Tag: heavyweight
Heavyweight champion Fury ready to ‘walk away’ (Reuters)
Posted: February 4, 2016 at 5:22 pm / Sports
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is struggling for motivation and could quit boxing, the controversial fighter told the BBC on Thursday. The 27-year-old Briton, who stunned Vladimir Klitschko to claim the world heavyweight crown with a points win in Germany in November, may even hang up his gloves before facing the Ukrainian in a rematch […]
One-of-a-kind Fury won’t change after heavyweight title win (The Associated Press)
Posted: December 1, 2015 at 5:59 am / Sports
Being heavyweight champion of the world hasn’t changed Tyson Fury much, at least judging by the maverick boxer’s journey back to Britain after beating Wladimir Klitschko. There’ll be no change in the champ,” Fury, who is of Gypsy heritage and says he’s the most charismatic boxer since Muhammad Ali, told The Associated Press in a […]