Luke Tyson Fury is a British professional heavyweight boxer born on the 1st June 1988 in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England.
He was named Tyson after the heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. His father knew he would one day become heavyweight champion of the world.
During his amateur career Fury represented both England and Ireland. Initially fighting out of the Holy Family Boxing Club in Belfast, Northern Ireland he later moved to the Smithboro Club in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. Fury was withdrawn from the Irish national championship after a protest against his eligibility by the Holy Trinity Boxing Club in Belfast, the club of the then Irish amateur heavyweight champion.
Fury won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. At the 2006 senior national championships held in England, Fury was beaten by David Price 22-8, although Fury had knocked Price down.
Fury won the EU Junior Championship in May 2007, but later lost against Maxim Babanin at the European Junior Championships final. He achieved a junior ranking of number three in world, russian fighters Maxim Babanin and Andrey Volkov taking the top two spots.
In the 2008 Olympics David Price was chosen in favour of Fury with each country restricted to one boxer per weight division. During 2008 Fury became national ABA champion and chose to turn professional instead of waiting for another Olympic opportunity in 2012.
Fury’s outstanding amateur record stood at 34 fights, 30 wins, 26 by KO and 4 losses.
The 6th of December 2008 saw Fury make his professional debut on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal fight at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham. Fury defeated Bela Gyongyosi of Hungary with a first round knockout. A streak of six stoppage wins saw Fury offered the chance to fight for the English heavyweight title on 11th September 2009 against John McDermott over ten rounds. A points win saw Fury become the English champion. Unfortunatly a broken hand sustained in the next fight meant the English title was to be vacated.
On the 26th June 2010 Fury faced John McDermott once again for the vacant English heavyweight title, this fight would also be an eliminator for the British heavyweight title. McDermott was stopped at 1 minute and 8 seconds of the 9th round with Fury dominating the scorecard. Fury once again was English heavyweight champion and lined up a future meeting with the British heavyweight champion, the unbeaten Derek Chisora.
Tyson Fury faced Dereck Chisora on the 23rd July 2011 to fight for the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship. Fury produced a solid display and beat Chisora on points to claim the titles.
On April 14th 2012 Fury fought the tough Martin Rogan in Belfast for the Irish Heavyweight title, boxing out of the southpaw stance for the full fight, Fury produced a controlled display to finish Rogan with a vicious bodyshot in the 5th round.
Tyson Fury is now well on his way to making his mark in the heavyweight division and the dream of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Hi Tyson,
I am watching your fight on channel 5 against Martin Rogan, and it appears that there is a high chance of us being related. My mothers maiden name is Fury and we have Irish decendants from Belfast and we are all above 5’8″. I am 6’3″ and am 16. We live in a small town in Wales called Crickhowell and we would love to hear back from you.
Cheers,
Lewis Powell
I’ve watched a few of Tyson’s fights and whilst always being impressed with him as a person and his physical advantages, was worried that he’d always under-achieve through lasck of fitness and weight control. However, last night in his fight with Martin Rogan, he proved that he is on the road to where he needs to be, and with more dedication and help could possibly achieve his lofty ambitions. He still needs to work on three things -Aerobic fitness, then more aerobic fitness, and then a bit more aerobic fitness! Stamina will tone him up that bit more, improve his power to weight ratio, keep him out of trouble and allow him to increase his volume of punches, especially jabs, to open up his opponents. When he starts fighting better opponents he’ll need to be fitter and sharper. So the aim is simple – it’s to become a heavier version of Muhammad Ali. All the attributes are there but fitness is still a bit short. Good Luck Tyson.