{"id":14517,"date":"2024-05-19T10:04:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=14517"},"modified":"2024-05-19T10:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:05:01","slug":"tyson-fury-rings-gypsy-king-of-contradictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/boxing\/tyson-fury-rings-gypsy-king-of-contradictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury: The &#8216;Gypsy King&#8217; of the Ring Full of Contradictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the boxing world eagerly awaits a true heavyweight title fight that will unify the division for the first time in over 20 years, Tyson Fury (35) emphasizes that Saturday&#8217;s bout with Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh is primarily about the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The truth is it&#8217;s exciting to me and attractive because of the amount of money I&#8217;m getting paid,&#8221; he said this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not because of the belts that are on the line.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I&#039;m nervous, shaking &amp; terrified!&quot; ? Tyson Fury FUNNY interview ahead of undisputed fight\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/131nn9_cq1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it&#8217;s true that the self-proclaimed &#8216;Gypsy King&#8217;\u2014Fury, the son of Irish Travellers\u2014will earn well over $100 million from the fight, there&#8217;s a sense he might be masking something deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Gypsy King, read &#8216;Contradiction King.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fury, now 35, fully understands the significance of this fight: a chance to secure a place among the all-time greats of boxing history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going back to Jack Dempsey in the 1920s, only 23 fighters can claim that legendary status, including icons like Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one has achieved this since another British boxer, Lennox Lewis, defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usyk holds the WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO belts, while Fury has held the WBC title since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So is it just about the Saudi money, appealing as it might be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There are so many belts on the line and nothing competes with that,&#8221; Fury said last month, directly contradicting this week&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is the fight of the ages, nothing can compare with this. Not a show fight, not a crossover fight, not YouTube boxing, nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is two undefeated world heavyweight champions colliding for all the belts, and it hasn&#8217;t been done since whenever.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best shape of his career ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tyson_Fury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Tyson_Fury<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTOhsnOBhO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eTOhsnOBhO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trboxing\/status\/1790476151099678798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;My Destiny&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fury&#8217;s boxing journey began at birth in Manchester. Born two months premature and weighing only 450 grams (1 lb)\u2014he will weigh around 125 kilos (20 stone) for Saturday&#8217;s fight\u2014Fury had an early battle for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fury&#8217;s father, also a boxer, admired his fighting spirit and named him Tyson, after Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He grew rapidly\u2014now standing at 2.06 meters (six foot nine inches)\u2014and left school at 11 to focus on boxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, at the age of 20, he made his professional debut by stopping Hungarian fighter Bela Gyongyosi in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixteen years later, his record boasts an impressive 34 wins, 24 by knockout, and no defeats, with the only blemish being a draw with Deontay Wilder in January 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That draw was the first of three fights between them, with Fury knocking Wilder down in the subsequent two fights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early highlight of his career was a unanimous points victory over Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, but the lowest point soon followed this as he tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone and then cocaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This led to a spiral in his mental health, and he relinquished all his titles: at that point, Fury had become a Whimper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, his strength, and that of his wife Paris, helped him come back and reach the top once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fury has the build, power, and presence to hurt his opponents, but his mental weakness could be his downfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His last fight in October, also in Riyadh, was against UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An overweight, sluggish Fury struggled. He was knocked down in the third round but went on to win via a controversial split decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That performance did not sway Lennox Lewis, who believes Fury has the capability to follow him as the undisputed heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been watching him for a long time and he&#8217;s a good boxer,&#8221; Lewis told The Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tyson Fury&#8217;s got lots of different weapons in his arsenal. He has shown in the fights with Deontay Wilder he is aggressive and moves forward well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Those fights really showed his skill, his talent, his ring generalship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I would put money on Fury\u2014as long as it is the 100 percent focused Fury.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8216;Gypsy King&#8217; himself has no doubt that this is the moment he joins those other boxing legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If Tyson Fury can&#8217;t beat Usyk, Tyson&#8217;s no good, end of,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is my time, my destiny, my era, and my generation. 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