All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.
TYSON FURYI’m a unique fighter – one of a kind.
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I just want to make money, get on with my life, and be involved in good fights. If I’m not going to be involved in good fights, then what’s the point being a boxer?
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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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Nothing has run smoothly with me throughout my life. Everything has had ups and downs and lefts and rights, and that’s just the way it has panned out for me, unfortunately.
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As you know, I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. And while I’m abroad on training camp, I train three times a day, often for two hours a time, and I haven’t got time to respond to all the people that ask questions.
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Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes.
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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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Everything I’ve set out to do, I’ve achieved, and all the praise goes to God.
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I’d like to take a course in writing. I’m not the best writer in the world. I’d like to write more neatly, even though people don’t send many handwritten letters these days.
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Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.
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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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I’m not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say, ‘Don’t do that because you’re a girl?’
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I’ve sparred with lots of people and played around with everybody.
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I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.
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For me, it’s about being a star, being a superstar, and not just winning a world title but becoming the best-ever British fighter this country has ever had. That’s what I am, and that’s what I intend to do.
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My only idol is God, and I kick myself when I don’t pray regularly enough.
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I’m a little bit backward. I didn’t really go to school.
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As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.
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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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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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What personality does it take to drive a car around a track 100 times or hit a ball back and forth. That’s not very personality is it?
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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 don’t hate old men but listen when being spoken to.
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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.
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I have a nice house, nice cars, nice watches, nice things. I’ve got money in the bank. I’m not in need of a few quid – as it stands. It’s all irrelevant to me.
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I’ve got an outspoken personality, which gets people thinking, and my style of fighting is aggressive. Everything’s on the line all the time. In my fights, there’s drama.
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I’m really excited about my future plans, as I’m doing things differently and currently training like a Trojan in pursuit of becoming heavyweight champion of the world.
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