Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

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In October 2021, Tyson concluded the trilogy with victory against Deontay Wilder by an emphatic eleventh-round technical knockout. This book allowed me to make important reflections on my own faith and mental health, thank you for sharing your story Tyson.

Gloves Off is not a case of bare-fisted self-exposure, but instead a carefully edited version of events. Told with unflinching honesty and rock-star charisma, Gloves Off by Tyson Fury is the autobiography of a sporting icon, the like of which we may never see again. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA View image in fullscreen Tyson Fury in his rematch with US boxer Deontay Wilder for the WBC world heavyweight championship in Las Vegas, February 2020. I was a bit dubious about reading Tyson Fury's third book or autobiography in as many years, but I enjoyed the book.Got through 125 pages but he could of just written ‘I love myself’ multiple times and it would have had the same effect! The undefeated heavyweight champion Tyson Fury looks back on his life and career to understand his remarkable rise, fall, and rise again, which has seen him journey from the brink of suicide to boxing immortality, culminating in his sensational knockout victory against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium in front of a record-breaking 94,000 fans. He describes how his Traveller upbringing forged him, and how his fighting family, including dad John and his brothers, have sustained him. With revealing intimacy, Tyson also shares new sides to his character: in the weeks before the biggest fight of his career in 2021 the devoted father was sleeping on a hospital floor in intensive care tending to his new-born daughter Athena who was born premature and fighting for her life. Which makes you wonder how he would handle the retirement to which he continually refers in the book.

Tyson’s book reveals surprising and personal new sides to his character: he opens up about his fairy-tale romance with beloved wife Paris, and their down-to-earth life raising six beautiful children. Tyson was victorious in the second fight against Deontay Wilder in February 2020, defeating his opponent by seventh-round technical knockout. What’s more, his trilogy of fights with the fearsome US heavyweight Deontay Wilder are some of the most compelling contests of their division for a couple of decades. Detailing never before told stories Tyson Fury pulls no punches in his most candid and entertaining book yet. True showman who people either love or hate, you can only appreciate him more after reading this book.

Sometimes, the whole “Gypsy King” showman drama – being carried to the ring on a throne in one of the Wilder fights – may occlude Fury’s genuinely impressive achievements in the ring. He lives with his wife Paris and seven children in Morecambe, and most mornings can be found running and training along Morecambe Bay.