A new date has become known for the historic fight for the title of absolute heavyweight champion between Ukrainian Alexander Usik and Briton Tyson Fury. About what is known about the British boxer, Tyson Fury’s height and weight, achievements in his sports career – read the material on ICTV Facts.
Tyson Fury: boxer's height and weight
How old Tyson Fury is is known from his official biography in his profile on BoxRec. The British heavyweight boxer was born on August 12, 1988 in Manchester, UK, making him 35 years old.
Basic facts and biometric data:
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- nickname – Gypsy King (gypsy king);
- fighting stance – right-handed;
- Fury's height is 206 cm;
- arm span – 216 cm;
- Fury's weight is 126 kg.
Victories and titles:
- winner of the European Union Youth Championship (2007);
- UK champion according to ABA (2008);
- WBC world champion (from 2020 to now);
- former world champion according to IBF (2015), WBA (Super), WBO, IBO (2015-2016), authoritative magazine The Ring (2015-2018, 2020-2022);
- European champion according to EBU (2014);
- award winner Boxer of the Year (2015, 2020);
- winner of awards from The Ring magazine for Fight of the Year (2021) and Comeback of the Year (2018);
- first place among the best heavyweights in the world at the end of the year according to BoxRec (2015, 2018, 2019).
During his professional sports career since 2008, Tyson Fury has fought 35 fights. Fury won 34 of them (24 by knockout) and only one ended in a draw. The only boxer who once stood against Tyson Fury is American Deontay Wilder.
The fight between them for the WBC world title took place on December 1, 2018. However, in the next two fights, in 2020 and 2021, Fury defeated Wilder and proved his superiority.
Tyson Fury: what is known about the boxer
Tyson Fury was born into a family of Pavey descendants – the so-called Irish Travelers, a nomadic ethnic group of Irish origin. Tyson Fury was born seven weeks premature and weighed only 450 g at birth.
Despite doctors' fears that the child would not survive, Tyson's father John saw a fighter in the newborn and named his son in honor of the legendary American boxer Mike Tyson.
Thanks to his father, Tyson Fury began boxing from an early age, and his uncle, Peter Fury, became his main trainer.
Tyson Fury's personal life is incredibly stable. They met their wife Paris Mulroy when they were only 16 years old, and in December 2008 the couple officially got married.
Tyson and Paris had three daughters and three sons:
- Venezuela Linda Fury (2009);
- Valencia Amber Fury (2017);
- Athina Fury (2021);
- Prince John James Fury (2011);
- Prince Tyson Luke Fury (2016);
- Prince Adonis Amazaya Fury (2019).
In interviews, Fury has repeatedly stated that his sons will continue the family tradition and become boxers, because this sport is genetically inherent in his family.
