Inside Tyson Fury’s 6,000 calories a day diet with Gypsy King’s favourite meals revealed ahead of Oleksandr Usyk fight
TYSON FURY has been fed a diet of 6,000 calories a day to fuel himself for his fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury meets Usyk for the undisputed crown next Saturday in Saudi Arabia in the heavyweight division’s first ever four-belt unification bout.
And after the Gypsy King touched down in his temporary Riyadh training base, he showed off his trimmed down physique.
In charge of keeping Fury a lean, mean, fighting machine are nutritionists George Lockhart and Greg Marriott.
And Lockhart – who formerly worked with UFC legend Conor McGregor – gave Betway an inside look into Fury’s diet.
He ran down what the WBC champion ate in the week running up to his last bout, against Francis Ngannou in October.
Fury has his first meal at 10am, which varied from a FIVE-egg omelette with turkey bacon, two large roasted potatoes and 1/2 an avocado.
Other days he would have three scrambled eggs, with turkey or chicken sausages, potatoes and fruits like pineapple or blueberries.
At midday, Fury enjoys a snack of either fruits, a protein shake, peanut butter or a Greek yogurt.
At 3pm, he has lunch which could be lemon pepper salmon or a chicken dish of either thighs, a BBQ breast or a curry with potatoes and veg.
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Fury, 35, has dinner at 6pm, which is a variation of one of his lunch meals.
It then sets him up for two snacks, one at 9pm and another at 12pm, which is either fruit, a protein shake, yogurt or dark chocolate.
The heavyweight is fighting in the early hours of the morning in Saudi, so he gets to bed late and enjoys a lie in to accustom to the time difference.
And despite weighing over 19 STONE, chef Lockhart revealed Fury is not “a big eater”.
He said: “Tyson’s very steady. Whether it’s an intense day or a light day, he’ll wake up and be almost the exact same weight, no matter what.
“He has a little bit more of the higher fats. Though, he’s not actually a big eater like a lot of people would think.
“When I started working with him, I thought I would be cooking for a freaking army, but that’s not the case.”
Fury is undefeated in the ring and fears no opponent – but his biggest fight at the dinner table comes against vegetables.
He said: “With Tyson, he’s not a big fan of veg, so I cook a lot for long periods of time to mask the flavour.
“I’ll do it with chicken broth or bone broth. Or you can do it in a rice for a long period of time, so you can’t really taste it and blend it in.
“But as the camp progresses, obviously veg has got to go up to make sure they’re getting all their micronutrients.”
Fury's fight week diet
Monday:
10am: Five eggs, spinach, turkey bacon omelette. Two large roasted potatoes and 1/2 avocado.
1pm: Two bananas, cup of Greek yogurt smoothie.
3pm: : Lemon pepper salmon, 8oz roasted sweet potatoes, tablespoon hummus and 1/2 avocado.
6pm: 8oz BBQ chicken breast, cup of rice with broccoli and tomatoes cooked in chicken broth.
9pm: Greek yogurt, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and 1/4 cup of granola.
12am: Two smoothies, two bananas, Greek yogurt.
Tuesday:
10am: Rosemary roasted potatoes, Two turkey sausages, Two scrambled eggs with cheese and pineapple.
1pm: Protein shake, banana, 1tbsp honey, 1tbsp peanut butter and Greek yogurt.
3pm: 8oz Chicken curry with peas carrots and two cups of basmati rice.
6pm: Lamb kebabs with tzatziki sauce and hummus and basmati rice and sliced Cucumber.
9pm: Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and Greek yogurt.
12pm: Shake, banana 1tbsp peanut butter, Greek yogurt and dark chocolate.
Wednesday:
10am: Three eggs scrambled with cheese, roasted rosemary potatoes, shake, Greek yogurt, blueberries and two chicken sausages.
1pm: Sliced apples, sliced oranges, mixed nuts, Greek yogurt mixed with 1tbsp honey.
3pm: Two chicken thighs, garbanzo beans cooked with spinach in chicken broth with chicken gravy.
6pm Chicken breast, large baked potato, sliced melon and pineapple, side of asparagus with lemon salt and pepper.
9pm Greek yogurt, sliced banana, sliced strawberries and dark chocolate.
12am: Banana, tbsp peanut butter, honey and Greek yogurt.
Thursday:
10am: Three eggs scrambled with cheese, two chicken sausages, roasted rosemary potatoes, pineapple .
1pm: Shake, 1/2banana tbsp honey 1tbsp peanut butter, Greek yogurt.
3pm: BBQ chicken breast, peas and carrots and baked potato.
6pm: 8oz lemon pepper salmon, basmati rice with tomatoes, spinach, and basil cooked in chicken broth and 1/2 avocado, lemon pepper olive oil.
9pm: Blueberries raspberries, blackberries, dark chocolate and Greek yogurt.
12pm: Shake, banana and strawberries.
Friday:
10am: Three eggs scrambled with cheese and spinach, three turkey sausage, rosemary roasted potatoes and mixed fruit.
2pm : 8oz blackened salmon, rice cooked with spinach chickpeas, tomatoes, in chicken broth with hummus and avocado.
6pm: Two chicken thighs, roasted potatoes, mixed berries and nuts.
9pm: Blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, Greek yogurt and granola.