Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

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Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

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He puts some of his well-known, unpalatable comments in the past down to a desire to court controversy and a symptom of then-unacknowledged depression. Having little knowledge about Fury or his career, I was hoping for a deeper dive into his career and his life, but this was a decent introduction to the man. The definite article sounds more definitive, but in reality it’s more of the same – more braggadocio, more humility, more professions of love for his wife and family, more descriptions of his mental health, more threats to retire, more talking up potential fights of the future.

It would have been nice to have had a bit more about them, but ultimately, it is a boxing book and it serves that purpose excellently - the preparation and training involved, his showmanship and self-belief and he breaks down his thought processes during his fights really well. This book opened my eyes a bit, his struggle with mental illness, his addictions, and where he's at now.I especially liked hearing of his Irish and Traveller roots and what he liked and disliked in the Traveller community.

The final round, with Fury seemingly knocked cold only to rise “like a phoenix” became one of the rare moments in sport that was immediately transformed into metaphor. Beneath it all was his never-acknowledged mental illness, which led him to the precipice: a suicide attempt in which he drove his Ferrari towards a bridge at high speed, and only aborted at the final minute when he heard a voice telling him to stop, for the sake of his children.Tyson’s book was crammed with knowledge, care and honesty from his wins with Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder to his personal life and of course Mental Health. His UK-wide tour kicks off at the beginning of July when he visits Carlisle and it will run until October 6 2020 in London, with August 6 clear for the fight in New York. Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte will fight at Wembley Stadium on April 23 for the WBC heavyweight championship.

What followed was the darkest moment of his life – detailed in this book for the first time – in which he came within seconds of ending everything. At 6ft 9in Fury, in his prospect days, was a curly-headed, ungainly attraction on undercards of stars such as Carl Froch. Only awarded a draw on the night, Fury is at peace with being robbed (“by not losing I’d emerged victorious”), in part because of his definitive victories over Wilder in two rematches. Definitely made me see Tyson in a different more positive light and I hope people who need the help are able to get it. In the meantime, he’ll be fighting British heavyweight Derek Chisora (for the third time) on Saturday 3 December.Speaking candidly about his struggles with mental health, this is Tyson Fury as you have never seen him before. Tyson also shares a side of him that few people get to see and that in the weeks before the biggest fight of his career in 2021 he was sleeping on the hospital floor in intensive care following the premature birth of his daughter Athena who was fighting for her life.



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