It looks as if Tyson Fury’s new trainer is SugarHill Steward, a nephew of the late Emanuel Steward.
Hours after news broke Sunday that Fury had split with Ben Davison, Fury posted a photo on Instagram of him, SugarHill Steward and former middleweight champion Andy Lee. It included a caption that said: “Getting the old team back up and running.’’
Davison confirmed early Sunday that he would no longer be in Fury’s corner. With only 10 weeks before a February heavyweight rematch with Deontay Wilder, Fury moved quickly to find a new trainer.
Fury, who is scheduled to fight Wilder on Feb. 22, got to know SugarHill Steward while training in Detroit at the Kronk Gym in 2009. His name then was Javan “Sugar’’ Hill. He formally changed it last year, in honor of Steward, the Hall of Fame trainer who died in 2012.
SugarHill Steward worked with former light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson after his mentor’s death. He also has been in the corner for super middleweight Anthony Dirrell and heavyweight Charles Martin.