Tyson Fury vs Dillian Whyte: The Gypsy King's hilarious method to intimidate Wladimir Klitschko

Tyson Fury claimed he had already beaten Wladimir Klitschko long before their 2015 heavyweight title fight in Germany.

The ‘Gypsy King’ revealed how he got the better of Dr Steelhammer by lasting longer than his rival in a baking hot sauna.

The WBC and Ring unified world champion said the whole thing happened when he was invited to the Ukrainian’s training camp in Austria.

Fury, 33, shared the hilarious story in his bestselling autobiography ‘Behind the Mask’, which was first published by Century in 2019.

He wrote: “About twenty of us (and my cousin Andy can verify this) went down to the sauna and an old American trainer who worked with Wladimir said to me, ‘You know Wladimir is the Sauna King, so show some respect. He likes to leave last after everybody else has gone.’

“Well, that was music to my ears because nobody loves a challenge more than me and I knew it was a perfect moment to wind up big Wlad.

“So we go in, I’m as fat as a pig and it’s the hottest sauna that I’ve ever experienced, with a big fire in the middle of it.

“We’re all there naked and they give you this stuff that looks like chocolate sauce to pour over yourself.

“One by one they all get out, to the point where it’s just me and Wladimir sitting there.

“We were only meant to be in there for twenty minutes but then he gets up and turns the clock back to go for another twenty minutes and I’m thinking, ‘I’m going to die here’. But I wasn’t going to let him beat me.

“I thought, ‘If I pass out, they can throw some water on me and I’ll be alright.’ So I count down the time in my head to keep me focused and then five minutes later Wladimir gets up and walks out in a huff.

“I thought, great, and stayed in for another ten minutes and when I came out I nearly