Tyson Fury primed for Big Bad John

[HS Press]

Tyson directs Fury at Maloney’s Baloney

The Heavyweight Wisdom of Frank Maloney:

On Larry Olubamiwo (prior to his defeat by Daniil Peret, a man stopped in two rounds by Tyson Fury): “I believe in Larry Olubamiwo, I may have discovered another Earnie Shavers”

On Scott Belshaw, also stopped in 2 rounds by Tyson Fury: “His commitment and dedication is the same as Lennox Lewis. He will be the richest sportsman ever.”

On Lennox Lewis: “Unfortunately, after what happened in South Africa, no matter whether he gets his revenge over Rahman, he will never go down in history as one of the greats. Lewis will never be up there in boxing's hall of fame.”

On Lennox Lewis yesterday: “One great World Champion” (When it suits obviously)

Heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury has hit back at promoter Frank Maloney ahead of his English title clash with John McDermott in Brentwood on September 11th. Fury has knocked out all 7 of his professional opponents to date and he’s promising to do the same to McDermott and prove to Maloney that he’s much more than a “rent a quote motor mouth.”

The man once referred to as the “Mental Midget” by Don King has recently been bragging about his involvement with three heavyweight champs, Lennox Lewis, John Ruiz and Nikolay Valuev but Fury is unimpressed.

“Coming from Maloney I think calling me a ‘rent a quote motor mouth’ is a bit rich,” said Fury. “That’s essentially what he was for Lennox Lewis. In my opinion Maloney’s role with Lennox was little more than a court jester. He was basically a mouth in a Union Jack suit running around embarrassing himself like some kind of over excited novelty mascot.

“Lennox Lewis was a great fighter and was destined for greatness regardless of who was involved with him. In my opinion it was a case of him being in the right place at the right time, my pet dog could have done what Maloney did for Lewis and he’s blind and only has three legs.

“As for talking about Ruiz and Valuev if Maloney is such a heavyweight expert how come his involvement with them stopped long before they ever got near the heavyweight title? Claiming those two fighters is in my opinion even worse than what he has claimed to have done for David Haye’s career except that for some reason I never hear David giving him too much credit.

“He’s not getting any better either. He made a big fuss at the start of the year about signing three big heavyweights and he’s already got two of them beaten. He said Scott Belshaw was going to be the next George Foreman and the richest athlete on the planet. He must have meant the richest athlete on whatever planet Maloney’s living on because I blew Belshaw away inside 2 rounds.

“He signed another big guy from Sheffield called Dave Howe to a 3 year contract and he got knocked out in less than a minute by Dave Ingleby, a guy who’s not even allowed to spar with me.”

Fury and Maloney will cross paths in Brentwood next month after Maloney won the purse bids to stage the Fury – McDermott contest. “I think Maloney’s finally realised that he needs a decent heavyweight on one of his shows. He’s probably fed up with seeing his own heavyweight ‘prospects’ fall over and in my opinion his shows lately have been headlined by mostly dull fights between little flyweights and bantamweights.

“You can fool some of the people some of the time and I think even Maloney realises it’s time he put on a decent main event again. It might only be for the English title but it’s interesting that the British Bantamweight title fight between Gary Davies and Ian Napa has been relegated to the undercard so I think that shows what kind of impact I’ve had considering I only turned pro last December.

“I can guarantee you that Maloney will end up with egg all over his face again when I smash McDermott and he’ll be paying me for the privilege of having me box on his show. My own promoter, Mick Hennessy has kept me very busy since turning pro and this is a chance for me to impress a whole new audience.”

Hennessy says he has no concerns about Fury boxing on another promoter’s show. “Maloney comes up trumps for us every few years and I’d like to thank him for helping me to build Tyson’s career even if he doesn’t know it and it’s only for one fight. I just hope there’s no excuses from Maloney and McDermott and they turn up.

“We pushed for Tyson to be made the mandatory for the English title because we wanted the fight. We lost the bid but we’re happy to honour the result of the bids because we want to see Tyson progress.

“It’s a great sign Maloney winning with a big purse bid. The last time he did that was for the Carl Froch – Brian Magee fight a few years back and he was talking rubbish about that one as well.”

