Tyson Fury: How great champions overcome death

Tyson Fury: How great champions overcome death

Tyson Fury has sensational boxing talent. The Gypsy King from Manchester seems made for the heavyweight division of the professional ring. 206 cm tall, but according to many overweight. Despite the criticism, the Englishman is shockingly fast, and over the years he has proven several times that long matches are not a problem for him. With solid success in the amateur ranks as well, Tyson explodes when he steps into the pros.

His debut was in 2008. At that time he had just turned 20. By the end of 2010, Fury had 13 consecutive victories. In 2015, he is already among the most discussed names in the heavyweight division. Successes against Steve Cunningham, Joey Able, Derek Chisora and Christian Hammer made him a contender for the world heavyweight title. The opponent is the king of the ring - the Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko.

On November 28, 2015, not many experts expect a victory for the Gypsy King against the younger of the Klitschko brothers. He has 22 consecutive victories, and one of his victims is the Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev. In Dusseldorf, Vladimir is crushed. Fury won by unanimous decision, and hardly anyone doubts the correctness of the vote. Tyson is on top of world boxing and holds the world titles of 3 of the major organizations.

After stepping on the top, there is a hard fall. To the bottom... "I was on the verge of a heart attack because of the drugs and the drinking," says Fury himself. According to his accounts, he is an "emotional wreck" just a month after the victory against Klitschko. Junk food and his lifestyle bring him to a body weight of 180. Thoughts of suicide pass through his head with a "dream" ending in a 300 km/h crash.

A positive test for cocaine on September 22, 2016 means that Tyson is very quickly losing his world titles. And without losing the ring... Even after the accident, the Briton retains his sense of humor. He releases a social media post of himself as Al Pacino from The Marked Movie. In the picture in front of him is a mountain of drugs. Fury himself blames his problems on fame and his inability to deal with it.

On Halloween 2017, the boxing champion has an epiphany while at a bar. The Englishman understands that he cannot continue in this way. "Death is incredible, I died," he himself commented. In 2018, Fury is back in the professional ring. In 2020, he is again world champion after an impressive victory over Deontay Wilder. Tyson proves that a person can rise even after the greatest difficulties in his life!

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