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Revision as of 10:19, 3 March 2009
Tyson Fury | |
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| Born | Luke Tyson Fury 1 June 1988 |
| Nationality | English  |
| Other names | "Tyson" |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
| Stance | orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 3 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Wins by KO | 3 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Tyson Fury born June 1988 is a professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.
Fury won a bronze at the World Junior Championships 2006 in Agadir at super heavyweight and the 2008 ABA Super Heavyweight Championship[1]
Amateur
Fury was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester into an Irish Traveller family. His father 'Gypsy' John Fury was a British heavyweight in the 90s and fought Henry Akinwande among others.
He started boxing in 2002, stands 6ft 9in tall and his debut fight weighed in 17 stone 12lbs.
At the World Championships 2006 in Agadir he lost to Uzbek Sardor Abdullayev 31:36.In England he participated in the senior national championships 2006 but was beaten by David Price.
In May 2007 he won the so called EU junior championship and lost to Maxim Babanin in the final of the European Junior Championships. He was ranked #3 in the world (juniors) behind the Russians Maxim Babanin and Andrey Volkov, but lost out to Price in going to the Olympics in Beijing. In absence of Price who won Olympic Bronze at Beijing he became national champion(ABA) in 2008.
His amateur record was 30(26 KOs)- 4 losses.
Professional career
Fury turned professional for promoter Mick Hennessy in December 2008 at the Tryst Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England on the undercard of the Carl Froch and Jean Pascal fight for the WBC super middleweight title. In his debut Fury defeated Hungary's Bela Gyongyosi with a first round knockout.[1]
In only his second fight in January 2009, Fury fought Germany's Marcel Zeller, a man with an unusual record for a second opponent of 21 (20 KO)-3. Fury won the fight after it was stopped in the 3rd round.
On February 28th Fury beat Russian Daniel Peret by TKO in the second round by stoppage due to a cut on Peret`s eye in Norwich on the undercard of Jon Thaxton first defence of his European Lightweight title.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ a b Boxrec. ""Tyson Fury"". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 26 May.
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External links
- Boxing record for Tyson Fury from BoxRec (registration required)
- Professional boxing record for 'Gypsy' John Fury (father) from Boxrec.
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