Tyson Fury

Who is Tyson Fury?

The British professional boxer who has just completed one of the greatest comebacks in modern sports history knocking out Deontay Wilder in the seventh round of WBC 2020. He claimed the WBC heavyweight title in February 2020 after defeating the unbeatable Deontary Wilder. Tyson who left his boxing career for more than two years has now come back with great energy and spirit. Tyson Fury aka Tyson Luke Fury is already a two-time heavyweight champion.  Besides, Tyson has also won various titles like WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO. Further, he was also named as the Fighter of the Year in 2015 by The Ring.

As Tyson has just come back after years with such a great power comeback, he has attracted the eyes of many people towards him. Want to know more about Tyson Fury’s personal and professional life? If so then keep scrolling the article below to know more about Tyson Fury.

Celeb Facts

Wiki, Bio, Age, Nationality, Ethnicity, Parents

Tyson Fury first took a breath on this earth on August 12, 1988, as Tyson Luke Fury. As of now, he has successfully completed 31 years of his age. Fury was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England under the birth sign Leo. Further, he holds British nationality and belongs to Irish ethnicity. Tyson took birth in the house of parents John Fury (Father) and Burton Fury (Mother). As Tyson’s father was also a bare-knuckle fighter, we can say that the art of fighting is in the blood of the Fury family. Besides, Tyson raised along with his siblings: Shane Fury and Tommy Fury (Brothers). In fact, Tyson’s name was also kept after the boxer Mike Tyson by his father. Altogether, Tyson’s parents had 14 pregnancies in total but Tyson and his two siblings only were able to survive.

Tyson was raised along with his siblings in his hometown in Wythenshawe. He started playing boxing since his early childhood. Having a family background of boxers, Tyson got interested in boxing from his early childhood. Talking about his education, he does seem to have any interest in education. Tyson left the school when he was 11. After that, he joined his father’s tarmacking roads with his siblings.

How much is the Net Worth of Tyson Fury in 2020? Salary

As we all know, WBC is one of the wealthiest sports. Since Tyson was involved in the boxing career from his early childhood, he has earned a  lot of money from it. As of 2020, Tyson has a net worth of $30 Million. Moreover, his total networth includes a $28 million minimum guarantee earned from his rematch against Deontary Wilder held in February 2020.

Tyson faced off against Deontay for the first time in December of 2018. At that time Fury was guaranteed $3 million whereas Deontay was guaranteed $4 million. As the match was drawn, both of them earned equal money of around $10 Million.

Tyson Fury won the WBC 2020 defeating Deontay Wilder!

Fury a heavyweight champion boxer has claimed the WBC heavyweight title on February 22, 2020, after defeating the unbeatable Deontary Wilder.  Tyson who left his boxing career for more than two years has now come back with great energy and spirit. Tyson Fury aka Tyson Luke Fury is already a two-time heavyweight champion. All of the WBC fans are getting excited by the Fury’s comeback. Talking about the amateur career of Tyson, he started boxing at the age of 10. After leaving his school at the age of 11, he started his father’s tarmacking roads along with his siblings. Moreover, he also represented Britain and Ireland on several occasions.

Professional Career

He actually started his boxing career in 2006 after participating in Senior National Championship as a junior. Further, he won the EU junior championship representing England. In 2008, Fury was ranked as the top three most talented junior boxers in the world with the “ABA super-heavyweight”. Tyson started his professional career in 2008. At that time he was just 20 and won the match against Bela Pyongyang. Further, in 2009, he played the other six matches achieving victory in all of them. Fury even won the “English Heavyweight” title against John McDermott. Moreover, Fury won the title “British and Commonwealth Heavyweight” after defeating Dereck Chisora in July of 2011. In July 2012, he gained the title “WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight” in a match against Vinny Maddalone. Besides, Tyson also defeated Klitschko in 2015 for the WBA, IBF and The Ring heavyweight titles.

Tyson along with his cousin, Hughie Fury was charged with possession of prohibited substances by the UK Anti—Doping agency. After that, he left boxing for two years due to his health problem. Later in 2018, he comeback winning two fights against Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta. Tyson faced, Deontary Wilder on December 1, 2018. However, the match ended with a draw and the money was divided equally to both of them. Apart from this, Fury has also appeared in WWE. He made his appearance in WWE’s debut of Smack-down on October 4, 2019. Further, Fury has also shown interest in competing in MMA. In fact, Tyson also mentioned that the MMA fighter, Conor McGregor has offered to train him.

Tyson Fury Personal Life: Relationship, Wife, & Affairs

Tyson Fury has maintained his personal life as well as his professional life. Fury tied his knot with a beautiful lady, Paris in 2008 at St.Peter in Chains Catholic in South Yorkshire.  Actually, Tyson is a different persona out of his professional life. There is a hidden romantic Tyson inside the angry and fighter Tyson. Paris is the teenage and first love of Tyson. At the time of their first meeting, Tyson was 17 and his wife was 15. After that, they started dating each other and later they got married.  Fury’s wife Paris has got quite similar things to Tyson. Like Tyson, she was also raised in a Gypsy family and is practicing Catholic.

The couple has already welcomed altogether five children. His five children include Son (Prince Tyson Fury II, Prince John James Fury and daughter(Venezuela Fury and Valencia Amber Fury). Currently, Tyson is living a happy life with his family in Morecambe, Lancashire.

Height, Weight, Tattoo and Other Body Measurements

Tyson is 6 feet 9 inches (2.06m) tall and weighs 116Kg (257Ibs). He has got a muscular body that measures 44-34-37 inches. Besides, his biceps measure 16 inches. Tyson wears shoes of size 12 US. Further, He has hazel brown hair and dark brown eyes.

Tyson has got no tattoo on his body. However, his fans are showing great love for him making his tattoo on their body.