TYSON FURY: RETURN FROM THE EDGE OF DISASTER.
This boxing Champion has overcome depression and mental illness to now live a simple disciplined, and joyous life. Tyson Fury basking in the redemption of a champion.
The heavyweight champion Fury has been clean and sober for almost two years now. The calamitous thoughts and the booze fueled binges are things of the past.
They have been replaced by two time a day workout sessions and a return to the sport he thought he had given up forever.
“I only live for today” said Fury the other day while he relaxed in the mansion he rents in Hollywood Hills.
“Whatsoever happens today is a blessing, and whatever happened in the past is history. You can never redo it or bring it back unless you know someone who sells time machines.
The one day at a time part?
That has not changed much for Fury 30, who will battle with Deontay Wilder for the third time sometime in the fall for the WBC Heavyweight Championship, says Top Rank chairman Bob Arum on ESPN.
The Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy will take place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas reserved for a potential Dec. 19 fight date-CBSSports.com
Not long ago Fury only cared about today. It was all about today with very little regard for tomorrow.
He has since realize that he was at that time going through bouts of depression and mental illness.
But them words carry different meaning now. He has gratitude for the opportunities that he has, and the enthusiasm to take advantage of them.
TYSON FURY: REDEMPTION OF A CHAMPION. THE RETURN OF THE GYPSY KING
I carry a entirely different perspective these days, said Fury, (30-0-1) as he prepares to step in the ring against Wilder (41-1-1).” I take time to value everything now. I just did not value sanity”
Fury a England native who refers to himself as the Gypsy King as a tribute to his ancestral roots with Irish Travelers.
It’s a perfect moniker as he sees himself as a traveling warrior who will fight in the backyard of anybody.
Have you brushed your teeth? Your breath stinks-your ugly and Im not.
Tyson Fury
Gypsy King “sounds like Im a character from Game of Thrones’ or something”, said Fury, who being 6’9 and weighing in at 257 lbs, is a mountain of a man.
He is in need of no help. He has established himself as one of the most popular and respected champions ever in the sport of boxing.
Parts of Fury’s history has taken on legendary proportions. Like how it is said that he was born seven weeks premature, only weighing one pound. (You see him now?)
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How it is said his father, John named him after Mike Tyson locking in his future in the fight game. “I’ve trained in boxing my whole life” said Fury.
Tyson Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko for the world heavyweight championship title.
The win was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, but it started a problem also. Fury felt like there was nothing else to shoot for.
He was recognizable around the world plus handsomely wealthy. He knew there was trouble. ” I didn’t want to box again; he said, I knew that right away”.
The rematch with Klitschko was still scheduled. He gave a incoherent interview that found its way to the vast Youtube audience in May 2016.
The interview was seen as homophobic, plus misogynistic as well as anti-semitic.
There were actually calls to have him banned from the sport. Fury was known to occasionally make offensive remarks at the time.
Fury made good on a public apology. Asked later if he felt bad for uttering the remarks, he refused to comment, saying, ” anything that could potentially get me in trouble, I’m not speaking on. I only want to talk about boxing.
He also added, “All of this is just one person’s opinions. It doesn’t mean anything. A boxers opinion means nothing in the political arena.
The president of the United States Donald Trump. His is the only opinion that means anything, not mine.
THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL
Fury began to nosedive out of control. The Klitschko rematch was pushed back, and then called off all together when he flunked two drug test.
He had to relinquish his belts and his licence was suspended Oct. 2016.
I saw how deep Tysons out-of-control phase went said Stephen Espinoza, the president for sports and event programming at Showtime.
Nobody thought he would ever fight again. Majority of people were just hoping he would be alright.
That emptiness in him was filled up with food, booze and cocaine, a hedonistic life of unlimited excess. He would meet up with friends at the bar everyday. It wasn’t uncommon for him to drink a case of lager.
It wasn’t that horrible. I can think of many worst things to do. But eventually it gets out of hand. It’s difficult to realize its out of hand. You just believe you can stop whenever you like, but you cannot.
Fury said he thought about suicide, coming close to driving his ferrari off a bridge at 170 miles per hour.
He looked for some psychiatric help briefly, but did not want long term treatment or any antidepressants because he did not want to get hooked on prescribed drugs.
THE JOURNEY BACK FROM THE ABYSS. TYSON FURY REDEMPTION OF A CHAMPION.
During this time Fury would have moments where he would think clearly.
He took a trip to Spain at the invitation of his friend Billy Joe Saunders, a middleweight who was in training for a title fight. Saunders asked his trainer Ben Davidson if Fury could visit.
Everyone around Fury was aware of his issues. I’d met Tyson a couple of times and knew what type of character he was recalled Davidson.
I assumed he wasn’t coming for any training. But the first day he got there he wanted to do a little training, so I gloved him up.
Fury was walking around close to 400lbs, but Davidson said that there was a instant connection between them. Soon Tyson Fury the redemption of a champion.
After hitting rock bottom a couple of months later, Fury went to a halloween party dressed as a skeleton. In a podcast with Joe Rogan, Fury remembered returning home that night and going straight to his room.
I took off the suit and fell to my knees and began begging God to help me, Fury said. Fury explained some sought of realization.
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Realization that he needed his family. He seemed to realize he could rely on his faith and he had to refocus on his boxing career. Training he said is his therapy.
He went on a dedicated training regimen and lost 150 pounds working with Davidson as his trainer. His licence was reinstated. He stared clear of any controversy as he won a couple of tuneup fights.
He spoke out about the issues of mental health. I know there are alot of people out there suffering with the same thing in silence, he said.
Tyson Fury went on to defeat Deontay Wilder via a thrilling 7th round stoppage. He is the overwhelming favorite going into their trilogy match.
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