Fury has also become a huge star as a personality and it is the narration of his life that has allowed Fury to transcend fistfighting as a public figure. It makes him unique.
After documenting his rise and fall and rise again, from beating Wladimir Klitschko seven years ago to become world champion, to mentally falling off a cliff and ballooning to 400 pounds and having suicidal thoughts, to finding and regaining his mental spirit Health, Fury remains an amazing sports story.
Again, we should make the most of this combative character while he still has the will and ambition to get in the ring and challenge himself.
Netflix is currently making the best of him, filming a series coming out next year, a third book out – all three Fury books have hit the #1 bestseller list – and after a series of struggles in the US, where he also captured the hearts and minds of the public, 150,000 fans flocked to two stadium fights in 2022.
Warren, Fury’s UK promoter, outlined that he considers his protégé to be “the greatest British sports star since David Beckham” and that the giant Lancastrian arguably “has made more of an impact in the United States than Beckham”. Interesting point.
Arum, Fury’s promoter at The Pond, drew comparisons to Muhammad Ali, whom he promoted in the 1960s and early 1970s. “Tyson is the biggest personality we’ve had in boxing since Ali,” Arum told me. “Look at what he’s doing…he gets it…singing in the ring, the ability to understand what his audience wants. And he can fight.”
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