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Tyson directs Fury at Maloney’s Baloney

The Heavyweight Wisdom of Frank Maloney:


On Scott Belshaw, also stopped in 2 rounds by Tyson Fury: “His commitment and dedication is the same as Lennox Lewis. He will be the richest sportsman ever.”
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[yiddo14]

Fury KO Maloney Round 1.

[HS Press]

Tyson Fury looking to celebrate his 21st Birthday with English title

Sacrifices fuel Fury

To read the article from today's Daily Express written by Niall Hickman regarding heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury, who turned 21 yesterday and will be looking to claim the English title from "Big Bad" John McDermott on September 11th check out the Hennessy Sports website http://www.hennessysports.com/news-619.htm

[Wales]

21 yesterday, jesus. What the fornicate did they feed him on?

[BARNEYKX]

21 yesterday, jesus. What the eff did they feed him on?

Shortbread?

[Coco]

Rumour is he has sacrificed breakfast once!

[alexpaterson]

Rumour is he has sacrificed breakfast once!

Ye but he did have brunch that day D

[Asterix]

Here's the article:

[damianhucker1]

I wonder if he's lying about his age....just looking at his face there is no way he looks 21. More like 25. Apparently a lot of Traveller fighters claim they are younger than they are in the amateurs.

I'm not accusing just wondering....he just doesn't look 21 though of course there are always standouts.....he has too many lines on his head I think

thats a good point , not impossible really .

[yiddo14]

Travellers are reknowned for growing up fast.
There used to be a few who came down the gym and one of them was married with kidS and was only 17.

They are usually out working at aged 14/15 and are considered men then. Plenty are married with a family by the time they are 20.

No surer way to age fast than to get tied down with a wife and kids at such an early age

My worry for Billy Joe Saunders is that he burns out fast.

[Londonirish]

Travellers are reknowned for growing up fast.
There used to be a few who came down the gym and one of them was married with kidS and was only 17.

They are usually out working at aged 14/15 and are considered men then. Plenty are married with a family by the time they are 20.

No surer way to age fast than to get tied down with a wife and kids at such an early age

yiddo14 you've got a good point, i was out working with my Father from the age of 11-12, so as my cousins..
When i was 13 or so People use to always say i was cheating on my age.
I just think Travellers mature alot quicker, maybe its the inter breeding Na but i do tho, i remember my 1st year in the school think it would of been Franci Doherty 3rd year and the doctor told him to have a shave before his fight, that you can fight with a beard

What will Tyson look like when his 40 :(

[Deano s]

Maloney has Got a great New Heavyweight in Tom Dallas, and also Larry Olubamiwo is not washed up yet he hasn't got great movment put if he catches you with a shot you will know about it,I will hold judjment on larry until i see how he comes back after the defeat by peret

Tom Dallas is the Future of Maloneys Heaveys and i for one would love to see him up against the winner of Fury and big john

[yiddo14]

Tom is a decent fighter, but it's too soon for him to go in against the winner of Big John and Fury.

No need to rush. Tom would probably be best waiting until Fury and Price move past domestic level before going for British honours etc.

[SteveDow]

I think Tyson Fury is great for British boxing and is a real breath of fresh air.

Let's not forget that he began his professional career in December 2008. Less than 9 months ago and he is already going into his 8th fight against a guy who has recently fought for (and, lets be honest, in the first fight with Williams, won) the British title. He has also fought some respectable names already in beating Scott Belshaw, Matthew Ellis and Lee Swaby. Alright these guys are not world beaters but they are good guys to fight in your first 7 fights.

I hope (and expect) that Fury will beat McDermott and then squeeze in a defence of the English title before the end of the year. If he does this then he will have had 9 fights in his first year and won a title. He cannot really be expected to do much more than this.

I then see a British title shot in the first half of next year.

[Dioufy]

Less than 9 months ago and he is already going into his 8th fight against a guy who has recently fought for (and, lets be honest, in the first fight with Williams, won) the British title.

Even with all the points off and the 10/8 round five I still believe Williams nicked that fight. I believe I had a stupid score of something like 113/112 to DW. The Sky team influenced a lot of people that night, and wrongly, in my opinion, said that McDermott had been robbed.

