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==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Fury turned [[professional boxing|professional]] with promoter Mick Hennessy in December 2008 and represents Great Britain <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-travelling-tyros-settle-in-for-whiteknuckle-ride-1515240.html</ref>. His debut came at the [[National Ice Centre|Trent FM Arena]] in [[Nottingham]] on the [[card (sports)|undercard]] of the [[Carl Froch]] and [[Jean Pascal]] fight for the [[WBC super middleweight title]]. In this fight Fury defeated [[Hungary]]'s Bela Gyongyosi with a first round [[knock-out]].<ref name="Boxrec">{{cite web | author=Boxrec | title="Tyson Fury" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=479205&cat=boxer| accessdate=26 May | accessyear=2008}}</ref>
Fury turned [[professional boxing|professional]] with promoter Mick Hennessy in December 2008 and represents Great Britain <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-travelling-tyros-settle-in-for-whiteknuckle-ride-1515240.html</ref> and Ireland <ref>http://www.hennessysports.com/news-archive-01-2009-497.htm</ref>. His debut came at the [[National Ice Centre|Trent FM Arena]] in [[Nottingham]] on the [[card (sports)|undercard]] of the [[Carl Froch]] and [[Jean Pascal]] fight for the [[WBC super middleweight title]]. In this fight Fury defeated [[Hungary]]'s Bela Gyongyosi with a first round [[knock-out]].<ref name="Boxrec">{{cite web | author=Boxrec | title="Tyson Fury" | work=Boxrec Fighter Page | url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=479205&cat=boxer| accessdate=26 May | accessyear=2008}}</ref>


His second fight was in January 2009, when Fury fought Germany's [[Marcel Zeller]], a man with a record of 21 (20 KO) -3 losses. Fury won the fight by TKO after it was stopped in the third round. On 28 February 2009, Fury beat Russian Daniel Peret by retirement in the second round due to a large cut on Peret's eye in Norwich on the undercard of [[Jon Thaxton]] first defence of his European Lightweight title. Tyson beat [[Lee Swaby]] by retirement on 14 March 2009, at the [[Aston Events Centre]] in [[Birmingham]] on the undercard of 'Battle of Brum' where [[Wayne Elcock]] defended his British middleweight title against [[Matthew Macklin]]. On 11 April 2009, Fury beat Matthew Ellis at the [[York Hall]] by knock-out 48 seconds into the first round.
His second fight was in January 2009, when Fury fought Germany's [[Marcel Zeller]], a man with a record of 21 (20 KO) -3 losses. Fury won the fight by TKO after it was stopped in the third round. On 28 February 2009, Fury beat Russian Daniel Peret by retirement in the second round due to a large cut on Peret's eye in Norwich on the undercard of [[Jon Thaxton]] first defence of his European Lightweight title. Tyson beat [[Lee Swaby]] by retirement on 14 March 2009, at the [[Aston Events Centre]] in [[Birmingham]] on the undercard of 'Battle of Brum' where [[Wayne Elcock]] defended his British middleweight title against [[Matthew Macklin]]. On 11 April 2009, Fury beat Matthew Ellis at the [[York Hall]] by knock-out 48 seconds into the first round.

Revision as of 18:11, 21 August 2009

Tyson Fury
Born
Luke Tyson Fury

(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 36)
Manchester, England
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
United Kingdom British[1]
Statistics
Weight(s)heavyweight
Height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Stanceorthodox
Boxing record
Total fights7
Wins7
Wins by KO7
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Luke Tyson Fury (born 1 June 1988), more commonly known as Tyson Fury, is an Irish and British professional boxer who represents Ireland and Great Britain in the heavyweight division.[1][2] He represented both Ireland and England at amateur level and won the ABA championship in 2008 before turning professional later that year.

Background

Fury was born in Wythenshawe, England to an Irish Traveller family who have a long history of being boxers and bare knuckle fighters.[3] Both of Fury's parents came came from fighting families in Ireland. His grandmother on his mother's side came from County Tipperary and his father 'Gypsy' John Fury, from County Galway, was also a boxer with a professional boxing record of 8 wins, 4 losses (2 KOs) and 1 draw, was a British heavyweight in the 1990s and fought Henry Akinwande, among others.[2][4] Other relatives of Fury's who were in the sport of boxing include Peter Fury, Hugh Fury and Phill Fury. The family's heavyweight fighting lineage goes back another generation with Tyson Fury's grandfather Tiger Gorman, one of nine children, who came over from Ireland and who had 60 heavyweight bouts as a journeyman in the 1940s and 1950s.

Fury was named after his father's idol and former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. When John Fury told doctors what his son's name was going to be they just looked and smiled at him not thinking that Fury would live long enough nor be big enough to fulfill his "big" name.[5] Fury was born seven weeks premature and was just the size of his father 'Gypsy' John Fury's hand.[3] Weighing only one pound (1lb) he nearly died three times. Fury's family were told he would not live very long, but despite passing in and out of consciousness several times in his first few harrowing days of life but Fury pulled through.

Fury lived for most of his childhood in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

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.[6] 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 Rzeszow and Bialystok.[7] In another Irish match against the USA, Fury won his bout by knock-out.[8]

He was forced to withdraw from the Irish national championships after officals from the Holy Trinity BC in Belfast, the club of the then Irish amateur heavyweight champion, submitted a protest with regards his eligibility.[8][9] He won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2006.[10]

In England, he participated in the senior national championships in 2006 but was beaten by David Price 22-8 despite knocking Price down.[11]

In May 2007, he won the EU Junior Championship 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. In the absence of Price (who won Olympic Bronze in Beijing) he became national champion (ABA) in 2008.[3]

Fury's amateur boxing record stood at 34 fights, 30 wins, 26 wins by KO, with four losses.

