Jump to content

Tyson Fury

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AltitudeJunkie (talk | contribs) at 08:16, 22 July 2015 (→Professional career: Undo vandalism). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Tyson Fury
Born
Tyson Luke Fury

(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 36)
Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, England
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[1]
Reach85 in (216 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins24
Wins by KO18
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Tyson Luke Fury[2] (born 12 August 1988) is a professional boxer from Manchester, England who fights in the heavyweight division. Having initially been denied the opportunity to fight for Ireland at the Olympic Games, he was permitted to represent both Great Britain and Ireland after tracing his family lineage to relatives in Belfast.[3][4] He has represented both England and Ireland at amateur level and won the ABA championship in 2008 before turning professional later that year. He is the current British and EBU heavyweight champion, Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion, Irish Heavyweight Champion, WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, and WBO International Heavyweight Champion.

Background

Fury was born into a family of Irish Traveller heritage.[5] His father is from Tuam, County Galway[6] and his maternal grandmother is from County Tipperary.[7] His family has a long history in boxing;[8] his father competed in the 1980s as "Gypsy" John Fury,[9] initially as a bareknuckle fighter.[10] He is a cousin of Irish WBO Middleweight World Champion Andy Lee[7] and heavyweight Hughie Fury.[11] Hughie's father, Peter Fury, is also Tyson's trainer[12] He is also a distant relative of "self-styled King of the Gypsies"[13] Bartley Gorman.[14][15] His father named him "Tyson" after then-world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.[8]

Amateur career

As an amateur, Fury represented both Ireland and England. Fury represented Ireland three times at international level. He initially fought out of the Holy Family Boxing Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland and later switched to the Smithboro Club in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.[16] In a double international duel against an experienced Polish team in 2007, the Irish team lost 12-6 overall; Fury, however, was victorious in both his fights in Rzeszów and Białystok.[17] In another Irish match against the US, Fury won his bout by knock-out.[18]

He was forced to withdraw from the Irish national championships after officials from the Holy Trinity BC in Belfast, the club of the then Irish amateur heavyweight champion, submitted a protest regarding his eligibility.[18][19] He won a bronze medal at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in 2006.[20]

In England, whilst representing Jimmy Egan's Boxing Academy, he participated in the senior national championships in 2006 but was beaten by David Price 22-8.[21]

In May 2007, he won the EU Junior Championship representing England, and later lost to Maxim Babanin in the final of the European Junior Championships. As a junior, he was ranked number three in the World behind the Russians Maxim Babanin and Andrey Volkov, but lost out to David Price for a place at the Olympic Games in Beijing representing the United Kingdom.

Price was chosen for the 2008 Olympic team ahead of Fury due to Olympic rules restricting each country to one boxer per weight division. Fury also unsuccessfully tried to qualify for Ireland, and attributed his failure to qualify for the Olympics as his reason for turning professional, instead of waiting for a chance that might not have come in 2012.[19]

In the absence of Price (who won Olympic Bronze in Beijing) he became national champion (ABA) in 2008.[8]

Fury's amateur boxing record stood at 35 fights, 31 wins, 26 wins by KO, with 4 losses.

Professional career

Fury turned professional with promoter Mick Henessy in December 2008 and represents Great Britain[22] and Ireland.[23] His debut came at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham on the undercard of the Carl Froch and Jean Pascal fight for the WBC super middleweight title. In this fight Fury defeated Hungary's Bela Gyongyosi (W3-L9-D2) with a first round knock-out.[20]

His second fight was in January 2009, when Fury fought Germany's Marcel Zeller, who had won 21 of 23 previous bouts. Fury won the fight by TKO after it was stopped in the third round. On 28 February 2009, Fury beat 35-fight veteran Russian Daniil Peretyatko (W15-L20), winning by retirement in the second round due to a large cut on Peret's eye. The bout took place in Norwich on the undercard of Jon Thaxton's first defence of his European Lightweight title.

On 14 March 2009, at the Aston Events Centre in Birmingham, Tyson beat fellow Briton Lee Swaby (W23-L22-D2) by retirement.

