Former two division world champion Shakur Stevenson does not believe Tyson Fury trained for a claimed 12 weeks to prepare for the recent crossover boxing match with MMA veteran Francis Ngannou.

Fury, who entered the ring at a career-high weight, was taken to the limit by Ngannou, who was making his professional debut as a boxer.

After ten rounds were completed, Fury barely escaped with a ten round split decision win. The scores were 96-93 and 95-94 for Fury, with a third judge scoring 95-94 for Ngannou.

Fury was dropped in the third round, and then fought Ngannou on even terms for the rest of the fight.

The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion recently explained that he didn't underestimate his opponent.

“I didn’t underestimate him. I trained for 12 weeks, [gave] it the best preparation I could’ve done. And that’s it," Fury told IFL TV. “It wasn’t the best performance, but I’m not gonna make any excuses. I had a good camp. There was no one to blame or no one to do anything. It was a tough fight. I had to get off the floor to win and, yeah, no excuses.”

“We didn’t know how good he was or how bad he was. There was no footage of him, never seen the man fight before as a boxer. And that was it. So, he was a lot more awkward than I thought he’d be. And he wasn’t walking [into] me. He was an awkward man. He was good at what he was doing, so fair play to him. Don’t take anything away from him. He give me a better fight than all the boxers did in the last 10 years. I think that’s been me toughest fight I’ve had for years.”

Stevenson felt Fury gave off the appearance of a boxer who didn't properly train for a fight.

"I don't believe the fact that he says he trained for 12 weeks. He didn't look like he trained. Didn't look like he threw too many punches. He usually throws punches. He seemed real hesitant, and I don't know how good of shape he was in," Stevenson said to TMZ Sports.

"Usually I'm a big fan of Tyson Fury. That night he didn't look too good."