Professional career

Fury turned professional with promoter Mick Hennessy in December 2008 and represents Great Britain [12] and Ireland [13]. His debut came at the Trent FM Arena 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 with a first round knock-out.[10]

His second fight was in January 2009, when Fury fought Germany's Marcel Zeller, a man with a record of 21 (20 KO) -3 losses. Fury won the fight by TKO after it was stopped in the third round. On 28 February 2009, Fury beat Russian Daniel Peret by retirement in the second round due to a large cut on Peret's eye in Norwich on the undercard of Jon Thaxton first defence of his European Lightweight title. Tyson beat Lee Swaby by retirement on 14 March 2009, at the Aston Events Centre in Birmingham on the undercard of 'Battle of Brum' where Wayne Elcock defended his British middleweight title against Matthew Macklin. On 11 April 2009, Fury beat Matthew Ellis at the York Hall by knock-out 48 seconds into the first round.

On 23 May 2009, Fury had his first eight round fight, he beat Scott Belshaw by second round TKO. Belshaw was down twice in the first round both times by body shots, in the second another body shot was landed by Fury which led referee Richard Davies to call a halt to the contest with 52 seconds of the second round gone.

Fury's next fight was due to take place on 12 June, however he suffered a back injury in training and the bout was cancelled. Fury returned to the ring on 18 July 2009, beating Aleksandrs Selezens in the 48th second of the 3rd round, despite the fight almost being cancelled due to Fury's continuing back injury.

The BBBofC decided that Fury would fight John McDermott for the English title before the end of November, with purse bids to be received before 8 July.[14] The fight was confirmed for 11 September at the Brentwood International Centre.[15]

Irish title

Fury made an annoucement that he wanted the win the British and Irish titles before the end of 2009 commenting that "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".[16]

Fury felt that his fight against Belfast's Scott Belshaw should have earned him an Irish title but outlined that "I thought it was worthy of it but you need to have been in a scheduled 8 rounder to fight for the Irish belt and the Belshaw fight was my first." A number of potential opponents have been linked with a potential Irish fight, including Declan Timlin and Coleman Barrett. Fury's uncle and trainer, Hughie Fury, claimed "When Tyson was an amateur he was a member of the Smithboro club in County Monaghan but none of the Irish Super heavyweights wanted to know about him and it will be the same in the pro's. He’d fight Timlin and Barrett in the same night, they’d be no match for him".[16] Keith Walker, acting as the manager for Barrett responded "Colman will fight Tyson today and every other day. We don’t perceive Tyson Fury has any threat whatsoever".[17]

Tyson said of the pair, "the challenge is out there for them so if they want it then we can get it on for the Irish title as soon as possible. I’ll take on any Irish heavyweight out there, all I want is the opportunity to fight for the Irish title."[18]

Professional boxing record

7 Wins (7 knock-outs, 0 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws[10][19][20]
Result. Opponent Type Round(total) Date Location Notes
England John McDermott 2009-09-11 Brentwood, England English heavyweight title
Win Latvia Aleksandrs Selezens TKO 3 (6) 2009-07-18 York Hall, Bethnal Green, England Selezens team threw in the towel after 48 seconds of the 3rd round
Win Republic of Ireland Scott Belshaw TKO 2 (8) 2009-05-23 Watford, England Tyson knocked out Belshaw 52 seconds into the 2nd round
Win England Matthew Ellis KO 1 (6) 2009-04-11 York Hall, Bethnal Green, England Ellis was knocked out after 48 seconds of the 1st round
Win England Lee Swaby RTD 4 (6) 2009-03-14 Birmingham, England Swaby retired in his corner at the end of the 4th round
Win Russia Daniel Peret TKO 2(6) 2009-02-28 Norwich, England Referee stopped fight after 2 rounds due to a large cut on Daniel Peret's left eye.
Win Germany Marcel Zeller TKO 3 (6) 2009-01-17 Wigan, England Referee stopped the fight after 3 rounds
Win Hungary Bela Gyongyosi TKO 1 (6) 2008-12-06 Nottingham, England First professional fight

References

  1. ^ a b Alan Hubbard. ""Travelling tyros settle in for white-knuckle ride"". The Independent. Retrieved 20 April. 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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Mark Doyle. ""Fury wants Irish title"". Retrieved 20 April. 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" {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c Telegraph. ""Tyson Fury"". Retrieved 20 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ ""Tyson Fury Profile"". BoxPro. Retrieved 26 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ itnsource. ""Tyson Fury"". Retrieved 15 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Tyson Fury looking for English and Irish title double". Inside Boxing. Retrieved 20 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Bernard O’Neill. "Golden year for for Irish boxing". Retrieved 20 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b David Kelly. ""Tyson Fury- 'English' Tyson is causing a real fury in Dublin". Retrieved 20 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Manchester evening news
  10. ^ a b c Boxrec. ""Tyson Fury"". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved 26 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Mark Vester. ""Tyson Fury- "I'd Smash David Price's Face in". Retrieved 20 April. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-travelling-tyros-settle-in-for-whiteknuckle-ride-1515240.html
  13. ^ http://www.hennessysports.com/news-archive-01-2009-497.htm
  14. ^ "Fury ready for McDermott", Sky Sports, 29 June 2009
  15. ^ "TYSON: MALONEY WILL EAT HIS WORDS", Sporting Life, 12 August 2009
  16. ^ a b Liam Santiago. ""Tyson Fury eyes English and Irish titles this year"". Boxing News 24. Retrieved 26 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Eamonn O’Hara. ""Fury aiming to take two titles"". Irish News. Retrieved 26 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Paddy Cronan. ""Tyson Fury Looking for English and Irish Title"". OnTheGrind Boxing. Retrieved 26 May. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ British Boxing.com
  20. ^ hennessy sports
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