Boxer Tyson Fury has trained tirelessly for his upcoming fight with Oleksandr Usyk, and it’s taken a toll on his personal life.
Fury, 36, is looking to avenge the loss he took in May when Usyk, 37, beat him in a split decision victory after 12 rounds. It is the only loss of his career.
As Tyson has prepared, he told Queensbury Promotions’ Dev Sahni that he hasn’t spoken “one word” to his wife, Paris Fury, in months.
“I’ve been away from my wife and kids for three months. I’ve not spoken to Paris at all in three months,” he said. “I’ve sacrificed a lot.”
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Tyson added that he’s looking forward to “plenty of eggnog and mince pies and turkeys” for Christmas, post-fight. And if he’s able to win, the sacrifice will be “100 percent worth it.”
Fans got to know Tyson’s family last year in the Netflix docuseries At Home With the Furys. He and Paris share seven kids: daughters Venezuela, 15, Valencia, 7, and Athena, 3, as well as sons Prince John James, 13, Prince Tyson, 8, and Prince Adonis Amaziah, 5.
“Tyson and I had always intended to carry on the great [Irish] Traveller tradition and have a big family: three children at the very least, we’d say to each other, maybe even 10 if we were lucky,” Paris wrote in her 2021 book, Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life With Tyson.
Tyson, for his part, has said that he recognizes how fortunate he is to have a wife who supports him through his training — and the ups and downs of his career.
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“To get a woman who’s been with you all that time and gone through … the good times and the bad times … [for her] to still be there when you don’t want to be and when you’re being forced away and you’re being pushed out, that takes a very strong individual,” Tyson told The Overlap in a September 2021 interview.
As for the fight, Tyson is brimming with confidence. He quickly shot down any thought that his age has caught up to him, saying he feels as good as he’s ever felt.
“I feel very good. I’ve sparred more than I’ve sparred in years and I’ve been able to do stuff that I’ve always been able to do,” he insisted.
He continued, “I’d be the first one to say, ‘You know what, I’m finished,’ but I ain’t, I’m very far from that, feeling very good. I cannot wait for the fight Saturday night. I’ll end his career. You’ll never hear from Oleksandr Usyk after this.”