[BARNEYKX]

GOOD LUCK TO YOUNG FURY HE WILL WIN IT NO DOUBT

[SteveDow]

Can't agree with you on the first Williams McDermott fight, Dioufy. I though McDermott won it clearly but anyway the point I was trying to make in my comment was that we should get behind Tyson Fury and not criticise him. I can't remember a fighter in Britain who has done so much in their first year in boxing and he can only get better. The problem with this country is that we never want to get behind our sportsmen. We always want to pick faults and moan and its wrong.

[yiddo14]

I see a fair bit of support on here for Fury. I certainly class myself as a fan.

His talk(or should I say his promoters/Dad's talk)will always divide people though.

95% of the time I have heard him speak he has come across really well. The other 5% was spent talking about David Price, where he sounded a bit bitter

[slapbangwhallop]

Just got my copy in the post and after flicking through it I read the article on luke tyson fury!
really enjoyed it and I thought he came over very very well. I did not know he was a man of god and more power to him for admitting it and being open about his beliefs
Seems a good guy and I enjoyed reading about the travelling community too
Great article

Fun you should say that because I just heard a rumour that Fury was going to fight for the Irish title on the undercard of the Dunne bill and was thinking on doing an article on him as well.

who was the author.

[1southpaw]

Tyson Fury primed for Big Bad John

Undefeated heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury says he’s counting down the days to his first title fight – an English title showdown with “Big Bad” John McDermott on September 11th.

The 6 foot 9 inch heavyweight sensation is undefeated in 7 pro fights with all 7 wins coming via knockout and he’s determined to maintain that perfect KO streak against McDermott.

A back injury had hampered Fury’s preparations ahead of his most recent outing in London last month but the 21-year-old says he’s fighting fit ahead of his date with McDermott. “My backs 100% again now and I’ve been working very hard in the gym. I’m really fired up for this, it’s my first title fight and I want to win it in style.”

Fury will challenge for McDermott’s belt after promoter Frank Maloney submitted the winning purse bid to stage the fight. The bid is believed to be a record for an English title fight demonstrating just how big an impact Fury has made in British boxing since turning pro last December.

The Hennessy Sports promoted Fury says he has no problems fighting in his opponent’s back yard on a rival promoter’s event. “It will make a nice change for Frank Maloney to finally have a decent heavyweight on one of his shows. I’ve watched some of the big lumps he’s had on his shows recently and its like watching Dumbo on Ice, they can barely stand upright, let alone throw punches.

“To be fair to John McDermott he’s the best of a bad lot with Maloney’s heavyweights and thankfully for him he can fight a lot better than he looks.”

Maloney recently criticised Fury saying that he had a big mouth but Fury says he’s ready, willing and able to back up his big talk. “That’s the difference between me and a lot of these other guys. I might talk the talk but I walk the walk as well and I’ll prove that against McDermott.

“Maloney obviously believes that McDermott can beat me but I think that just proves what I said before, what Maloney knows about heavyweights could be tattooed on the back of my big toe.”

The latest venue mooted for the bout is the Brentwood Centre in Essex but Fury says he’s not fussed where the fight takes place. “They keep changing the venue, first it was the York Hall, then it was Crystal Palace and now I’ve been told it’s moved again to Brentwood but they can put it on in McDermott’s back garden as far as I’m concerned, the result will be the same anyway. I’m going to be coming home with that English title belt.”

can anyone tell me whats SENSATIONAL about tyson fury. what has he done in his career so far. all he is is a fat heavyweight with a bit of a punch at british level he.ll get found out when big bad john ko.s him

[Asterix]

can anyone tell me whats SENSATIONAL about tyson fury. what has he done in his career so far. all he is is a fat heavyweight with a bit of a punch at british level he.ll get found out when big bad john ko.s him

His height and his name account for a lot of the hype. I think he's a breath of fresh air. It's nice to see people talking about someone.

[mickey1975]

luke fury is a good prospect,end of....

[BARNEYKX]

I see fury and rogan maybe going for the irish title

[slapbangwhallop]

I see fury and rogan maybe going for the irish title

I heard that an Irish title fight might come a lot soon - on the Dunne undercard!

I also heard that that Boxing Monthly article says that Andy Lee's granny and Fury's granny were sisters. I aint red the article yet so dont know if thats BS.