Tyson Fury bared all in typically raw and brutally honest interview after beating Deontay Wilder in 2020.
Itâs two years to the day since Fury vs Wilder 2. The fight that saw Fury claim his first victory over the American, running him down from the get-go and winning in the seventh round by TKO.
Of course, since then he has gone on to beat Wilder once again, finally putting to bed any notion that Wilderâs punch power could be superior to Furyâs skill.
But at the time, this fight was arguably the biggest heavyweight match-up weâve seen since the turn of the century.
It was a tremendous victory for Fury and Britain, who in typical fashion, had a brutally honest message to all his doubters in an interview he gave post-fight:
âThirty times in a row Iâve backed it up.â Fury said.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 22: Tyson Fury knocks down Deontay Wilder in the fifth round during their Heavyweight bout for Wilder's WBC and Fury's lineal heavyweight title on February 22, 2020 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
âThey look at my fat belly and bald head, and they think- you know what⦠he canât fight. He canât punch, he canât box, heâs too clumsy. I toppled the second-longest reigning champion in history in Wladamir Klitschko, in Germany.
âBums donât do that. Bums donât do that. I had my mental problems; I was out of the ring for nearly three years. But I came back. And I beat him last time on 50%.
âI said this time youâre not fighting that same old man that was out the ring for three years. Youâre fighting a real Gypsy King.â
For the first fight, Fury had dropped a staggering 63 kilograms from the peak of his weight gain in his binging days. However, for the second fight, Fury wanted to pile on the pounds to add some extra knockout power.
He swapped out trainer Ben Davison for SugarHill Steward, who had Fury consuming 5000 calories a day across his training campâ¦
âThe Gypsy Kingâ piled on six kilograms of muscle for the rematch yet looked leaner overall. And the rest⦠well the rest is history.