Behind the Mask: The Tyson Fury Story

Behind the Mask: The Tyson Fury Story

The Autobiography of the Manchester Giant

Tyson Fury is among the names that get the crowd going. Born three months prematurely, in a family where combat sports are on a pedestal, the youngest member of the Fury family is named after one of the greatest boxers - Mike Tyson. His fate is practically foretold, but he doesn't mind it. All these curious details and confessions the boxer with Irish blood shares in his autobiography "Tyson Fury behind the mask".

In addition to his own, Tyson also managed to fulfill his family's dream. He reaches the top of the world in boxing. What's more, he managed to beat Wladimir Klitschko. However, great fame does not take well to him. He becomes depressed, turns to alcohol and drugs and has suicidal thoughts. Lose his physical form, gain weight and make the champion he once was a mere memory.

Like any man, Tyson Fury has his demons, vices and downfalls. He spares none of them in his book. Within 204 pages, the boxer from Manchester bares his soul, but also reveals how and in what he finds salvation. How does he manage to defeat the toughest opponent in the most important match of his life? The answer comes when the masks fall.

Tyson Fury Behind the Mask is The Telegraph's Sunday Times Sports Book of 2020.

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