Fury is the WBC heavyweight boxing champion, a belt he claimed on a seventh-round TKO win in the rematch with Deontay Wilder in 2018. Fury previously was the unified champion — in possession of the WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring titles after a unanimous decision victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 — but vacated those belts in 2016 to focus on his recovery from depression. He has been outspoken about those dark moments and has admitted to contemplating suicide.
“When I was on the verge of suicide and I was attempting suicide, I didn’t realize what damage I would have caused to my family,” the Brit said in an interview with DAZN in 2018. “It never crossed my mind because when you’re in those dark, dark places, you don’t care about anything or anybody. And until you get back out into the light, you realize what damage you would have caused.
“There wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t pray to God to kill me,” he said. “I suppose I’ve suffered my whole life with depression and anxiety, but I never knew what it was because I was uneducated on the matter and I just thought it was a feeling I had.”
Fury said he “heard a voice speak to me” and later decided to check himself into a hospital. At that point he was more than 400 pounds but was on the road to recovery. He returned to boxing in 2018 and proceeded to go 8-0-1 over nine fights since, his lone draw being the first matchup with Wilder.
“The Gypsy King” is unlike almost any heavyweight before him. At 6-foot-9 with an 85-inch reach, his size and length allows him to keep opponents at a distance while landing shots from the outside. While he doesn’t possess the same type of knockout power like Wilder — arguably the best finisher of his generation — he systematically breaks you down with heavy and precise punches that break your will to continue.
And while Fury has advanced offensive skills, his defensive ability is second-to-none in the division. He seemingly sees punches coming in slow motion as witnessed by incredible head movement.
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