Tyson Fury will be a lean, mean fighting machine when he faces Oleksandr Usyk on May 18, according to his nutritionist Greg Marriott.
Fury is all set to lock horns with Usyk in Saudi Arabia in around eight weeks’ time, with the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world on the line. It’s the peak of Fury’s professional boxing career so far, and he will be in prime shape according to Marriott.
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‘The Gypsy King’ (34-0-1) looked terrific a few weeks ago when sharing a picture of himself in the aftermath of that sparring injury which saw his meeting with Usyk postponed from February 17. His cut eye is healing nicely, and everything is on course for fight night.
Tyson Fury’s calorie count
Marriott meanwhile has been speaking to Men’s Health to detail just how the man mountain that is Fury (6ft 9ins tall and roughly 20 stones) gets in fighting shape.
On training days Fury consumes around 3000 calories, while on a training day it’s between 4500-6000. Making sure it’s the right calories and food is a finely tuned operation.
Marriott said: “I do absolutely everything, I wake him up with his collagen. I don’t leave fighters to anything. I literally live with him. I sit with him. I make sure that I watch him take the vitamins. I don’t want no stone unturned. For me, I give them 100% so I do everything.”
Fury’s daily menu
So what does an actual day look like for Fury in terms of his nutrition regime? Marriott laid out just what he might consume:
- Upon waking: High dose vitamin C, collagen and black coffee.
- Breakfast: Two slices of sourdough toast, avocado butter spread with fresh garlic tabasco and black pepper. Three full eggs. Fresh plum tomatoes and about 250 g of lean beef mince made into sausages. Or, oatmeal and protein with fresh nuts and chia seeds. Or, a big omelette
- Mid morning snack post gym: Protein granola, fat free greek yogurt and blueberries.
- Lunch: Two chicken breasts, 125 grams of rice. Greek feta salad.
- Mid-afternoon: Five rice cakes, natural peanut butter and a side of watermelon. Whey protein beef isolate.
- Dinner: 500 grams of potatoes (small roasted and seasoned). Big 400 gram filet steak. Dijon mustard. Roasted veg: broccoli, asparagus and beetroot.
- 8pm: Fat free Greek yoghurt, peanut butter and vanilla essence
- Other Supplements: Dextrin carb powder, magnesium, Atlantic fish oil
So does Marriott have a tough task keeping Fury on track with his regime? The answer is in fact very much the opposite.
‘Gypsy King’ sticks to the plan
“Whatever I tell Tyson to do, he just adheres to it. He puts 100% trust in me. So for Tyson really, there is no challenges because he knows he’ll be in peak condition. He’s been there, done it and got the T-shirts.
“I’ve worked with so many athletes over years in and out of boxing, and Tyson Fury is one of the most disciplined athletes physically and mentally when it comes to his diet. For a heavyweight, this is unheard of.
“He won’t eat nothing unless I say so. He’s ultra-disciplined, in every aspect of life. So when it comes to discipline, he’s quite OCD about things.
