1. Tyson Luke Fury was born on 12 August 1988 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2024.
143 Facts About Tyson Fury
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Tyson Fury held multiple world heavyweight championships, including unified titles from 2015 to 2016, the Ring magazine title twice between 2015 and 2022, and the World Boxing Council title from 2020 to 2024.
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Tyson Fury held the International Boxing Organization title during his first reign as champion.
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In 2020, with his defeat of Deontay Wilder, Fury became the third heavyweight, after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali, to hold The Ring magazine title twice, and was widely considered by media outlets to be the lineal heavyweight champion.
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Tyson Luke Fury was born in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester on 12 August 1988, the son of Irish Traveller parents Amber and John Fury.
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Tyson Fury was born three months premature and weighed just 1 pound.
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Tyson Fury grew up in Styal, Cheshire, and later often mentioned his love for both Styal and his birthplace of Manchester.
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Tyson Fury's maternal grandmother is from County Tipperary and his mother was born in Belfast.
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Tyson Fury left school when he was 11, and joined his father and three brothers tarmacking roads.
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Tyson Fury's father competed in the 1980s as "Gypsy" John Tyson Fury, initially as a bare-knuckle and unlicensed boxer, and then as a professional boxer.
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Tyson Fury is a cousin of several professional boxers, including heavyweights Hughie Tyson Fury and Nathan Gorman, former WBO middleweight world champion Andy Lee and light heavyweight contender Hosea Burton.
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Tyson Fury has styled himself as "The Furious One" and "2 Fast" Fury.
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Tyson Fury was based out of the Holy Family Boxing Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and later switched to the Smithboro Club in County Monaghan, Ireland.
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Tyson Fury won bronze at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2006.
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Tyson Fury won the ABA super-heavyweight title in 2008 by defeating Damien Campbell 19:1.
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Tyson Fury made his professional debut at the age of 20 on 6 December 2008 in Nottingham, on the undercard of Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal against Hungarian fighter Bela Gyongyosi, who Tyson Fury defeated via TKO in the first round with a combination to head and body.
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Tyson Fury then had six more fights in the space of seven months, defeating Marcel Zeller, Daniil Peretyatko, Lee Swaby, Matthew Ellis, Scott Belshaw and Aleksandrs Selezens all via knockout within 4 rounds.
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On 11 September 2009, Tyson Fury fought John McDermott for the English heavyweight title, and won via a points decision.
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Tyson Fury scored two more victories against Tomas Mrazek and Hans-Joerg Blasko before facing McDermott in a rematch on 25 June 2010.
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Tyson Fury settled the controversy of the first fight, as he knocked down McDermott three times, first in the 8th round then twice in the 9th round to win by TKO.
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Tyson Fury won the English heavyweight title for a second time in the process.
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On 23 July 2011, Tyson Fury faced undefeated heavyweight Derek Chisora for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at Wembley Arena in London.
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On 17 September 2011, Tyson Fury fought 32-year-old fringe contender Nicolai Firtha in a non-title bout at the King's Hall, Belfast.
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Tyson Fury regained control of the fight by the next round and forced the referee to stop the fight at 2 minutes, 19 seconds on round 5.
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Tyson Fury had an early scare after being knocked down in round 2 following a big right hand.
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Tyson Fury vacated his British and Commonwealth belts in order to pursue a future world title match.
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Tyson Fury put Rogan on the canvas with a left hook in the third round.
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Tyson Fury weighed 245.5 pounds, marginally lighter than the Rogan fight.
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Tyson Fury controlled the fight from the onset and stunned Maddalone with a combination in the opening round.
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Tyson Fury continued to land heavy punches and opened a cut under his opponent's left eye in the fourth.
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On 12 November 2012, it was announced that Tyson Fury would fight American world title contender Kevin Johnson in a WBC title eliminator at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on 1 December.
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Tyson Fury claimed he would score a good win, just as rival David Price did when he stopped Matt Skelton a night earlier, but instead eased to a decision victory.
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On 20 February 2013, it was reported that Tyson Fury would fight highly ranked American former cruiserweight world champion Steve Cunningham in his United States debut at Madison Square Garden Theater on 20 April.
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Tyson Fury fought wildly in the first two rounds of the bout, and was floored heavily by Cunningham in the 2nd round.
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Tyson Fury was due to fight David Haye on 28 September 2013, in a fight which would have seen Tyson Fury fight on a pay-per-view platform for the first time.
