Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury | |
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Tyson Fury (2017) |
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Birth Name | Tyson Luke Fury |
Fight name | The Gypsy King |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality |
British Irish |
birthday | August 12, 1988 |
place of birth | Manchester |
style | Left-hand boom |
size | 2.06 m |
Range | 2.16 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 31 |
Victories | 30th |
Knockout victories | 21st |
Defeats | 0 |
draw | 1 |
Profile in the BoxRec database |
Tyson Luke Fury (born August 12, 1988 in Manchester , England ) is a British boxer and current world heavyweight champion of the WBC and former world champion according to the version of the WBA , IBF , WBO and IBO . After 31 fights he is still unbeaten as a professional boxer.
Life
Born in the Wythenshawe district in the north-west of Manchester , Fury grew up in a family of Irish travelers . His paternal grandfather was from Tuam , County Galway . This was also the birthplace of his father, John Fury. The Galway Furys clan are of Gaelic descent. The name is derived from Ó Fiodhabhra and originally means bushy eyebrows .
His maternal grandmother is from County Tipperary and his mother was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland . Fury's family has a long history in boxing. His father John fought in the 1980s under the name "Gypsy" John Fury ; first as a bare knuckle fighter, later as a professional boxer. Tyson Fury is a cousin of former WBO world middleweight champion Andy Lee , British light heavyweight champion Hosea Burton and heavyweight boxer Hughie Fury .
Fury is also a distant relative of the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies , Bartley Gorman, and likes to refer to himself as the Gypsy King . Other nicknames he has given himself are The Furious One and Tyson "2 fast" Fury . His father named him after Mike Tyson, who was then world heavyweight champion .
Fury grew up in Wilmslow, Cheshire . He is Catholic and has been married to Paris Fury since 2008; The marriage resulted in a daughter (* 2009) and two sons (* 2011, 2016).
Amateur career
As an amateur, Fury competed for both Ireland and England . He represented Ireland a total of three times at international level. He first fought for the Holy Family Boxing Club in the Northern Irish capital Belfast and later moved to Smithborough in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
In 2006, Fury fought in Moroccan Agadir at the Junior World Championships of the AIBA the bronze medal when he Ilham Khatamov and Istvan Bernat defeated and in the semifinals Sardor Abdullayev was beaten on points.
In the international competition in Poland in 2007, Ireland lost 6:12 to the experienced Polish team. However, Fury emerged victorious in both of his fights, in Rzeszów and Białystok . In the same year Fury represented England at the Junior European Championships in Sombor, Serbia and came second after a final defeat against the Russian Maxim Babanin . He had previously defeated Andrija Keković (Serbia) and Jasmin Hasić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ).
Fury tried to qualify for Ireland at the Trials for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but unsuccessfully. He had previously tried to qualify for the English team but had to admit defeat to David Price . Fury later stated that his unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the Olympics were a reason for his decision to move into professional life. He doesn't want to wait for the 2012 Games in London.
In the same year he won the ABA Championship (English Championship) in Sheffield , where he defeated Mark Smith, Shane McPhilbin and Damien Campbell each on points.
Professional career
First years
Fury made his debut as a professional boxer on December 6, 2008. After fighting against rather unknown boxers, the fight for the Commonwealth and British Championship on July 23, 2011 against Dereck Chisora was his first major appearance. He won the fight over twelve rounds by unanimous decision on points.
On November 12, 2011 he faced the also undefeated Neven Pajkić. Fury went down for the first time in his career in the second round, but was able to turn the fight and forced Pajkić to the ground twice in the third round. After Fury hit Pajkić hard again, the referee stopped the fight and declared Fury the winner.
After he had defeated Vinny Maddalone and thereby became Intercontinental Champion of the WBO, he competed against the two famous boxers Steve Cunningham and Kevin Johnson in world title eliminations and defeated them.
The fight against David Haye , scheduled for February 8, 2014 , was canceled because Haye had to undergo surgery on his shoulder. In February 2014 he beat Joey Abell k. o. and in the same year boxed for the second time against Chisora for the European Championship (EBU) , the WBO International Championship and the vacant British Championship. Chisora had no chance and this time even lost prematurely. At the end of February 2015 he boxed against Christian Hammer . Hammer had to go down, never had a chance and gave up in the 8th round.