On 11 April 2009, Fury continued the unbeaten start to his career by beating Englishman Matthew Ellis (W20-L6-D1) at the York Hall. Fury won by knock-out, 48 seconds into the first round.

On 23 May 2009, Fury had his first eight-round fight, beating Northern Ireland's 6 ft 7inch fellow prospect Scott Belshaw (W10-L1) by second-round TKO with 52 seconds of the second round. Belshaw was knocked down twice in the first round, both times by body shots.

Fury's next fight was due to take place on 12 June, though after suffering a back injury in training the bout was cancelled. Fury returned to the ring on 18 July 2009, beating Latvian Aleksandrs Selezens (W3-L6) 48 seconds into the 3rd round, despite the fight almost being cancelled due to Fury's continuing back injury.

The BBBofC decided that Fury, in only his 8th bout, would fight John McDermott (W25-L5) for the English title before the end of November.[24] The fight was confirmed for 11 September at the Brentwood International Centre.[25][26] On 11 September, Fury beat John McDermott in a controversial points decision. Both boxers stated they would like a rematch. Many boxing observers scored the contest in favour of McDermott, and promoter Frank Maloney labelled referee Terry O'Connor a "disgrace to British Boxing" after his decision.[27][28]

On 26 September, Fury made his Irish debut, winning a clear 6 round decision against Tomas Mrazek (W4-L22-D5). The fight was on the undercard of Bernard Dunne versus Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym at The O2 in Dublin.[7]

On 5 March 2010 Fury knocked out Germany's Hans-Joerg Blasko (W9-L3) in the first round in Huddersfield.

On 26 June 2010, Fury again faced John McDermott in a rematch for the vacant English heavyweight title; the fight also served as a British heavyweight title fight eliminator.[29][30] In round six, Fury sustained a deep cut above his right eye near the end of the round after an accidental clash of heads. In round seven, Fury was penalised for holding McDermott and was subsequently deducted a point by referee, Dave Parris. In the eighth, Fury knocked down McDermott with a short right hook. In the 9th round Fury knocked down McDermott twice more before the referee stopped the fight,[20][31] at 1 minute 8 seconds of the ninth round.[29]

On 10 September 2010 Fury faced then unbeaten American prospect Rich Power (W12-L0) in London. Fury won all 8 rounds on the referee's scorecard.

For his 13th professional bout, Fury travelled to North America for the first time, defeating American Zack Page (W21-L32-D2) over 8 rounds in Quebec City, Canada. All three judges gave him every round.

Fury's first fight of 2011 took place against Brazil's then unbeaten Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (W13-L0) at Wembley Arena on 19 February. Nascimento was coming off a good win over Gonzalo Omar Basile, however Fury floored Nascimento in the first round, and went on to win by knockout in round 5.

The victory over McDermott had elevated Fury to the position of mandatory challenger to the highly regarded and unbeaten Dereck Chisora (W14-L0) for the British Heavyweight Title. This fight was held on 23 July 2011. Fury won a clear unanimous decision and the British Title.

Fury went on to fight the tough 6 ft 6inch American fringe contender Nicolai Firtha (W20-L8-D1) (who had previously taken Alexander Povetkin the distance) at the King's Hall, Belfast. Fury won by TKO when the referee stopped the contest in the fifth round.

Fury defended his commonwealth title against undefeated Canadian champion Neven Pajkic (W16-L0) on 12 November 2011. The fight took place in Fury's home City of Manchester. He was knocked down for the first time in his career in the second round by Pajkic, but ultimately won the fight by a controversial TKO in the third round, knocking down his opponent twice, one of which appeared to be as a result of a shove from Fury.[32]

Fury vacated the British and Commonwealth titles in February 2012, stating that wished to concentrate on pursuing a world title.[33][34][35]

On 14 April 2012, Fury competed against Belfast's Martin Rogan (W14-L2) (who held victories over Matt Skelton and Audley Harrison) for the vacant Irish heavyweight title. Fury showed versatility by fighting southpaw for the first time in this bout, and halted Rogan in the fifth round with a body punch to win the title.[36]

On 7 July 2012, Fury outclassed Vinny Maddalone (W35-L7), winning the WBO Intercontinental Title by TKO in round 5.[37][38]

On 1 December 2012, Fury fought American world title contender Kevin Johnson (W28-L2-D1). Fury won via unanimous decision.

