Tyson Fury has claimed he has not spoken to his wife Paris for three months as he prepares for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night
Tyson Fury has admitted that he’s not spoken with his wife, Paris, for a whopping three months.
The Gypsy King is on a mission to settle scores and rectify his only blemish in the ring when he faces off against Oleksandr Usyk once more in Saudi Arabia come Saturday (December 21).
The first bout saw Usyk snatch a victory by points after a ding-dong battle. And to prepare for their highly-anticipated rematch, Fury’s gone full hermit mode, even shunning family contact.
“I’ll end his career, this will be, you’ll never hear about Oleksandr Usyk again after this,” he vowed to Queensberry Promotions. “It’s been a long camp, haven’t seen my wife and kids in three months. I haven’t spoken to [my wife] at all in three months. Not one word, sacrificed a lot.
“But it’ll all be worth it, 100 per cent.”
In a heart-wrenching twist, Fury spoke about Paris enduring a miscarriage just a day before squared off with Usyk in May, with Paris telling him the news upon his return to their Morecambe home.
“I had to make the decision, do I tell him? And I came to the conclusion that whatever was happening with me, I couldn’t change it. But I could change dramatically what was happening in his life,” Paris confided, reports the Mirror. She concocted a fib about having high blood pressure to avoid flying and sparing Tyson the news.
Tyson had proposed to fly Paris to Saudi Arabia on a private jet, and later hinted that he sensed something was amiss when she declined, but he “didn’t want to believe it”. Mother-of-seven Paris revealed she “knew there was a problem” during the gender scan when she couldn’t spot a heartbeat “flickering” on the screen.
“The sonographer said to me, ‘I’m really sorry, Paris, there’s no heartbeat.’ I jumped up, started to cry, and said, ‘No, hold on, hold on. No, no, wait,’ and went all frantic.” Paris commended the “exceptional” hospital staff who assisted her in delivering her stillborn son without needing anaesthesia.
She broke the devastating news to Tyson upon his return home after his defeat against Usyk. “At the time it feels like your world is ripped to pieces,” Paris confessed.
“But I know everyone can get through it. And what is so traumatic one day, becomes a memory. You know, you had that little piece of life, even if it’s such a short time. Mentally I’m at ease with what went on. Physically, I’m OK.”