Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Tyson Furry is the latest face to cover the new issue of GQ magazine, as the British boxer talks boxing and his personality on and off the ring which he said distinguishes him from other boxers in the heavyweight division.
Tyson Furry who is looking well and fit again, after years of being overweight, drug abuse, depression/mental ill-health, alcoholism opens up to GQ magazine in an interview where he is hoping to regain his world heavyweight boxing title again. His last fight was with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, which ended in a draw, and although he was knocked down in that fight, Tyson Furry sure looks like he is back to full fitness and ready to take on anybody in future.
For ‘The Gypsy King’ to reclaim his title, he has to face the current holder, Anthony Joshua who is bid to fight American boxer Big Baby Miller in June this year. He has had his shot with Deontay Wilder, and failed, the next for him has to be Joshua as the British fans cannot wait to have a true champ between Joshua and Furry.
On getting into boxing, Tyson Fury had this to say:
“Like I say, from a young age, I always wanted to be heavyweight champion of the world. I’ve been throwing punches since I was in the womb, so it’s very hard to remember,” he tells me – but he does know how boxing changed him. “I was just a young kid – frail, skinny, afraid,” he says. “I suppose boxing gave me that confidence that you see today. Before that I was a shy, quiet kid … I think it’s very important for young kids to get involved in contact sports.”
On his commitment to continue to train:
“I’ll just fight anybody, the local binman, anything. As long as I can keep active and keep busy, it’s not the boxing that drives me. It’s the training. When the boxing’s done, I will always continue to train – and that will keep me well, mentally and physically. I thought it was the boxing, but I’ve realised it isn’t. It took me a long time to figure that out, 20 years.”
On where he is now:
“I don’t have a criminal record. I haven’t done anything to be arrested for. There were times when I didn’t think I’d ever get back to thinking straight, never mind to competing again. ‘I’m just very happy to be back to normal. Life’s too short for regrets.”
On other boxers:
“A lot of these fighters don’t have a personality. It’s just boxing. That’s it. With me, I take a personality into the ring. I have fun in there.”
On Jeremy Corbyn:
“Yeah, I think he’s a decent fellow.”
…full story on GQ magazine website…