Tyson Fury's heartbreaking admission as he opens up on wife Paris' miscarriage
Tyson Fury would never contemplate a return to boxing without the green light from the most important person in his world - his wife Paris Fury. The Gypsy King's return from retirement was seemingly confirmed by Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi Arabian general minister for entertainment.
In January, a matter of weeks after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk, Fury announced he is hanging up his gloves. Seven months later, just before Alalshikh's tweet, the Fury was strutting about in his signature shirtless, white and gold, three-piece suit at the IBA Pro 7 Press Conference and Fight Night in Istanbul, roaring into the microphones of the boxing media, dropping hints about a return left, right and centre.
The spring was back in his step and the mischievous, but threatening, glimmer in his eye was as bright as his outlandish outfit. He maintained this charisma and energy throughout the whole day.
That was until he opened up about the tragedy of Paris' miscarriage. Barely 24 hours before his first fight against Usyk, the couple lost their unborn son. She was six months pregnant.
Paris did not tell him until his return from Saudi Arabia, but Fury sensed the tragedy had happened. The worst thoughts possible started going round his head when Paris decided not to join him in Riyadh, citing high blood pressure.
Looking back on that moment, Fury admitted: "The hardest thing for me, from the first Usyk fight, is that the person who had been there for me the most, I could not be there for her when she needed me the most. That was the toughest thing."
It was the third child Paris had lost. She gave birth to a stillborn baby in 2014 and suffered another miscarriage four years later, when she was eight weeks pregnant.
Paris and Fury have seven children with each other. In the time between his retirement announcement in January and Alalshikh's recent tweet, Fury has uploaded several pictures and videos of him enjoying family time at home or on holiday.
While he was attending the IBA conference, the boxing world began to fluster itself with the thought of the Gypsy King returning to reclaim his crown. Before he even contemplated the idea of a third return from retirement, there was only one person the former world champion wanted to talk to.
"Having been here, around all the media and around all of the boxing things, I have had four offers in the last six hours," Fury said. "I think it's been like, 'Oh, well he must be coming back now, he's around boxing again.'
"It's hard to walk away from that. I won't say they are earth-shaking, but they are ground breaking offers, I will say that. We know I do not work for cheap. Let's just say I am going to contemplate it and I will think about it.
"I spoke to Paris in depth about it earlier on. She said she will support me no matter what I want to do. Maybe it's because she wants rid of me or maybe, because we are the Bonnie and Clyde from 2005. Maybe, it's like she is going to support me no matter what I do. She is my ride or die. If we die, we die and if we live, we live.'
The timeframe of any Fury return is currently uncertain. A third bout against Usyk, who is fighting Daniel Dubois for the undisputed heavyweight world championship on July 19 at Wembley Stadium, is the bout he craves most. Whatever happens, it's abundantly clear that Fury's passion has been reignited.
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