On 20 April 2013, Fury fought the highly ranked American former world Cruiserweight champion, Steve Cunningham (W25-L5) in his United States debut at Madison Square Garden. The bout was an IBF Title Eliminator to determine the Number 2 World Ranking, with the winner then needing to fight unbeaten Bulgarian heavyweight Kubrat Pulev for the mandatory position for a tilt at the long reigning Ukrainian world champion Wladimir Klitschko. Cunningham came into the fight on the rebound from a controversial split decision loss to Tomasz Adamek of Poland. Fury fought wildly in the first two rounds, and was floored by Cunningham in the 2nd round. However Fury rebounded and knocked Cunningham out for the first time in his career with a right hand in the seventh round.[39]

This win gave the 24 year old Fury a world ranking of 7 according to Boxrec,[1] a number 2 ranking according to the International Boxing Federation, 6th with the World Boxing Council, and 5th with the World Boxing Organization.[40]

Fury was due to fight David Haye[41][42] on 28 September 2013. However, Haye pulled out of the fight on 21 September after sustaining a cut, which required six stitches, above the eye during training.[43] The fight was originally postponed to 8 February 2014,[44] however Haye was forced to pull out of the fight with a career-threatening shoulder injury, and hinted at his retirement.[45] After a brief retirement Fury signed with BoxNation and made his return to the ring on 15 February 2014, at the Copper Box in London. Fury defeated Joey Abell by TKO in round 4.

Fury was due to fight rival Dereck Chisora for the second time on 26 July 2014. However, on 21 July, Chisora was forced to pull out after sustaining a fractured hand in training. Belarusian Alexander Ustinov was lined up as Chisora's replacement in the bout scheduled to take place at the Manchester Arena,[46] Fury pulled out of the fight after his uncle and former trainer Hughie Fury was taken seriously ill.[47] However, Fury and Chisora rescheduled the rematch for 29 November 2014; Fury ended up winning the rematch, in a one-sided bout by effective use of his jab.

Fury then went on to face Christian Hammer on 28 February 2015, and also won the match.

In July 2015 negotiations began between Fury and Charlie 'the hitman' Hunt (current record 0 wins 56 loses). The hitman Hunt is currently ranked bottom of the rankings at #577 voted by the squad. The fight will take place on 24th Ocotober 2015. On July 22nd 2015 Fury tweeted 'Charlie the hitman Hunt is nothing but a c*nt'.

