Fury has been vulnerable ever since I left him needing 47 stitches and his new cut in sparring for Usyk fight shows that

Fury beat Wallin on points in 2019 but a left hook in round three opened up a horror gash on the British legend.The Gypsy King battled through almost all the fight barely able to see out of his blood-soaked right eye.

Fast forward nearly five years and Fury sustained another horror cut on his right eye, this time in a sparring session.

It occurred only two weeks before the fight of his life against Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title on February 17 in Saudi Arabia.

Wallin feels the damage he caused Fury all those years ago has proven long-lasting and something Usyk can exploit.He told SunSport: “I’m not a doctor but he had 47 stitches, it was two cuts he had when we fought.

“So of course, I feel that he’s probably going to be vulnerable. It’s also interesting that another southpaw opened it up.

“Of course, Usyk is going to be aware of that but with Tyson you can’t just go for the head or a cut like that, because you might lose your gameplan.

“I think Usyk is smart enough to look at the tapes and see that he really needs to go to the body to set things up.” He left trainer Ben Davison for American Sugarhill Steward, packed on the pounds and ditched his elusive style in favour of power punching.

It saw him go onto defeat Deontay Wilder twice, KO Dillian Whyte, stop Derek Chisora and edge past ex-UFC champion Francis Ngannou.

Wallin admits the man he shared 12 gruelling rounds with is completely different to the Fury of today.“People want to see knockouts but like I said, what made Fury good was his jabs, his feints, his awkwardness.

“So he’s got to keep that in there and if he can keep everything together; the knockout power that he’s shown, the awkwardness, then I think he’ll be the best in the world.”