Rare footage re-emerges of 19-year-old Tyson Fury brutally knocking out rival and leaving him in crumpled heap
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RARE footage of Tyson Fury scoring a brutal knockout in the amateurs has re-emerged.
Fury had a 31-4 in the unpaid rank but he turned professional in 2008 after being overlooked for the Olympics in favour of David Price.
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Footage of Tyson Fury scoring a brutal knockout in the amateurs has re-emerged
Credit: YouTube / Eamon Mcauley
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Fury knocked out American Maurice Byarm
Credit: YouTube / Eamon Mcauley
But before doing so, the future two-time heavyweight world champion travelled to Philadelphia in 2007 for the Harrowgate Boxing Club.
Fury competed for Belfast's Holy Family ABC and boxed in front of just a handful of spectators at the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Centre.
Those in attendance would not have known they were watching a future star of the sport - but Fury's KO of Maurice Byarm might have been a hint.
Fury - only 19 at the time -had the American hurt on the ropes with an uppercut and the follow up right hand ended the bout in the third and final round.
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Byarm himself turned pro in 2009 - two years after the loss to Fury but he failed to make an impact in the paid ranks.
He was beaten by Bryant Jennings in 2012 and stopped by Magomed Abdusalamov the same year before leaving the sport.
Byarm did return six years later in 2018 to beat Richard Carmack in his comeback fight but it marked his final fight.
Fury meanwhile first became champ in 2015 when he stunned Wladimir Klitschko in Germany to win the WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
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But by 2017, he vacated the straps amid a battle with depression and substance abuse.
But it paved the way for one of boxing's most remarkable comebacks as Fury returned in 2018 to challenge for the WBC title - controversially drawing to Deontay Wilder.
Fury later beat Wilder twice to claim the belt but he eventually lost the gold and his unbeaten record in May to Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk, 38, also won the rematch in December and a month later Fury, 36, announced his retirement from boxing and has so far kept his word.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 22: Tyson Fury knocks down Deontay Wilder in the fifth during their Heavyweight bout for Wilder's WBC and Fury's lineal heavyweight title on February 22, 2020 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by)
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