Tyson Fury Suffered Tragedy One Day Before Oleksandr Usyk Fight

Tyson Fury suffered a family tragedy just one day before his massive world heavyweight championship unification against boxing rival Oleksandr Usyk.

His wife, Paris Fury, was supposed to join him in Saudi Arabia for the Riyadh Season event — arguably the biggest moment of his entire pro career, as the fight had all the major championships on the line and would crown a rare undisputed champ in the division. Against Usyk, Fury was taking on a two-weight boxing champion, and one of the very best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet. Fury, though, knew something was up when Paris did not travel — and, he said, seemingly refused to tell him why.

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Paris Fury was pregnant but miscarried

Paris, Tyson said, was six months pregnant back in mid-May, when the titles were on the line for the Usyk fight. She miscarried, though, and did not tell him until after the fight. Fury said it was tough as he felt like he wasn’t there for his wife.

“I am not ­making excuses, but she was six months pregnant. It’s not like a small miscarriage at the beginning. You have to physically give birth to a dead child, on your own, while your husband is in a foreign country,” he said, according to The Guardian.

Fury fights Usyk for a second time in Saudi Arabia on December 21, and came face-to-face with the Ukrainian in London on Wednesday.

Ahead of the media event, he spoke about the miscarriage.

He said: “She usually comes out on fight week, but she had high blood pressure and couldn’t come. I asked her what was up and to tell me, but she wouldn’t. So I knew.”

The chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh, who has grown to become one of the most influenced figures in boxing by financing these massive events, offered to help, said Fury.

“Turki offered us a private jet to get around the high blood pressure and said he would bring the doctor with her. But when I knew she couldn’t fly, I knew there was a big problem.”

Fury kept reiterating that he’s not offering the revelation as an excuse. “I don’t think about that sort of stuff when I am in that fight,” he said. “Nothing outside the ring matters, there is no emotion. Youi think about that stuff after.”

He continued: “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 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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