Heavyweight prospect Jeremiah Milton says Tyson Fury is a “conundrum” and gives him the edge in a potential showdown with Anthony Joshua having sparred with him recently.

Milton has been training with Fury at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas, after the ‘Gypsy King’ relocated his training camp from Morecambe to Sin City, linking up with trainer SugarHill Steward.

Oklahoma native, Milton is undefeated as a professional with three wins and as many knockouts and says the 32-year-old, two-time heavyweight world champion does not relent in sparring and believes the experience will improve him as a fighter.

“You can’t fall asleep in there necessarily, because he’s not going to let you win the rounds,” Milton told Pro Boxing Fans.

“Not saying anybody in the past have, but you can tell some people in the past have lapsed in spots, but he’s one of those guys who stays switched on, engaged.

“He knows how to use his distance very well, so there’s no freebies with him. You’re working to get it all, anything you want to get. He’s not giving you anything for free.

“I won’t see anything like this for a while. It just makes you that much better, that much sharper.

“I get in the ring with one of these other guys next, they won’t be able to pull off the same tricks. 

"He’s a conundrum, I keep saying that, because he’s got the height, he has a lot of different advantages and uses it all.

“Once you figure out a puzzle like that, I don’t know what else there really is to see out there.”

The WBC world champion is expected to meet unified WBA ‘Super’, WBO, IBO and IBF titlist, Joshua in Saudi Arabia in the summer with Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn saying over the weekend that the fight could be announced this week with Fury and Hearn both present in Texas for Canelo Alvarez’s super middleweight unification with Billy Joe Saunders.

Fury has been out of the ring since his stunning win over Deontay Wilder to claim the WBC crown in their rematch in Las Vegas last February, but Milton believes his ability to climb off the canvas, shown against the likes of Wilder in their first fight in Los Angeles where he was floored in the final round, but got up and rallied back, gives him the edge to overcome Joshua, who beat Kubrat Pulev in nine rounds in December.

“I still give that edge to Fury. I’ve been saying it before I’ve met him,” Milton added.

“Only because he’s proved time after time he gets up off the canvas. Steve Cunningham placed him down, he was able to get back up.

“Wilder placed that shot, nobody is really returning from those Wilder right hands. He’s not just a typical heavyweight. He has so many tools to bounce around, move around that ring, throw from these awkward angles.”