Tyson Fury shared that he experienced a personal tragedy prior to his fight with Oleksandr Usyk, only finding out about his wife’s miscarriage upon returning home. Paris Fury, who was six months pregnant with their eighth child, miscarried the day before Tyson lost his WBC world heavyweight title to Usyk in Saudi Arabia in May.
During the press conference for the Fury vs Usyk rematch on December 21, Tyson expressed his feelings for the first time, revealing that he was unaware of the loss on the day of the fight in an effort to become the division’s first undisputed champion in 24 years.
Tyson explained, “The child that she was carrying, she lost on the Friday of the fight, which was very difficult. She was six months pregnant, so it wasn’t a minor event. Having to go through that alone while I was in another country was tough. I couldn’t be there for her in that moment, and that was hard for me.”
“When she said she couldn’t come over, I knew there was a problem. She usually comes out on fight week but she said she had high blood pressure.”
“Turki Alalshikh (chairman of Saudi’s General Entertainment Authority) offered us a private jet to get around the high blood pressure and said she could bring the doctor with her.”
“But she said she couldn’t come. I asked her what was up and asked her to tell me, but she wouldn’t. So I knew, I knew there was a problem.”
“I said to my brother ‘she’s lost that baby’. She never told me she had lost the baby, but I knew. When I got back I got the inevitable confirmation that it was gone, but she had kept it to herself.”
Usyk and Fury embraced after the fight in Riyadh this spring
Tyson emphasized that the situation did not affect his bout with Usyk, in which the Ukrainian won by split decision.
He stated, “It’s not an excuse – hell no. I am a man of honour. I do what I have to do when I am in there. I don’t think about that sort of stuff when I am in that fight. Nothing outside the ring matters, there is no emotion. You think about all that stuff afterwards.”
“We have had miscarriages before. It happens. Will we have any more kids? I don’t know if she’s back to normal from that, it was only a few months ago. It takes a lot of getting over.”
“But no more of this morbid stuff now because I’ll break down in tears.”
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