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On 24 January 2014, it was announced that Tyson Fury would fight at the Copper Box Arena against Argentine veteran Gonzalo Omar Basile on 15 February.
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Tyson Fury was replaced by American journeyman Joey Abell.
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Tyson Fury won the fight via 4th-round TKO, which set up a rematch with Chisora in the summer.
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Tyson Fury was due to fight rival and heavyweight contender Derek Chisora for the second time on 26 July 2014, for the European and the British heavyweight title.
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Tyson Fury was victorious again after dominating the fight up until Chisora's corner pulled him out at the end of the 10th round.
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Tyson Fury used a southpaw stance for the majority of the fight, despite the traditional right-handed orthodox stance being his preference.
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Tyson Fury used his jab to trouble Chisora and stayed on the outside with his longer reach to dominate the fight.
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Chisora failed to land any telling punches, and due to Tyson Fury's awkward fighting style, ended up hitting him below the belt.
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On 26 December 2014, Sky Sports News announced that Tyson Fury would fight once more before challenging Klitschko for his world titles.
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Tyson Fury's opponent was Christian Hammer and the fight took place on 28 February 2015 at the O2 Arena in London.
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Tyson Fury said he went for an opponent that would give him a challenge rather than an "easier" opponent, before challenging Klitschko.
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Tyson Fury went on to win the fight when it came to a halt in the 8th round via corner stoppage.
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Tyson Fury dominated the fight from the opening bell and dropped Hammer in round 5 with a short right hook.
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In July 2015, it was confirmed that Tyson Fury would fight Wladimir Klitschko in a world heavyweight title showdown, for the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, Lineal and The Ring heavyweight titles.
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Klitschko and Tyson Fury showed little offence during the 12 rounds, but Tyson Fury was more active and did enough each round to take the decision.
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Klitschko landed 52 of 231 punches thrown and Tyson Fury landed 86 of 371 thrown.
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On 24 June 2016, it was announced that this fight would be postponed to a later date due to Tyson Fury sustaining a sprained ankle in training.
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ESPN reported that Tyson Fury had failed a drug test for cocaine a day before the second postponement.
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Tyson Fury cited problems with depression after the positive test for cocaine.
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On 12 October 2016, pending investigation on an anti-doping case about his cocaine use, nandrolone findings, and being deemed medically unfit to fight, Tyson Fury decided to vacate the WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight titles.
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Tyson Fury beat the most dominant champion in the modern era of boxing on an amazing night in Germany to earn that accolade and that will never change.
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Whilst it's heartbreaking to see Tyson Fury vacate the world titles that he worked so long and hard for all his life, what's paramount now is that he receives the medical treatment along with the love of his family and friends and the support of the boxing world to make a full recovery.
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On 1 February 2018, Tyson Fury was stripped of his last remaining title, The Ring magazine's heavyweight championship.
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On 23 December, Tyson Fury tweeted that he was back in training ahead of a ring return around April or May 2017.
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The date set for the return would mean Tyson Fury would be fighting on the undercard of Josh Warrington defending his WBC International featherweight title against Kiko Martinez at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
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Tyson Fury mentioned that there had been no contact from Fury or his representatives since the ban started in October 2016.
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In September 2017, Tyson Fury challenged UKAD to give him a reply, and either ban him or reinstate his boxing licence.
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Tyson Fury believed he was being treated unfairly as it had taken over a year for them to reply, stating that usually the problem would be dealt with within a matter of months.
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On 25 November 2017, Tyson Fury announced his comeback after signing with managerial group MTK Global.
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Tyson Fury did not attend the hearing and had reporters waiting outside the location for six hours before leaving.
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Mick Hennessy later stated that Tyson Fury was not required at the hearing.
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Tyson Fury said a motivation on his return was Deontay Wilder.
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Tyson Fury stated that he intended to fight at least three times before 2019, starting on 9 June at the Manchester Arena.
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Tyson Fury weighed 276 pounds at the weigh-in, 66 pounds heavier than Seferi.
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Tyson Fury had lost 112 pounds for the fight, having experienced extreme weight gain due to his mental health problems.
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Tyson Fury won the fight after Seferi quit on his stool after round 4.
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The opening couple of rounds had little to no action as Tyson Fury was showboating, which referee Phil Edwards warned him for in round 2.
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Tyson Fury began to unload heavy shots in round 4 and it appeared many of the shots landed and hurt Seferi, hence he retired on his stool.
