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LeBron James agrees with Wilder’s corner throwing in the towel vs. Fury

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was watching the fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury, which was won by Knockout by Fury.

LeBron James, like many sports fans on Saturday night, was watching attentively during the rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas. Fury won the rematch decisively after scoring a knockdown early that caught Wilder behind the ear before the referee called the fight and Wilder’s corner simultaneously threw in the towel to call of the fight for their fighter.

Although some who were watching the fight wanted it to continue in order to let Wilder have another chance at a knockout, he was frankly stumbling around and had little balance after the first knockdown. LeBron believes Wilder’s corner, and the referee did him a favor on Saturday.

LeBron, as he addressed this week when he weighed in on the Houston Astros scandal, loves sports. But he also loves a good competition and it is clear that the fight had already gone Fury’s way on Saturday night. While James did watch the fight, his business partner Maverick Carter and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green were actually in attendance. LeBron, meanwhile, has an early game at 3:30 p.m. EST at home against the Boston Celtics.

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Frank Warren comfortable with Tyson Fury’s change of trainers

Promoter Frank Warren said he’s fully confident Tyson Fury “knows what he’s doing in bringing in Javan SugarHill Steward.”

A new trainer is sometimes interpreted as a sign of uncertainty, if not turmoil, but Tyson Fury promoter Frank Warren is comfortable with Fury’s decision to fire Ben Davison and hire SugarHill Steward before the heavyweight rematch with Deontay Wilder on Feb. 22.

No worries, Warren says

“I know there is some concern about Fury changing trainers ahead of such a colossal clash,’’ Warren told The Mirror, a U.K. publication.  “I’m certainly sad to see him split with Ben Davison because the pair were great together.

“But when Fury appointed Davison as the man to help him get back to the top many questioned him using such a young trainer. How wrong they were.’’

Davison was a key in helping Fury fight his way back into the championship mix after he slipped into a lifestyle that included more drugging, drinking and dining than training. Fury was reportedly about 400 pounds about a year before his controversial draw with Wilder on Dec. 1, 2018 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.

But a difficult decision over then-unknown Otto Wallin on Sept. 14 in Las Vegas generated widespread criticism of Davison in a fight that left Fury badly bloodied. On Dec. 15, Davison was fired and Steward was hired.

Fury, who says he is already in camp for the rematch, said he made the move because he had grown “stale.’’ He said he already had a relationship with Steward, the former Javan Hill and a nephew of the late Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward.

“I am fully confident he knows what he’s doing in bringing in Javan SugarHill Steward to take the corner for the Wilder rematch,’’ Warren said. “Few fighters know what’s best for them (more) than Fury and he will not have made the decision lightly.”