Klitschko fight and resignation
On November 28, 2015 he won against Wladimir Klitschko, who had been undefeated for over eleven years, after twelve rounds by unanimous decision, and became the new heavyweight world champion of the four associations (WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO) whose belt was held by Klitschko. In December 2015, he was stripped of the IBF title because he did not play against the mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Hlaskov . Fury was named " World Boxer of the Year 2015 " by the renowned Ring Magazine .
In early May 2016, he announced that he would end his career after the rematch against Klitschko. Because of an ankle injury Fury, the fight originally scheduled for July 9, 2016 was postponed. The British media then reported that Fury had already tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in spring 2015 . On August 3, 2016, the British anti-doping agency UKAD announced that Fury had been temporarily suspended on June 24, 2016, the day of the cancellation. He was later banned from UKAD for two years. On September 22, 2016, Fury canceled the fight that had now been planned for October 29 due to health problems. It was later revealed that he had tested positive for cocaine that day by the American Anti-Doping Agency. On October 3, 2016, Fury announced his resignation on Twitter , which he revoked a few hours later. Two days later he said in an interview that he had been diagnosed with manic depression . In mid-October 2016, Fury returned the world championship titles of the WBO, WBA and IBO associations. In July 2017 he again announced his resignation.
comeback
In October 2017, however, he revoked this statement and announced his comeback for 2018.
On June 9, 2018, Fury was back in the ring and defeated Sefer Seferi in Manchester by giving up in the 4th round. Later in August he defeated Francesco Pianeta in Belfast on points. In the fight over 10 rounds Fury dominated, but he did not succeed in the decisive blow. This fight was only scored by the referee , not by three judges as usual , who scored each round 10: 9 for Fury (100: 90).
In 2018, a title union between the WBC world champion Deontay Wilder and the WBA, IBF and WBO world champion Anthony Joshua should take place in order to box out the undisputed world heavyweight champion. However, since the promoters of the boxers could not agree, Fury got the chance to box against Wilder for the World Championship of the association WBC. The fight took place on December 1 of that year at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and ended in a draw. Fury went down on rounds 9 and 12.
On February 22, 2020, he won the rematch against Wilder by technical knockout in the seventh round and became WBC world champion.
List of professional fights
30 wins (21 knockout wins), 0 defeats , 1 draw | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Fury | |
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2008 | 6th of December | Trent FM Arena , Nottingham, UK | Bela Gyongyosi | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
2009 | January 17th | Robin Park Center , Wigan, UK | Marcel Zeller | Victory / TKO 3rd round | |
February 28 | Norwich Showground, Norwich, UK | Daniel Peret | Victory / abandonment 2nd round | ||
the 14th of March | Aston Events Center, Birmingham, UK | Lee Swaby | Victory / abandonment 4th round | ||
11 April | York Hall, London, UK | Matthew Ellis | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
23. May | Colosseum, Watford, UK | Scott Belshaw | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
July 18th | York Hall, London, UK | Aleksandrs Selezens | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
September 11 | Brentwood Center, Brentwood, UK |
John McDermott BBBofC English Heavyweight Championship |
Points win / 10 rounds | ||
September 26th | The O2 , Dublin, Ireland | Tomáš Mrázek | Points win / 6 rounds | ||
2010 | 5. March | Huddersfield Sports Center, Huddersfield, UK | Hans-Jörg Blasko | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
25th June | Brentwood Center, Brentwood, UK |
John McDermott BBBofC English Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 9th round | ||
September 10 | York Hall, London, UK | Rich power | Points win / 8 rounds | ||
December 18th | Colisee Pepsi , Quebec, Canada | Zack Page | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | ||
2011 | 19th of February | Wembley Arena , London, UK | Marcelo Luiz Nascimento | Victory / KO 5th round | |
July 23 | Wembley Arena , London, UK |
Dereck Chisora Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship BBBofC British Heavyweight Championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
17th of September | King's Hall, Belfast, UK | Nicolai Firtha | Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
November 12th | EventCity, Manchester, UK |
Neven Pajkić Commonwealth Heavyweight Title Defense |
Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
2012 | April 14th | Odyssey Arena , Belfast, UK |
Martin Rogan BUI Irish Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 5th round | |
7th of July | Hand Arena, Clevedon, UK |
Vinny Maddalone WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
