Tyson Fury facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tyson Fury
Fury in 2017
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Real name	Tyson Luke Fury
Nickname(s)	The Gypsy King
Rated at	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 9 in
Reach	85 in
Born	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 36) Manchester, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	34
Wins by KO	24
Losses	2
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  England World Junior Championships Bronze 2006 Agadir Super-heavyweight English National Championships Gold 2008 London Super-heavyweight Representing  Ireland EU Junior Championships Gold 2007 Warsaw Super-heavyweight European Junior Championships Silver 2007 Sombor Super-heavyweight

Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2024. He 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 (WBC) title from 2020 to 2024. He also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) title during his first reign as champion.

Early life

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. He was born three months premature and weighed just 1 pound (450 g). His father named him after American boxer Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time, and later explained, "The doctors told me there was not much chance of him living. I had lost two daughters in the same way who had been born prematurely." He decided on the name "Tyson" as Fury was "a fighter" and survived the premature birth.

Fury grew up in Styal, Cheshire, and would later often mention his love for both Styal and his birthplace of Manchester. His paternal grandfather was from Tuam, which is also the birthplace of his father. The Furys are ultimately of Gaelic origin, deriving their present surname from Ó Fiodhabhra. His maternal grandmother is from County Tipperary and his mother was born in Belfast. Despite strongly identifying with his Irish heritage, Fury has had problems in gaining dual citizenship because his father's birth in County Galway was not recorded civilly in the 1960s, as Irish Travellers at the time only recorded births through baptism with the church rather than officially with the state. After dethroning Wladimir Klitschko, Fury would quip that "becoming the heavyweight champion of the world is not as hard a fight as proving [his] Irishness".

Fury left school when he was 11, and joined his father and three brothers tarmacking roads.

Fury began boxing at the age of 10. His father, John, trained him until 2011. Fury's uncle Hughie Fury trained him until he died in 2014, after which Fury's other uncle Peter Fury (trainer of son Hughie Fury) trained him in preparation for his fight against Wladimir Klitschko. Peter Fury is also a former boxer.

Career

As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships; gold at the 2007 EU Junior Championships; silver at the 2007 European Junior Championships; and won the ABA super-heavyweight title in 2008. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British title twice between 2011 and 2015; the European title from 2014 to 2015; and the Commonwealth title from 2011 to 2012.

In 2015, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Upset of the Year and earned him Fighter of the Year by The Ring. In 2018, his drawn fight against Deontay Wilder was named Round of the Year and earned him Comeback of the Year by The Ring. 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. In 2021, his trilogy fight against Wilder was named Fight of the Year by The Ring.

On 13 January 2025, Fury announced his retirement from professional boxing via Instagram.

Personal life

Fury met his wife Paris (née Mullroy) when she was 15 and he was 17. They began dating the year after they met, and married in 2008 at St. Peter in Chains Catholic Church in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The couple have seven children together: four sons (all named Prince) and three daughters. When Fury was asked why all of his sons had the first name Prince, he said, "I'm a king and they're princes until they earn their rightful name." He named his first son Prince after Prince Naseem, his favourite British fighter. Paris suffered a miscarriage before Fury's cancelled bout with Ustinov in 2014, and lost another child on the day of his comeback fight against Seferi in 2018.

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. The Guardian described Fury's beliefs as "a mixture of traditional Roman Catholic ... and a particularly literal interpretation of evangelical Christianity". His wife is a practising Catholic and was also raised in an Irish Traveller family.

Fury and his family reside in Morecambe, Lancashire. He also 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. In September 2015, he expressed an interest in running to be an independent MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale.

Fury is a fan of Manchester United F.C. and attends football matches at their home ground Old Trafford. He also supports the England national team.

Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

• WBA (Super) heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• WBC heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• IBF heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• WBO heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)

The Ring magazine titles

• The Ring heavyweight champion (200+ lbs) (2×)

Minor world titles

• IBO heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)

Regional/International titles

• WBO International heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight champion (200+ lbs) (2×)
• European heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• British heavyweight champion (200+ lbs) (2×)
• Commonwealth heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• English heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)
• Irish heavyweight champion (200+ lbs)

Honorary titles

• WBC Maya II champion
• WBC Union champion
• WBC Riyadh champion

Viewership

International

Pay-per-view bouts

Boxing Awards

• Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year: 2015, 2020
• Best Boxer ESPY Award: 2020, 2021
• WBN Fighter of the Year: 2018

Filmography

Television

Discography

Singles

• "Sweet Caroline" (2022)

Images for kids

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  Fury after his professional debut, 2008

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  Fury in 2016

See also

In Spanish: Tyson Fury para niños