Tyson Fury isn’t the people’s champion. He is boorish and crass
Forget the Netflix caricature of this supposed cuddly mental health ambassador, the boxer revealed real persona at his press conference with Oleksandr Usyk
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Narrated by Tom Kershaw
The bigger they are, the harder they fall is an expression that never properly applied to Tyson Fury. In the ring, he has repeatedly hauled himself up after horrifying punches and fought his way to victory. Beyond it, he has become a mental health ambassador after dire struggles with depression and addiction and inspired a feverish global following. And when he faces Oleksandr Usyk in February for the undisputed heavyweight championship, he will win, perhaps even retire afterwards, and be remembered as one of Britain’s greatest boxers.
Yet, it was difficult to watch Fury at his press conference on Thursday in London and feel little else but nauseated by his tired schtick and crass contradictions. Before paying his ingratiating dues to the Saudi adviser who
