JAKARTA - The world heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury, revealed that he originally loved this sport. It all started with the legendary fight between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman.
Fury was actually born to a boxer's family. His father, John, and uncle Peter are fighters.
In fact, he has been coached by his father since the age of ten. However, at first he never really had the desire to box.
That was until he witnessed Rahman's success which surprisingly defeated Lewis in 2001 in South Africa.
"My first memory of boxing was when Lennox Lewis versus Hasim Rahman. We waited all night to watch it. And it was my first real and massive boxing memory," Fury explained.
"Obviously I've watched boxing long before, but never really interested until then," he continued.
Fury revealed that the first time he watched a close-in boxing match was when Ricky Hatton beat Kosta Tszyu in 2005.
"That's in Manchester and it's for the title belt fight against the legendary champions. I believe there are about three or four other future world champions there that night," Fury said.
"I, Crolla, Terry Flanagan, are all from Manchester and have all won world titles. We are all inspired by 'The Hitman', we all are."
Fury was only 13 at the time, but did not make his first fight in the ring until three years later. Now he is the heavyweight boxer No1 in the world, unbeaten in 34 fights and twice in power as champion.
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