Gloves Off: Tyson Fury Autobiography

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He describes how his Traveller upbringing forged him, and how his fighting family, including dad John and his brothers, have sustained him. 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. This book concludes with providing information and a motivational message for any people struggling with their own health issues. By the end of the book, as he surveys the potential contenders, he appears indistinguishable from all those predecessors who didn’t know when to say goodbye. If you have read Behind the Mask a lot of the same information is here, but with the benefit of having time to reflect on everything that happened to Tyson throughout his life his early life/career, his breakdown and his second career.

There is no mention, for example, of Daniel Kinahan, the alleged Irish gangster based in Dubai, whom Fury publicly thanked in 2020 for his work as a boxing promoter. He celebrates the importance of fitness and his efforts to get in shape, but rejects sports science, heart-rate monitors and data assessment. 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.Got through 125 pages but he could of just written ‘I love myself’ multiple times and it would have had the same effect!

Detailing never before told stories Tyson Fury pulls no punches in his most candid and entertaining book yet. Tyson was victorious in the second fight against Deontay Wilder in February 2020, defeating his opponent by seventh-round technical knockout.Although, as in the previous book, he doesn’t revisit his words, he attributes them to his well-publicised mental breakdown leading up to and after his 2015 victory over Wladimir Klitschko to claim the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight crowns. 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. That said, Tyson's self-confessed arrogance leads to a character who clearly interprets the thoughts and actions of others through the matrix of his own success story. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHORAS SEEN ON NETFLIX’S AT HOME WITH THE FURYS ‘Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion’ – Sylvester Stallone, star of Rocky’The People’s Champion’ – Times’A boxing phenomenon…the anarchic and enormous sports star may prove to be the last of the boxing greats’ – John Sutherland, The TimesSon.

He’s someone who rejects any interest in celebrities, while publishing photographs of himself with Ed Sheeran and Robbie Williams. From Irish traveller heritage, the "Gypsy King" is undefeated in 33 professional fights, winning 32 with 19 knockouts, and drawing once. This is quite jarring at times, as Tyson often belittles his competition and ascribes weakness to their character through some very subjective opinions. This a very honest memoir that details Tysons trust in his faith and his mental health battles and also the struggles and sacrifices that both he and his family faced in becoming a champion.Finally, I am thankful that Tyson is happy to be candid about his own battles with his mental health. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Key to a good sports autobiography is that you get an insight into the real person and the key successes and failures information you didn’t know. He shares fascinating blow-by-blow accounts of his inspiring victories against Deontay Wilder and Dillian Whyte, his recovery from the depths of depression, and his journey to reclaiming his world heavyweight title. True showman who people either love or hate, you can only appreciate him more after reading this book.

Tyson also shares a side of him that few people get to see and that in the weeks before the biggest fight of his career in 2021 he was sleeping on the hospital floor in intensive care following the premature birth of his daughter Athena who was fighting for her life. In the process, Tyson discusses his mental health and weight battles, his faith and his greatest boxing experiences.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. I’m a massive Tyson Fury fan and enjoyed this book - wasn’t so keen on Jake Wood narrating it but got used to him.