Professional boxing record

24 Wins (18 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[20]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
— — Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko — - (12) 2015-10-24 Germany Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany For WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles.
Win 24–0 Romania Christian Hammer RTD 8 (12), 3:00 2015-02-28 United Kingdom The O2 Arena, London, England Retained WBO International Heavyweight title.
Win 23–0 United Kingdom Dereck Chisora RTD 10 (12), 3:00 2014-11-29 United Kingdom ExCeL London, London, England Won EBU (European) and WBO International Heavyweight titles.
Win 22–0 United States Joey Abell TKO 4 (10), 1:48 2014-02-15 United Kingdom Copper Box, London, England
Win 21–0 United States Steve Cunningham KO 7 (12), 2:55 2013-04-20 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York IBF Heavyweight title eliminator.
Win 20–0 United States Kevin Johnson UD 12 2012-12-01 United Kingdom Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland WBC Heavyweight title eliminator.
Win 19–0 United States Vinny Maddalone TKO 5 (12), 1:35 2012-07-07 United Kingdom Hand Arena, Clevedon, Somerset Won WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight title.
Win 18–0 United Kingdom Martin Rogan TKO 5 (12), 3:00 2012-04-14 United Kingdom Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland Won Irish Heavyweight title.
Win 17–0 Canada Neven Pajkic TKO 3 (12), 2:44 2011-11-12 United Kingdom Event City, Manchester, England Retained Commonwealth Heavyweight title.
Win 16–0 United States Nicolai Firtha TKO 5 (12), 2:19 2011-09-18 United Kingdom King's Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win 15–0 United Kingdom Dereck Chisora UD 12 2011-07-23 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England Won British & Commonwealth Heavyweight titles.
Win 14–0 Brazil Marcelo Luiz Nascimento KO 5 (10), 2:48 2011-02-19 United Kingdom Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England
Win 13–0 United States Zack Page UD 8 2010-12-19 Canada Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Canada
Win 12–0 United States Rich Power PTS 8 2010-09-10 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green, England
Win 11–0 United Kingdom John McDermott TKO 9 (12), 1:08 2010-06-25 United Kingdom Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England Won vacant English Heavyweight title.
British Heavyweight title Eliminator.
Win 10–0 Germany Hans-Joerg Blasko TKO 1 (8), 2:14 2010-03-05 United Kingdom Huddersfield Sports Centre, Huddersfield, England
Win 9–0 Czech Republic Tomáš Mrázek PTS 6 2009-09-26 Republic of Ireland The O2, Dublin, Ireland
Win 8–0 United Kingdom John McDermott PTS 10 2009-09-11 United Kingdom Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England Won English Heavyweight title.
Win 7–0 Latvia Aleksandrs Selezens TKO 3 (6), 0:48 2009-07-18 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green, England
Win 6–0 Republic of Ireland Scott Belshaw TKO 2 (8), 0:52 2009-05-23 United Kingdom Colosseum, Watford, England
Win 5–0 United Kingdom Matthew Ellis KO 1 (6), 0:48 2009-04-11 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green, England
Win 4–0 United Kingdom Lee Swaby TKO 4 (6), 3:00 2009-03-14 United Kingdom Aston Events Centre, Birmingham, England
Win 3–0 Russia Daniel Peret TKO 2 (6), 3:00 2009-02-28 United Kingdom Norwich Showground, Norwich, England
Win 2–0 Germany Marcel Zeller TKO 3 (6), 2:50 2009-01-17 United Kingdom Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England
Win 1–0 Hungary Bela Gyongyosi TKO 1 (6), 2:14 2008-12-06 United Kingdom National Ice Centre, Nottingham, England Professional debut.

Major and minor titles held

  • English Heavyweight Champion (x2)
  • British Heavyweight Champion (x2)
  • Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
  • Irish Heavyweight Champion
  • WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion
  • WBO International Heavyweight Champion
  • European Heavyweight Champion

