Tyson Fury: Daily Routine

From 4500 calories a day to early morning cardio, Tyson Fury’s comeback was built on discipline, not just knockouts.

Born on 12 August 1988 to Irish parents Amber and John Fury, Tyson Fury was destined to become a boxer. Around the same time he was born, Mike Tyson had just knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds to become the heavyweight champion of the world. John, a former professional boxer and bare-knuckle fighter, decided to name his son after Iron Mike Tyson and predicted that he’d be “the next heavyweight champion of the world.”

It was an absurd dream at the time, especially given that the young boy was born three months premature and weighed just one pound. “The doctors told me there was not much chance of him living,” Fury’s father told The Guardian.

“I had lost two daughters in the same way who had been born prematurely. They told me there was not much hope for him. It was 1988, Mike Tyson was in his pomp as world heavyweight champion, and so I said, ‘Let’s call him Tyson’. The doctors just looked at me and smiled.”