence, was drafted in for sparring alongside Fury's close friend Joseph Parker, David Adeleye and Jarrell Miller after American prospect Jared Anderson picked up an injury that would later deny him of an appearance on the undercard.
"We were asked to go down by Tyson, he knows Martin is a big strong man that will come forward relentlessly," Nelson says in an exclusive interview with Express Sport.
"He thought - along with the selected others - that he would be a great addition to his camp and he was bang on because Martin and him had some brilliant sparring."
Bakole, 17-1, is no stranger to competitive work in the gym having previously been summoned into camp by former 258 Management stablemate Anthony Joshua.
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Yet not only was this an excellent educational for Bakole but in the view of his trainer, the experience offered a unique, eye-opening insight into the elite conditioning of Fury - something he believes will prove key to his success against Whyte.
"He done 10 rounds one of the days
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