December 1 | Odyssey Arena , Belfast, UK | Kevin Johnson | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2013 | 20th of April | Madison Square Garden , New York, USA | Steve Cunningham | Victory / KO 7th round | |
2014 | February 15th | Copper Box , London, UK | Joey Abell | Victory / TKO 4th round | |
November 29th | ExCeL Arena , London, UK |
Dereck Chisora WBO International Heavyweight Championship EBU Heavyweight European Championship BBBofC British Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / abandon 10th round | ||
2015 | February 28 | The O2 Arena , Greenwich, UK |
Christian Hammer WBO International Heavyweight Title Defense |
Victory / abandonment 8th round | |
November 28th | ESPRIT arena , Düsseldorf, Germany |
Wladimir Klitschko IBF / IBO / WBA / WBO Heavyweight World Championship |
Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2018 | June 9th | Manchester Arena , Manchester, UK | Sefer Seferi | Victory / abandonment 4th round | |
18th of August | Windsor Park , Belfast, UK | Francesco Pianeta | Points win / 10 rounds | ||
December 1 | Staples Center , Los Angeles, USA |
Deontay Wilder WBC World Heavyweight Championship |
Tie (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2019 | 15th June | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Tom Schwarz WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
September 14th | T-Mobile Arena , Las Vegas, USA | Otto Wallin | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2020 | February 22 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas, USA |
Deontay Wilder WBC World Heavyweight Championship |
Victory / TKO 7th round | |
Source: Tyson Fury in the BoxRec database |
Controversy and criticism
Public statements
In 2013, before his first fight at Madison Square Garden , Fury told journalists that he would hang his sister if she behaved promiscuously . That same year he was fined £ 3,000 for calling his boxing colleagues David Price and Tony Bellew "gay lovers". Bellew himself said, after the public discussion about Fury's statements boiled up, that he was not upset about it and did not understand the people who put Fury down over it.
Shortly before winning the WBO heavyweight title in November 2015, Fury spoke out about doping in boxing. He believes it should be legal to take performance enhancing drugs. If doping were legal, everyone could dop and everything was fair. Furthermore, he was of the opinion that if the associations would approve doping, the competition in boxing would be fairer. There are all these people who do drugs, and when you face an opponent who doesn't use drugs, it's unfair.
After fighting Klitschko, Fury said he was cautious about possible scams on the part of the Klitschko team, but without presenting evidence. He wouldn't even drink the water in the locker room for fear it might be drugged. The British Boxing Board of Control then met and called in Fury to comment on his statements.
In May 2016, he also made anti-Semitic statements in an interview . He was also noticed with misogynistic and homophobic statements.
Nomination for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015
After winning the world title against Klitschko, the BBC named Fury 2015 one of the finalists for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) award. The nomination itself had already generated controversy in advance after Fury apparently equated homosexuality and pedophilia in an interview .
“There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the Devil comes home. One of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other is paedophilia. So who would have thought in the 50s and early 60s that those first two would be legalized. "
“There are only three things that must be accomplished before the devil comes home. One is the legalization of homosexuality, one is abortion and the other is pedophilia. Who would have thought in the 50s and 60s that the first two would be legalized? "
A petition on change.org that said Fury's homophobic and sexist attitudes made him an unsuitable candidate for the award drew 138,000 signatures. When asked whether he was homophobic, Fury said no. It is definitely not. He wouldn't be a good Christian if he hated anyone. If Jesus loved the world, then He would too.
In the run-up to the award ceremony, Fury also attracted attention with lewd remarks about the Olympic and heptathlon world champion Jessica Ennis-Hill , another candidate for the SPOTY award. He also said the best place for a woman is in the kitchen or lying on her back. This is his personal belief. ("That's my personal belief.")
Fury reacted to the public debate about his nomination with incomprehension, assured him that he was not homophobic, but added one more time: his critics could "suck my balls", and the signatories of the petition were 50,000 wankers ("50,000 wankers ").
The scandal eventually reached politics. John Nicolson of the Scottish National Party (SNP), a member of the Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, publicly questioned the BBC's nomination of Fury and announced that it would investigate homophobia in sport. On December 9th, the situation for the BBC escalated when the favorite for the award, long jumper Greg Rutherford , threatened to stay away because of the controversy surrounding Fury. Despite his deep dislike for Fury, Rutherford finally agreed to attend the ceremony.
