TYSON FURY was forced to move his family out of his luxury Morecambe mansion after a man scaled his gate and demanded to be adopted.
The 37-year-old heavyweight, devoted wife Paris and their seven children uprooted from their £1.7million Lancashire base after 20 years at the end of December.
The family moved to the tax-friendly Isle of Man but Fury denied his motivation was to protect his fortune, estimated to be worth £400million.
The two-time world champ instead revealed it was prank callers and strange stalkers that sent him over the Irish Sea.
Ahead of his comeback clash with Arslanbek Makhmudov, when asked about the stress of the move, he said: “It wasn’t tough, sometimes you can just be in a place too long and everybody knows where you live.
“I had to disconnect my intercom on the gates because every weekend I had crackpots and drunk people ringing the door bell and asking for Tyson.
“The final straw was when I had a lunatic come over my gates, 40-foot gates and I’ve got an attack dog. I’ve got everything.
“The police came and he said; ‘I’m here to be adopted by Tyson and Paris’.
“The man was about 35-years-old and he was saying that we were going to adopt him. He was wearing a dressing gown and pyjamas.
“When the police asked where he came from, he said ‘London’ and that he was here to visit his father and mother. This man could have had a knife on him, or anything.
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“I wasn’t home. I was at the gym and Paris phoned me going nuts and then it was actually one of our neighbours who saw someone climbing over the bins and she phoned the police.
“But that wasn’t the only one. I’ve had a million nut jobs at my place.
“One time there was a guy and he was dressed in shells, all seashells – from head-to-toe – looked like an absolute lunatic. He said God sent him to speak to me.
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
Conor Benn features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown against fellow Brit Daniel Dubois.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also defend his straps.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
April
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Ben Whittaker vs Braiain Suarez – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 2 – Naoya Inoue vs Junto Nakatani – Undisputed super-bantamweight title – TBC
- Sat 2 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN PPV
- Sat 16 – Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic – DAZN
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
June
- Sat 6 – Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello – WBC super lightweight title – DAZN
- Sat 13 – Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall – DAZN
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“But my manager Spencer offered him 20 quid and he grabbed it and vanished.”
It takes a brave or deranged man to try to infiltrate the Fury household.
But that is what baby-faced teen Noah Price did when he proposed to the 6ft 9in Traveller’s eldest daughter Venezuela at her 16th birthday party in September.
The wannabe boxer had the decency and courage to approach the intimidating Gypsy King and ask for his princess’ hand.
And the former master of machismo mind games – before untouchable Oleksandr Usyk cracked his brain and chin on back-to-back occasions – gave his blessing after spotting the fear in the young man’s eyes.
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Fury explained: “He did ask for my permission, he came in and sat down and I explained that marriage is not an easy thing and that they are only young kids.
“I asked if this is what they really want. He said it was and I gave him my blessing, fair play. He wasn’t shaking but I could tell he was nervous, fair play to him.
“He’s a heavyweight boxer and they say that a daughter always goes for someone like her dad and she definitely has.”
Typically the showman changes roles, from doting dad to fun father-in-law, adding with a grin: “I don’t know if he’s had a stag do yet.
“If he does, I’ll be there – and I’ll bring the strippers.”
As always with Fury, it’s impossible to know what is real and what is part of the latest family reality TV show, this is end of his FIFTH fake retirement.
Ranting absent father John – who has slammed his son and his team and snubbed the build-up – could be waiting in the wings, ready to swoop down and attempt to steal the show in the same way Chris Eubank Jr did in his son’s win over Conor Benn.
And Tyson claims to have broken the world record for boxing in SIX consecutive football stadiums – without mentioning that three of those Saudi shows happened at indoor arenas.
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London hosts the return of the Gypsy King!
Tyson Fury’s hiatus comes to an end TONIGHT when he faces Russian giant Arslanbek Makhmudov.
The Gypsy King initially retired after suffering back-to-back defeats against Oleksandr Usyk in 2024.
However, Fury announced his comeback in January 2025 and his opponent couldn’t be tougher with Arslanbek boasting a record of 21 wins (19 knockouts).
But the excitement doesn’t stop there, as Conor Benn will fight Regis Prograis in his first bout since making the huge switch to Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing.
Here’s everything you need to know about the blockbuster fight in the capital…
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But you would have to be a cold-hearted cynic not to believe his sentiments about his latest boxing comeback and how much he thrives on being the ringleader and the centre of attention.
“I enjoy it all,” he said. “I always have done. This is a circus. This is my dream job and I have been able to do my dream job.
“I dreamed as a child of being the heavyweight world champion and I have lived it.
“Boxing’s hard to let go of, anything that you’ve done forever is hard to let go of.
“And that’s what boxing is to me, it’s natural, something that I do, it’s an essential part of my day-to-day life.
“If that’s taken away, then I have nothing left. Although I have everything that every man could ever want, boxing has always been my dream.
“Everything I’ve always wanted. It gives me everything I’ve always wanted.
“And here we are again, five times out of retirement. And who knows how many more times I will retire?”
Only you, Tyson. Only you.
