Tyson Fury reveals wife suffered miscarriage before Usyk match
Tyson Fury revealed that his wife, Paris, suffered a miscarriage ahead of his heavyweight title fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May.
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Fury revealed his wife suffered miscarriage before Usyk bout
Paris Fury was six months pregnant with the couple’s eighth child.
However, she did not travel to Saudi Arabia to watch her husband’s fight against Usyk earlier this year.
Usyk went on to defeat Fury via split decision, becoming the undisputed champion.
“She lost [the baby] on the Friday of the fight, which was pretty s—–,” said the 36-year old.
“I am not making excuses but she was six months pregnant. It’s not like a small miscarriage at the beginning. You have to physically give birth to a dead child, on your own, while your husband is in a foreign country.”
“I could not be there for her, in that moment, and that is tough for me. I have been with the woman for longer than I wasn’t with her, so it is hard that I couldn’t be there with her.”
“I knew there was a problem”
Fury and Usyk is scheduled for a rematch on December 21 in Riyadh.
Speaking to reporters at a media day in London, Fury said he sensed that something was wrong before the fight.
“When she said she couldn’t come over, I knew there was a problem. She usually comes out on fight week but she had high blood pressure and couldn’t come. I asked her what was up and to tell me but she wouldn’t. So I knew,” Fury added.
“I knew there was a problem. I said to my brother: ‘She’s lost that baby.” She never told me she had lost the baby, but I knew. When I got back I got the inevitable confirmation that it was gone but she kept it to herself.”
“We have had miscarriages before and, it happens. Will we have any more kids? I don’t know if she’s back to normal from that. It takes a lot of getting over. But no more of this morbid stuff now because I’ll break down in tears.”
Fury and Usyk will fight for a second time on Dec. 21 in Riyadh.
