Tyson Fury celebrates anniversary of beating Dillian Whyte after The Gypsy King ‘made history at Wembley’

The Gypsy King beat Whyte last year after a technical knockout in the sixth round
Neve Wilkinson
By Neve Wilkinson
Published 24th Apr 2023, 13:20 BST
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Tyson Fury is celebrating his one-year anniversary of beating fellow British boxer Dillian Whyte in front of 94,000 people at Wembley Stadium.

The professional boxer, 32, known as The Gypsy King, impressively defended his WBC heavyweight title with a sixth-round technical knockout win over Whyte on 23 April 2022.

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Whyte made it back to his feet after Fury’s monstrous uppercut but was deemed unfit to continue by referee Mark Lyson, who then waved off the fight.

Although born in Manchester, current world heavyweight champ Tyson Fury lives in Morecambe with his wife Paris and their six children - with another on the way. In September 2015, he expressed an interest in running as an independent candidate to be the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, but the plan never materialised. Named after American boxer Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time, Tyson was born three months premature and weighed just 1 pound and wasn't expected to survive.Although born in Manchester, current world heavyweight champ Tyson Fury lives in Morecambe with his wife Paris and their six children - with another on the way. In September 2015, he expressed an interest in running as an independent candidate to be the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, but the plan never materialised. Named after American boxer Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time, Tyson was born three months premature and weighed just 1 pound and wasn't expected to survive.
Although born in Manchester, current world heavyweight champ Tyson Fury lives in Morecambe with his wife Paris and their six children - with another on the way. In September 2015, he expressed an interest in running as an independent candidate to be the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, but the plan never materialised. Named after American boxer Mike Tyson, who was the heavyweight world champion at the time, Tyson was born three months premature and weighed just 1 pound and wasn't expected to survive.

Exactly one year later, on St George’s Day, the 32-year-old took to his Instagram story to celebrate one of his most famous wins.

Fury said: “Happy St George’s Day. Of course, it’s an anniversary for me today.

“It’s a year since I knocked out Dillian Whyte at Wembley in front of 94,000 people in London. So, I’m going to celebrate today with 15 rounds of boxing in the gym. Come on!

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“Then I’m gonna go out, get my f***ing red, white, and blue suit on and I’m going to get absolutely tanked for England and Saint George. Get up!”

The Gypsy King also shared a picture of himself, which was taken shortly after the victorious fight, holding three championship belts.

He captioned the post: “April 23 2022. how time goes so quick don’t waste yours with the wrong people. in Jesus name.🙏 @wbcboxing”.

The UK’s leading boxing promoter Queensberry also celebrated the one-year anniversary of the fight, claiming The Gypsy King “made history at Wembley”.

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Furocity, Fury’s energy drink business account, also shared a throwback from The Gypsy Kings victorious fight, writing: “This time last year @tysonfury celebrated with 94,000 fans at Wembley. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👑

“A little throwback of the Fury Whyte fight week. 🥊

“WHAT. A. WEEK. 🔋”

According to Misfits Boxing, Fury’s next bout will be against American footballer Chase DeMoor next month.

He will step into the ring with the Too Hot To Handle reality star at OVO Arena Wembley in London on Saturday 13 May 2023.

https://twitter.com/MisfitsBoxing/status/1649176414619332608

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Tyson was expected to fight in July and December last year but when the negotiations for clashes against Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk halted, it was unclear who he would take on next.

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn recently hinted that Tyson could also fight Andy Ruiz Jr this year.

Speaking to Boxing King Media, Eddie was asked about Tyson’s next opponent, and despite not even being The Gypsy King’s promoter, he said: “Andy Ruiz, July 22nd”.

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