On 9 December, the police confirmed Manchester, they examine the allegation of a hate crime (hate crime) by Fury after it was again noticed in a television broadcast from Victoria Derbyshire by homophobic remarks. The police quickly put the allegations into perspective, however, and let it be known that it was merely a hate incident . Fury will not have to answer in court.
Fury eventually finished fourth in the Sports Personality of the Year poll and apologized for his offensive comments during the event.
"I've said a lot of stuff in the past and none of it is with intentions to hurt anybody […] And if I've said anything in the past that's hurt anybody, I apologize to anyone that's been hurt by it."
“I've said a lot of things in the past and none of them were with the intention of hurting anyone […] and if I've said something in the past that hurt someone, I apologize to everyone who it hurt. "
Success as a professional
- WBC - Heavyweight World Champion (1): since 2020
- WBA - world champion in the heavyweight division (1): Super Champion from 2015 to 2016
- WBO - world champion in the heavyweight division (1): 2015-2016
- IBF - world champion in the heavyweight division (1): 2015
- IBO heavyweight world champion (1): 2015–2016
- Ring Magazine World Heavyweight Champion (1): 2015–2018, since 2020
- Linear world champion (Cyber Boxing Zone) heavyweight (1): 2015–2016, since 2020
- WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (1): 2012
- WBO International Heavyweight Champion (1): 2014–2015 (1 title defense)
- EBU European heavyweight champion (1): 2014
- Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion (1): 2011 (1 title defense)
- British Heavyweight Champion (2): 2011, 2014-2015
- English heavyweight champion (2): 2009-2010, 2010
- Irish Heavyweight Champion (1): 2012
Awards
- Ring Magazine World Boxer of the Year (1): 2015, 2018 nominated
- Ring Magazine Upset of the Year (1): 2015 (against Wladimir Klitschko )
- Ring Magazine Round of the Year (1): 2018 (v Deontay Wilder , round 12)
- Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year (1): 2018
- BWAA Bill Crawford John McCain Award (1): 2018 (for the courage to overcome adversity)
See also
- List of heavyweight boxing champions
- List of reigning boxing world champions
- List of fights for world heavyweight boxing titles
Web links
- Tyson Fury in the BoxRec database
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klitschko after total write-off against Fury: “To be continued” Westdeutsche Zeitung, November 29, 2015, accessed on November 30, 2015.
- ^ Tyson Fury: Fists of Fury. In: The Independent. November 11, 2011, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Eamon Dillon: Gypsy Empire . Transworld Ireland, London 2013, ISBN 1-4481-6812-0 (English).
- ↑ Patrick Woulfe: Ó Fiodhabhra. In: Library Ireland. 1923, accessed April 16, 2016 .
- ^ The fight and the fury. In: The Irish Times. April 20, 2013, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Gareth A Davies: Tyson Fury the new British giant on the heavyweight block. In: The Telegraph. December 6, 2008, accessed April 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Gareth A Davies: Tyson Fury fired up by the return of his father from prison. In: The Telegraph. January 24, 2015, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Tyson Fury: I'm not interested in being a role model. In: BBC Sports. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ James Robson: Hosea Burton crowned British champion after six-round thriller against Miles Shinkwin. In: Manchester Evening News. February 27, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Gareth A Davies: Tyson Fury and cousin Hughie Fury poised to become the 'new Klitschkos'. In: The Telegraph. March 7, 2013, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ^ Alan Hubbard: Tyson Fury: Reflections of a gypsy fighter. In: The Independent. October 29, 2011, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Matt Lewis: Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury: 9 things you didn't know about the Gypsy King ahead of title showdown. In: Mirror. November 24, 2015, accessed April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Gareth A Davies: Tyson Fury the new British giant on the heavyweight block. In: The Telegraph. December 6, 2008, accessed April 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Stuart Brennan: Fury-ous Tyson to hit back. In: Manchester Evening News. April 19, 2010, accessed April 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Haye after surgery before the end of his career spox.com, November 17, 2013, accessed on May 3, 2014.
- ↑ Andreas Evelt: Klitschko loses world title to Fury. In: Spiegel Online. November 29, 2015, accessed November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Due to breach of contract: Fury has to give up one of his world champion belts. spiegel.de, accessed on December 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Fury: Resignation after Klitschko fight spox.com, May 1, 2016, accessed on May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Klitschko champion again soon? Sport1, June 26, 2016, accessed June 27, 2016.