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On 12 July 2018, it was announced that Tyson Fury would fight former two-time world title challenger Francesco Pianeta on 18 August.
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Tyson Fury weighed in at 258 pounds, 18 pounds lighter than he weighed against Seferi.
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Tyson Fury had to come through in his bout against Pianeta.
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Tyson Fury went the full 10 rounds, defeating Pianeta via a points decision.
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Tyson Fury later stated he had no intention of trying to end the fight early.
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In front of a crowd of 17,698 at the Staples Center, Wilder and Tyson Fury fought a 12-round split decision draw, meaning Wilder retained his WBC title.
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The crowd booed at the decision with many believing Tyson Fury did enough to dethrone Wilder.
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Tyson Fury, using his unorthodox stance, spent much of the fight using upper and lower-body movement to avoid Wilder big shots and stay out of range.
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In round 6, Tyson Fury switched to southpaw stance and had success backing Wilder against the ropes and at the same time stayed cautious of Wilder's power.
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In round 7, after trading jabs, which saw Tyson Fury come out on top, Tyson Fury landed a counter right hand, then quickly tied Wilder up before he could throw anything back.
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Tyson Fury beat referee Jack Reiss' count and survived the round.
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Tyson Fury took advantage in round 11, landing enough shots and avoided anything Wilder could throw.
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Reiss made Tyson Fury walk towards him and called for the action to continue.
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Wilder, fatigued again, was unable to land another power shot and Tyson Fury landed some right hands to finish the round and the fight on his feet.
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Tyson Fury made his return to the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas against the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight champion Tom Schwarz on 15 June 2019.
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Tyson Fury was in complete control of the fight, peppering the undefeated Schwarz in round one before finishing him in the second round by TKO, to take Schwarz's WBO Inter-Continental title.
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Tyson Fury scaled at 254.4 pounds, his lightest since facing Klitschko in 2015, when he weighed 247 pounds.
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Tyson Fury suffered a serious cut above his right eye in the third round from a short left hook, as well as a cut over his right eyelid from an accidental clash of heads in the fifth which affected his vision for the rest of the fight and prompted a ringside doctor to be consulted in the sixth.
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Tyson Fury then called out Wilder for a rematch in February 2020.
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Tyson Fury then announced he had partnered with SugarHill Steward, nephew of Hall-of-Fame trainer Emanuel Steward, and that he would return to Kronk Gym, where he briefly trained in 2010.
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Tyson Fury weighed in at 273 pounds, the third heaviest weight of his professional career and 17 pounds heavier than his weight for the first Wilder bout.
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Tyson Fury stated in the lead-up to the fight that he wanted extra size and power to look for a knockout.
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Tyson Fury started the fight by taking the centre of the ring and establishing his jab.
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Tyson Fury looked for some big shots, while evading Wilder's swings.
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Wilder fell to the canvas twice more, but they were ruled as slips by the referee Kenny Bayless, before Tyson Fury knocked Wilder down again in the fifth round with a quick combination punctuated by a left hook to the body.
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Tyson Fury received widespread praise for his performance, with many believing that it established one of the best boxing comeback stories ever seen, and some stating that the victory placed him as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history.
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Tyson Fury became the third heavyweight, after Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson, to hold The Ring magazine title twice, and the first heavyweight in history to have held the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring magazine titles.
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On 12 October 2020, Tyson Fury announced that he was foregoing a trilogy fight with Wilder after organizers failed to deliver a date for the event in 2020.
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On 22 May 2021, Tyson Fury announced during the broadcast of Jose Ramirez vs Josh Taylor on ESPN that he had signed the contract for the Wilder trilogy fight, which ESPN showed footage of Tyson Fury signing.
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Ahead of their pre-fight press conference on 15 June, the venue was officially confirmed as T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where Tyson Fury had previously defeated Otto Wallin by unanimous decision on 14 September 2019.
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Midway through the third, Tyson Fury sent Wilder to the canvas with a series of hard right hands, and continued to pummel him as Wilder was effectively saved by the bell.
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Tyson Fury reacted to the news, stating on social media that he is "coming home", suggesting that the fight against Whyte would be the first time he would box on UK soil since his August 2018 win against Francesco Pianeta.
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Tyson Fury was dressed head-to-toe in the colours of the St George's Cross and wore gloves with the Cross on them.
