Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury fascinates me less as a boxer than as a story of resurrection. A 206-centimeter heavyweight who moves with a lightweight's footwork is remarkable enough, but what I respect is the road back: after winning world titles, he fell into depression, lost his condition entirely and accepted a two-year UK Anti-Doping ban over a positive test for nandrolone, then clawed his way to the WBC crown and The Ring's Comeback of the Year. The Gypsy King's loud, chaotic persona hides an unusual honesty about mental health, and that candor may matter more than any belt. Champions who show their fractures, in my view, are the ones worth remembering.

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Name (English)

Tyson Fury

Name (Japanese)

タイソン・フューリー

Reading

たいそん・ふゅーりー

Born

August 12, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Manchester, United Kingdom

Height

206 cm

Occupation

boxer / athlete

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Heavyweight Champion
• 2018 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
• WBC World Heavyweight Champion
• IBF World Heavyweight Champion
• WBA World Heavyweight Champion
• The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
• IBO World Heavyweight Champion

• Official sitehttps://tyson-fury.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gypsyking101/
• Xhttps://x.com/Tyson_Fury
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson%20Fury
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1000592

Tags

• boxer
• athlete

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.