References

  1. ^ a b "Tyson Fury - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ Fury, Paris. "Tyson Fury's Passport". Paris Fury via Twitter. Paris Fury. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Boxer Fury finds Irish roots". BBC Sport. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ Balasundaram, Nemesha (30 July 2013). "Tyson Fury fulfils promise to 'Trafford's Frank Sinatra' for Haye walkout". The Irish Post. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Tyson Fury: Fists of fury". The Independent. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ^ https://books.google.ie/books?id=IwrO4OQE2gYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22gypsy+john+fury%22+tuam&source=bl&ots=BhIEYiAJjS&sig=pBCDjf5EGpTZOUgZUmm51ijmI7k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9zYXVfzLApftaPGdgOgB&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22gypsy%20john%20fury%22%20tuam&f=false
  7. ^ a b c Tyson Fury added to Dunne card, RTÉ Sport, Thursday, 17 September 2009 17:17
  8. ^ a b c Telegraph (6 December 2008). "Tyson Fury". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  9. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11367625/Tyson-Fury-fired-up-by-the-return-of-his-father-from-prison.html
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/boxing/26153811
  11. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/9916100/Tyson-Fury-and-cousin-Hughie-Fury-poised-to-become-the-new-Klitschkos.html
  12. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2855142/Tyson-Fury-unable-train-four-weeks-Dereck-Chisora-bout-virus-reveals-uncle-trainer-Peter-Fury.html
  13. ^ The Independent, 30.11.2011
  14. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/tyson-fury-reflections-of-a-gypsy-fighter-2377876.html
  15. ^ King of the travellers Bartley Gorman - YouTube
  16. ^ "Tyson Fury looking for English and Irish title double". Inside Boxing. Retrieved 20 April 2009. [dead link‍]
  17. ^ Bernard O’Neill. "Golden year for Irish boxing. He fought under Jimmy Egans Boxing, the club that made him to the standard he is". Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  18. ^ a b David Kelly. "Tyson Fury- 'English' Tyson is causing a real fury in Dublin". Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  19. ^ a b Manchester evening news
  20. ^ a b c d Boxrec. "Tyson Fury". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  21. ^ Mark Vester. ""Tyson Fury- "I'd Smash David Price's Face in". Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  22. ^ Alan Hubbard (25 January 2009). "Travelling tyros settle in for white-knuckle ride". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 April 2009. I'm not going to try and be something I'm not. I am proud of what I am, and that's a Traveller, Irish, whatever you want to call it. But I'm here and I'm fighting for GB.
  23. ^ Mark Doyle. "Fury wants Irish title". Retrieved 20 April 2009. It would be great to be the English and Irish heavyweight champ at the same time. That would be pretty unique and I'm very proud of my Irish roots. My Dad was born in Tuam in Galway and my grandmother on my Mum's side was a Tipperary woman, so it would be great to fight for the Irish title. ... I want to win as many titles as I can in this game. I'd love to start out with the Irish and English titles and then move on to British, Commonwealth and European titles before going on to the world scene"
  24. ^ "Fury ready for McDermott", Sky Sports, 29 June 2009
  25. ^ "TYSON: MALONEY WILL EAT HIS WORDS", Sporting Life, 12 August 2009
  26. ^ Liam Santiago. "Tyson Fury eyes English and Irish titles this year". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  27. ^ Slater, James (2009-09-11). "Tyson Fury gets highly controversial points win over John McDermott". East Side Boxing. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  28. ^ "Fury claims English title". Manchester Evening News. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-11. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  29. ^ a b Davies, Gareth (2010-06-26). "Tyson Fury to strong for John McDermottt". Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  30. ^ "Tyson Fury KO's John McDermott". 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  31. ^ British Boxing.com
  32. ^ "Tyson Fury stops Neven Pajkic to defend Commonwealth heavyweight title". BBC Sport. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  33. ^ "Tyson Fury vacates titles", ESPN, 8 February 2012, retrieved 2012-05-15
  34. ^ Robson, James (2012) "Price just not right for Tyson Fury", Manchester Evening News, 9 February 2012, retrieved 2012-05-17
  35. ^ "Tyson Fury vacates British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles", The Guardian, 8 February 2012, retrieved 2012-05-17
  36. ^ "Tyson Fury stops veteran Martin Rogan in Belfast bout". BBC Sport. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  37. ^ "Tyson Fury vs. Vinny Maddalone Finalized For July 7th - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  38. ^ "Photos/Weights: Tyson Fury, Vinny Maddalone Ready - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  39. ^ "Tyson Fury wins U.S. debut". 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  40. ^ "Boxing Rankings | WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF". Fightnews. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  41. ^ "No heavyweight has done what I'll do to Haye... it's going to be special, vows Fury". Daily Mail. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  42. ^ "David Haye believes Tyson Fury's superior height and weight will count for nought in September 28 clash". Daily Telegraph. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  43. ^ David Haye Postpones Tyson Fury Fight after Sustaining Cut www.bbc.co.uk
  44. ^ Tyson Fury Doubts Whether David Haye Fight Will Happen - Interview (Contains Strong Language) - Youtube
  45. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/24981216.
  46. ^ "Tyson Fury to take on Alexander Ustinov after Dereck Chisora withdrawal", Sky Sports, 23 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014
  47. ^ "Tyson Fury pulls out of Alexander Ustinov fight after uncle taken ill", The Guardian, 26 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014
Achievements
Preceded by English Heavyweight Champion
September 11, 2009 – July 23, 2011
Won British title 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Heavyweight Champion
Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
July 23, 2011 – 8 February 2012
Vacated

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tyson_Fury&oldid=672548776"