- ↑ Benedikt Warmbrunn: Temporarily blocked , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 5, 2016, p. 36
- ↑ The pugilist of God
- ↑ Fury is “no longer an issue” for Klitschko . FAZ.net, October 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Everyday Hope to Die," Spox.com, October 5, 2016.
- ↑ Tyson Fury returns world title . Spiegel Online, October 13, 2016.
- ↑ Fury announces immediate resignation Sport1.de, July 26, 2017.
- ↑ Perform Media Deutschland GmbH: Three fury fights next year? October 12, 2017 ( spox.com [accessed November 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Malte Müller-Michaelis, DER SPIEGEL: Heavyweight World Champion Tyson Fury: The Triumph of the Unpredictable - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ^ Barney Ronay: Tyson Fury: the boxer who picked a fight with the world. In: The Guardian. December 7, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael McKenna: Tony Bellew defends Tyson Fury comments despite 'gay lovers' slur. In: Liverpool Echo. December 10, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ^ Tyson Fury: Why don't they just make drugs totally legal in sports? In: The Telegraph. November 24, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Andreas Hale: New heavyweight champ Tyson Fury calls Wladimir Klitschko camp 'cheats,' says he feared being drugged. In: Yahoo Sports. November 30, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ^ Tyson Fury to explain controversial comments to the British Boxing Board. BBC Sports, December 10, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Tyson Fury incites against Jews, gays and Klitschko
- ↑ Malte Müller-Michaelis, Lukas Rilke, DER SPIEGEL: Tyson Fury: The conqueror of Wladimir Klitschko starts a comeback - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Callum Davis: Tyson Fury under police investigation after hate crime accusation. In: The Telegraph. December 9, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Gregg Bakowski: BBC Spoty shortlist: petition to remove Tyson Fury reaches 75,000 signatures. In: The Guardian. December 6, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ^ Press Association: Tyson Fury must remember he is a role model, says sports minister. In: The Guardian. December 17, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Telegraph Sports: Tyson Fury denies he is a homophobe and says he is 'uniting the world'. In: The Telegraph. December 10, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Kate Ng, Doug Bolton: Tyson Fury responds to critics after homophobia and sexism accusations. In: Independent. December 6, 2015, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Telegraph Sports: Tyson Fury goes on the offensive again, telling doubters: 'You are 50,000 w ----- s… suck my balls'. In: The Telegraph. December 7, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Kirsteen Paterson: Enough is enough: SNP challenge to BBC over Tyson Fury's Sports Personality of the Year nomination. In: The National. December 8, 2015, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Allan Preston, Adrian Rutherford: Tyson Fury row BBC fight to save SPOTY as Olympic hero Greg Rutherford threatens to quit awards over boxer's inclusion. In: Belfast Telegraph. December 9, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ James Riach, Henry McDonald: Greg Rutherford admits to pulling out of Spoty over Tyson Fury misgivings. In: The Guardian. December 9, 2015, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ^ Tyson Fury: Police investigate complaint of hate crime. In: BBC News. December 8, 2015, accessed April 9, 2016 .
- ^ Tyson Fury: Police rule out hate crime action. In: BBC News. December 10, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Tyson Fury apologies for comments that 'hurt anybody'. In: BBC Sports. December 20, 2015, accessed April 13, 2016 .
- ↑ ESPN BWAA votes Oleksandr Usyk 2018 fighter of the year; Jarrett Hurd-Erislandy Lara earns top bout
predecessor | title | successor |
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Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) November 28, 2015 - December 8, 2015 |
vacant Charles Martin |
Wladimir Klitschko |
Heavyweight Superchampion ( WBA ) November 28, 2015 - October 12, 2016 |
vacant Anthony Joshua |
Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) November 28, 2015 - October 12, 2016 |
vacant Joseph Parker |
Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBO ) November 28, 2015 - October 12, 2016 |
vacant Anthony Joshua |
Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( The Ring ) November 28, 2015 - February 1, 2018 |
vacant |
Wladimir Klitschko | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( Linear ) November 28, 2015 - October 12, 2016 |
vacant |
Deontay Wilder | Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) since February 22, 2020 |
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vacant | Heavyweight boxing champion ( The Ring ) since February 22, 2020 |
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vacant | Heavyweight boxing champion ( linear ) since February 22, 2020 |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fury, Tyson |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fury, Luke Tyson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester , England |