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In contrast to the boos received by his opponent Whyte during his own ring walk, Tyson Fury was given a rousing reception by the crowd, stopping at one point to put on a crown and sit atop a throne.
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Tyson Fury continued to dominate the fight, landing a straight right in the fifth round which appeared to momentarily stun the challenger.
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Tyson Fury announced his retirement on 12 August 2022 and relinquished his Ring title.
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Tyson Fury indicated his preference to face Usyk as his next opponent to determine the undisputed heavyweight champion.
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Tyson Fury added he would be happy to face WBO interim champion Joe Joyce, who had joined Tyson Fury and Usyk ringside post-fight.
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Tyson Fury faced former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 28 October 2023, in what was Ngannou's professional boxing debut.
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Tyson Fury went on to win the bout via controversial split decision.
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On 29 September 2023, it was announced Tyson Fury had signed a contract to face the unified WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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The opening rounds of the fight were closely contested, with Usyk applying constant pressure and landing power punches, while Tyson Fury found success with his jab, fighting off the back foot.
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From round 4, Tyson Fury became increasingly dominant, appearing to hurt Usyk with uppercuts in round 6.
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CompuBox suggested Tyson Fury had landed 157 of 496 punches whilst Usyk landed 170 of 407.
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Usyk and Tyson Fury were expected to meet in a rematch in October 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Tyson Fury tried to lean on Usyk and weigh him down, but Usyk did well to fight him off and keep him at a distance.
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Tyson Fury used his footwork to move strategically around the ring.
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Tyson Fury made an appearance in an angle on WWE's debut of SmackDown on Fox on 4 October 2019.
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In September 2019, Penguin Random House imprint Century secured the publishing rights to Tyson Fury's autobiography, titled Behind the Mask: My Autobiography.
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Fury appeared in a four-part ITV documentary named Meet the Furys, which followed the Fury family while Tyson was preparing to fight in Las Vegas for the first time.
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In 2019, Tyson Fury appeared as a guest vocalist on English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams' studio album The Christmas Present, for the song "Bad Sharon".
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On 11 November 2022, Tyson Fury released a cover of "Sweet Caroline" as a single to raise money for the men's mental health charity, Talk Club.
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Tyson Fury has expressed an interest in competing in mixed martial arts.
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Tyson Fury mentioned that Conor McGregor has offered to train him should he crossover to MMA.
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On 16 February 2022, Tyson Fury launched a new range of energy drinks named Furocity Energy to rival market leaders Red Bull and Monster Energy.
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Tyson Fury has since released Furocity ice lollies, energy gum, and protein bars.
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Tyson Fury received criticism for having said that he would "hang" his sister if she was promiscuous, as well as comments made in an interview before the Klitschko fight in which he denounced abortion, paedophilia, and homosexuality, saying that the legalisation of these behaviours would bring forth a Biblical reckoning.
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Tyson Fury was nominated for the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award but around 140,000 people signed a petition claiming that his equation of homosexuality with paedophilia should disqualify him.
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Tyson Fury was later criticised for comments on transgender people and "Zionist Jewish people who own all the banks, all the papers, all the TV stations" in a May 2016 interview.
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Tyson Fury was formerly known for his attention-grabbing antics, such as arriving at a press conference in a Lamborghini and wearing a Batman costume.
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Tyson Fury is currently an ambassador for the former British world champion Frank Bruno's mental health charity, The Frank Bruno Foundation.
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On 24 June 2020, it was announced that Tyson Fury had parted ways with Kinahan as an advisor.
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Tyson Fury was photographed alongside Kinahan in Dubai in February 2022.
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Tyson Fury was refused entry to the United States in June 2022, reportedly as a result of his links with Kinahan, who is subject to sanctions by the US government's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Tyson Fury met his wife Paris when she was 15 and he was 17.
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Paris suffered a miscarriage before Tyson Fury's cancelled bout with Ustinov in 2014, and lost another child on the day of his comeback fight against Seferi in 2018.
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Tyson Fury's mother was a Protestant and his father is a Catholic, though neither actively practised their religions; he was instead introduced to religion by his uncle, a born-again Christian and Pentecostal preacher in the Irish Traveller community.
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Tyson Fury's wife is a practising Catholic and was raised in an Irish Traveller family.
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Tyson Fury owns a home in Las Vegas, but decided to let his boxing trainer live there because he is unsure about spending more time in the US.
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Tyson Fury is a fan of Manchester United and attends football matches at their home ground Old Trafford.