Tyson Fury Quotes


Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he's fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion.


Citations

"Tyson Fury claims Deontay Wilder is 'not a big draw' in the US." Sky Sports, 14 Aug. 2018.

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Tyson Fury
Tyson Fury
  • Born: August 12, 1988
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

Tyson Luke Fury is a British professional boxer of Irish Traveller heritage. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the WBC, The Ring magazine and lineal titles since defeating Deontay Wilder in 2020; previously he held the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal titles after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. With his defeat of Wilder, Fury became the third heavyweight, after Floyd Patterson and Muhammad Ali, to hold The Ring magazine title twice. As of December 2020, Fury is ranked as the world's best active heavyweight by ESPN, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), and BoxRec, as well as the second-best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec, sixth by the TBRB, and eighth by ESPN.