Tyson Fury: record, next fight and profile →
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has no problem with the ring returns of Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield - as long as they are matched against other fighters in or around their age group. Fury, who was named after Tyson, does not understand the public backlash.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes his upcoming opponent, Deontay Wilder, is more dangerous than ever. Fury suffered two knockdowns when he fought Wilder to a controversial twelve round split draw in December 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for WBA, IBO, IBF, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, does not believe Tyson Fury's vow to continue fighting until he's 40-years-old. He feels Fury, the current WBC champion, will retire from the sport after having back to back fights with Joshua.
Heading into his rematch with Deontay Wilder in February, Tyson Fury told anyone who would listen that he’d swerve away from his slick style of outboxing opponents and bring the action to Wilder in an all-out affair. He even predicted he would knock out Wilder by the second round.
Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has serious doubts that Eddie Hearn will actually follow through with finalizing a unification deal for WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO champion Anthony Joshua.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is taking things one fight at a time. Fury is refusing to overlook his upcoming opponent, once-beaten Deontay Wilder. Their trilogy fight is scheduled to take place before the end of the year.
Dillian Whyte would prefer to avoid discussing sparring. At this point, the brash British heavyweight feels as though Tyson Fury has left him little choice. Fury’s version of how their sparring sessions went have annoyed Whyte, who is the mandatory challenger for Fury’s WBC title.
Evander Holyfield felt the changing of the guard in the heavyweight division multiple times, losing his title to Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and John Ruiz. By the time his Hall of Fame career came to an end, he would be boxing’s only four-time heavyweight champion of the world.
World Boxing Council Mauricio Sulaiman believes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury can reach even higher limits in his weight class. Fury captured the world title back in February, when he scored two knockdowns and stopped Deontay Wilder in seven rounds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is not taking the trash talking bait from Tyson Fury, who holds the WBC world title. Fury vs. Joshua is currently the biggest fight in the sport.