Tyson “The Gypsy King” Fury, a British boxing giant standing tall at 6’9″ and tipping the scales at 278 lbs, has been ruling the heavyweight division with his iron fists since 2020. Not just a family man with a bunch of kids and a love story that dates back to 2008 with Paris, but Fury also boasts a record that reads like a warrior’s epic—especially his trilogy with Deontay Wilder (2-0-1, with 2 KOs) and a hat trick against Derek Chisora. Before claiming the WBC crown, he unified the heavyweight titles way back in 2015, only to take a brief hiatus from the throne. With a squad of fighting siblings by his side, Fury’s not just throwing punches; he’s crafting a legacy that’s as large as his frame. Tyson Fury’s net worth is estimated to be around £50million, according to Forbes magazine.
European heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has expressed his delight at seeing Deontay Wilder lift the WBC world heavyweight title last weekend and now seeks to dethrone the heavy-handed American later this year.
Wilder outboxed Bermane Stiverne for 12 rounds in Las Vegas on Saturday night and, in doing so, became America’s first world heavyweight champion since 2006. Fury, who boxes Christian Hammer on February 28 at London’s O2 Arena, couldn’t have been happier with how it all worked out.
(Photo credit: Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Scott Gilfoid: Following his impressive masterclass performance last night against WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-2-1, 21 KOs), America Deontay Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) said he’d like to make his first defense of his WBC title against Britain’s Tyson Fury if he’s up to the challenge. Deontay said that he wants to face the 6’9” Fury next followed by a big unificiation match against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko later in the year.
Deontay, 6’7”, is putting it on Fury to see if he’s interested in the fight, or if he prefers to face Wladimir for the title instead of him. Fury is Wladimir’s WBO mandatory challenger. However, you’ve got to figure that a Fury vs. Wilder fight would be a much bigger bout than Fury vs. Wladimir.
(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Scott Gilfoid: If Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) gets past his big test against WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) this Saturday night in their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Deontay says he’d entertain the prospect of defending his WBC title against the loud-talking British heavyweight Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) later in the year.
A lot would depend on how Fury does in his next couple of fights against Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Fury faces Hammer on February 28th at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
By Scott Gilfoid: #3 IBF, #4 WBA, #4 WBO, #5 WBC heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) starts his training camp today for his stay busy fight against #4 WBO Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) on February 28th at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
Fury is technically facing a top five contender for this fight in order to stay busy for a fight later on this year against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. However, the 27-year-old Hammer is more like a 2nd tier fighter than a top five 1st tier guy, and it’s hard to take this fight seriously.
By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Tyson Fury believes that the talented 6’7” American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) will be in a race against time on January 17th when he challenges WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) for his title.
Fury thinks that Deontay has to score a knockout in the first four rounds or else he’ll risk getting beaten by Stiverne. Fury doesn’t say why he feels that Deontay has to score a quick knockout in order to win, but it could be that he thinks that Deontay will run out of gas and end up getting taken out by one of Stiverne’s big shots.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Tyson Fury will be fighting late next month against fringe contender Christian Hammer on February 28th at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
While this is supposed to be a fairly cut and dried mismatch for Fury it’s still possible that he could lose the fight if Hammer can get to his fragile chin with one of his shots. Hammer may not be the biggest puncher in the heavyweight division, but he’s got better power than Steve Cunningham, a fighter who had Fury hurt and on his backside when the two faced each other in 2013.
By Scott Gilfoid: Tyson Fury (23-0, 17 KOs) isn’t content with just going out and looking to get a decision win in his next fight on February 28th against Christian Hammer (17-3, 10 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, UK. The 6’9” Fury wants to score a knockout so that he can increase his popularity with the boxing fans worldwide if possible.
Fury’s management team have picked out the right guy for him to knockout, and now it’s just up to Fury to show that he can accomplish that task.
By James P Sexton: The UK has always had a player on the world stage at one weight or another. Today there are promising prospects and current champions which hail from the UK at numerous weights, often with several top talents in each weight class sparking many grudge matches and domestic bouts. Here is my personal opinion on an all British pound for pound list.
1. Carl Froch – This man has been the face of British boxing for a short while now, having had twelve consecutive World Title fights at super middleweight after a long run as British and Commonwealth champion.
By James P Sexton: Saturday 17th January 2015. Bermane Stiverne vs Deontay Wilder. For many young fight fans this will be the first time they see a real heavyweight champion not named Klitschko (excluding WBA ‘regular’ champs and other nonsense.)
The belt vacated by Wladimir Klitschko’s brother Vitali was won by Stiverne during a rematch with tough slugger and former title challenger Chris Arreola. Stiverne knocked Arreola down twice on route to a 6th round TKO.
By Gav Duthie: Despite succeeding in becoming the mandatory challenger for Wladimir Klitschko’s WBO title it is my opinion that Tyson Fury wants no part of a fight with the Ukrainian. He keeps dropping in other names like Wilder and his team was quick to schedule in a fight date in February with Christian Hammer ruling out a spring fight with Wladimir in April.
American Bryant Jennings on the other hand looks set to sign to fight Wladimir on the April date despite being in the box seat for arguably a much easier route to a world title as WBC mandatory.