TYSON FURY got back to reality by returning home to Morecambe for the school run – while showing off his horror eye injury.
The Gypsy King was meant to be two weeks out from fighting in the heavyweight division’s first four-belt unification in Saudi Arabia
But disaster struck when he suffered a freak injury in sparring that left him needing over ten stitches in his eye.
As a result, the historic undisputed title decider has been postponed until May 18 and Fury has momentarily closed up shop in Riyadh.
The father-of-seven was soon back home on daddy duty but already looking ahead to the rescheduled fight date.
Fury said: “Back to reality today. Back to the good old Morecambe Bay weather.
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“Rain, wind, cold. Back to the school runs. Back to real life stuff.
“Can’t wait to get back into training camp in Saudi and absolutely smash it.”
Fury was in the middle of a scheduled 12-round sparring session when Agron Smakici sliced him open with an accidental elbow.
Saudi’s boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh was quick to confirm a new date only three months down the line has been set.
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But the powerful politician revealed another pull-out would have a massive £10MILLION consequence to be paid out of either boxer’s own cash.
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His manage Egis Klimas said: “It was our request. We put that to the Saudi people, and they accepted it.
“If he pulls out, the money has to come from the fighter, not from Saudi.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
