TYSON FURY revealed a video of Deontay Wilder disrespecting Mike Tyson fuelled him with the motivation to make a comeback.
In 2017, Fury was 28st and in a battle with depression and substance abuse which ultimately led to him vacating the heavyweight titles he had won against Wladimir Klitschko two years prior.
Tyson Fury was inspired to make a comeback after Deontay Wilder disrespected Mike Tyson
But after watching Wilder, then an unbeaten WBC champion, claiming he would KO the Gypsy King’s hero Iron Mike, the 6ft 9in Brit was inspired to make a return and make the Bronze Bomber pay for his words.
Fury, 31, told the WBC podcast: “I started the regain mission to become heavyweight champion of the world again.
“I phoned up my trainer and said I was ready to train now, I phoned up Frank Warren and said I was ready to make a comeback and he said, ‘Yeah, we’ll power the comeback’.
“That day I got my sweatsuit on and I intended to jog one mile, just one, and I didn’t get half a mile without stopped.
“I stopped and I walked, and as I was walking I was looking on Instagram of some videos and I saw a video that Deontay Wilder had done and he said that he could knock out Mike Tyson in one round in his heyday.”And I thought this is disrespectful because Mike Tyson is 50-odd years old, Deontay Wilder is a young champion in his era.
“And I thought you know what, for that one comment I’m going to come back and knock you out.
“And he also said some stuff about me as well, he’s fat, he’ll never make a comeback, he’s too far gone.
“So I actually owe Deontay Wilder for bringing me back and giving me more inspiration to return, as well as God, and I never stopped.
“From this day to that day I’ve never stopped training. I’ve trained every single day since November 1, 2017.”
Fury’s road to redemption was almost completed by the end of 2018, but he was desperately unfortunate not to have beaten Wilder by decision in their first fight, which ended a draw.
But in the rematch last February, the Gypsy King dominated the 34-year-old American, twice flooring him on the way to winning the world title in round seven.
The rivals are set for a trilogy bout at the end of the year, with Fury then hoping to face Anthony Joshua, 30, in a historic undisputed title decider afterwards.
Fury dethroned Wilder of the WBC title in their rematch
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
