Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he’s fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion.
TYSON FURYEvery time I stray away from the Lord’s word, I find emptiness and darkness.
More Tyson Fury Quotes
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I already know what boxers do; I’ve been in it all my life. I know what they do, and I know how they prepare.
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I prefer to fight a bigger guy. I don’t like fighting smaller guys; they give me problems with their agility.
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As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.
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I think I need a psychiatrist because I do believe I am mentally disturbed in some way.
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I pray for forgiveness. For help and guidance. To be a better person. For the health of my family. For the world to be a better place.
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I can fight, but that’s the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I’m not very good.
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I’m looking forward to fighting Chisora, getting him out of the way, and then fighting Klitschko for all the belts, but I don’t think Wladimir is going to take the fight.
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It’s not about how much money I’m getting paid. It’s just a love of one-on-one combat. I feel I’m at home. I love the ring entrances, the talking. I’m the master of it all.
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I’ve said a lot of stuff in the past, but not with any intentions to hurt anybody. It’s all a bit tongue-in-cheek.
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Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.
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I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.
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My brother Shane and I used to spar with each other in the kitchen. We didn’t have gloves, so we wrapped tea towels around our hands.
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When my little son, Prince, had health issues as a baby, we were told that he had a 20 percent chance of survival.
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I aim for the stars, and winning a world title will not be a fulfilment of a dream for me. It never has been.
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Although there’s been a fighter before me called Mike Tyson, I’m my own Tyson. I’m Tyson Fury. I ain’t trying to be anybody else.
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I’m like the man who is always supposed to fight, but never ends up fighting. He just spends money.
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Listen, I believe I should be winning Sport Personality of the Year because if it’s about sporting achievements and it’s about personality, then I’m a winner hands down.
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My first job was working for my dad. He was a used-car dealer, and I used to wash the cars down, clean them out, and so on. I would do stuff for him pretty much every day. It was quite a good job, to be honest.
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There are 7 billion people in the world, but there’s only one heavyweight champion of the world, and that’s me.
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If ever you want to get rid of somebody you don’t want to talk to, just mention God. They’re out of there.
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I’m a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don’t care what people think of me. I don’t care about being a hero, a role model, a champion.
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I was always quite good at fixing and working with cars. My dad’s always dealt cars, and I’ve always been brought up around them. They’re one of the things I’ve always been interested in.
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You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can’t take the Irishness out of the man.
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Training’s training; boxing’s boxing. Everyone does the same kind of stuff: they spar, they train, they do whatever they do to prepare for fights.
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Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.
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I’m not even scared of the devil. If the devil confronted me, I’d confront him as well.
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