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With a name with the word gypsy in im sure there has to be colourful stories. any info.

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With a name with the word gypsy in im sure there has to be colourful stories. any info.

He gouged a guy's eye out a year or two back I think...is that colourful enough?

can you tell me more?

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... le_of_beer

Jesus I really didn't realise he was Tyson Fury's dad.

mimmy123 wrote:can you tell me more?

Gouged someones eye out in a car park brawl arising out of some long standing feud - got 11 year in prison, reduced to 9 years on appeal (on grounds that 11 years was "too harsh"!). Nice guy - well, Tyson thinks so anyway(?)

josco wrote:

mimmy123 wrote:can you tell me more?

Gouged someones eye out in a car park brawl arising out of some long standing feud - got 11 year in prison, reduced to 9 years on appeal (on grounds that 11 years was "too harsh"!). Nice guy - well, Tyson thinks so anyway(?)

big softy really - heart of gold

My father tells me regardless of his crime John is a gentleman ,a man amongst men and very respected in our community
No doubt the spineless racist comments will soon be allowed to flood this thread ...i think in the UK i would of been better off being born black

He actually tried to gouge out the mans other eye as well...

mimmy123, are you trolling, mate? You honestly didn't know that Fury's dad was John Fury? How old are you?

JLP wrote:mimmy123, are you trolling, mate? You honestly didn't know that Fury's dad was John Fury? How old are you?

Seriously I never thought about it before. I'm talking to John Westgarth about his life and I mentioned John Fury, but then googled the name. Honestly ive never thought about it until now. (im 44)

mimmy123 wrote:

JLP wrote:mimmy123, are you trolling, mate? You honestly didn't know that Fury's dad was John Fury? How old are you?

Seriously I never thought about it before. I'm talking to John Westgarth about his life and I mentioned John Fury, but then googled the name. Honestly ive never thought about it until now. (im 44)

It's funny what we miss. I have some glaring gaps in knowledge that leave people astounded, to the point they think I'm taking the piss.

my step dad knew him and said hes a tough tough man. would fight any1.

JLP wrote:

mimmy123 wrote:

JLP wrote:mimmy123, are you trolling, mate? You honestly didn't know that Fury's dad was John Fury? How old are you?

Seriously I never thought about it before. I'm talking to John Westgarth about his life and I mentioned John Fury, but then googled the name. Honestly ive never thought about it until now. (im 44)

It's funny what we miss. I have some glaring gaps in knowledge that leave people astounded, to the point they think I'm taking the piss.

Ive known the name Gypsy john fury from the 80's but can honestly say ive never heard anywhere that Tyson had a dad who was a pro boxer.

john fury was trained by bartley gorman for a while,its a known fact hes tysons dad big family the furys and the burtons as i think hosea burton has turned pro now

mrpedigree wrote:My father tells me regardless of his crime John is a gentleman ,a man amongst men and very respected in our community
No doubt the spineless racist comments will soon be allowed to flood this thread ...i think in the UK i would of been better off being born black

totally agree their, some are just bellends and still think its 1933 germany when hitler come to power :witzend

People are too happy to agree with what they read in the papers (in general, not just talking about John Fury) and this leads to the targets of that paper talk being defensive about any criticism or commentary, even on things which might actually be legitimate, amidst a slew of things that aren't.

Looking at his record and its surprising he never scored a KO in boxing, Tyson isn't the biggest puncher either.

Strange that he got 9 years when people who've killed have got a fraction of that

johnnykayo wrote:

mrpedigree wrote:My father tells me regardless of his crime John is a gentleman ,a man amongst men and very respected in our community
No doubt the spineless racist comments will soon be allowed to flood this thread ...i think in the UK i would of been better off being born black

totally agree their, some are just bellends and still think its 1933 germany when hitler come to power :witzend

Not being racist in the slightest, I have nothing against the community but am not sure he can be held up as a 'gentleman' after trying to gouge someone's eye out...?

I mean, initially, he got 11 years;

this guy got 10 for what was, essentially, going into someone else's flat armed with a knife and stabbing them to death:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... h-row.html

sharpei_louis wrote:

johnnykayo wrote:

mrpedigree wrote:My father tells me regardless of his crime John is a gentleman ,a man amongst men and very respected in our community
No doubt the spineless racist comments will soon be allowed to flood this thread ...i think in the UK i would of been better off being born black

totally agree their, some are just bellends and still think its 1933 germany when hitler come to power :witzend

Not being racist in the slightest, I have nothing against the community but am not sure he can be held up as a 'gentleman' after trying to gouge someone's eye out...?

In a street fight there is no room for being a gent it would seem,imo John went to far in wanting to win/prove a point that day,i bet there is not a day goes by Fury Snr wouldn't give that man his eye back and be let out from that long stretch and come out watch his boy fight for a title.
A man lost his eye that day and it cost John Fury a bit to...its fcuked up ent it really .

An eye for an eye ?

dookus wrote:I mean, initially, he got 11 years;

this guy got 10 for what was, essentially, going into someone else's flat armed with a knife and stabbing them to death:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... h-row.html

you don't flick somebody's eye out though do you, it takes a few seconds probably. That's malicious unless you were trying to defend your life. Could he not be satisfied with twatting the bloke on the nose and be out inside a year or so? Put a knife halfway inside somebody's body, put a thumb about halfway inside somebody's skull, is there a big difference?
The other bloke could have been a right scumbag but if he was a boxer he should have put something better together than a fcking thumbed out eye, at worst that is nasty and at best you can't control yourself.

Lads, the guy Fury snr was fighting would probably have gladly pulled both his ears off and gouged his eyes out first given half a chance. This was not Queensury rules but a brutal streetfight. Personally, and i have a fair knowledge of sentencing, i think he got hammered.

mickey1975 wrote:Lads, the guy Fury snr was fighting would probably have gladly pulled both his ears off and gouged his eyes out first given half a chance. This was not Queensury rules but a brutal streetfight. Personally, and i have a fair knowledge of sentencing, i think he got hammered.

Well said as always micky,i to thought he should of got like 6 year or something but 11 ?
Like someone else said above ,the sentencing in this country is so inconsistent no wonder nobody has any confidence in the justice system, there are people that take others lives getting 2-3 years as well as rapist of women a children getting the same,i i know which ones i would prefer doing 11 years and its not Fury Snr for some street fight.