Tyson Fury has revealed he was struck by personal tragedy on the eve of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk that was only confirmed when he returned home to Morecambe.
Fury's wife Paris was six months pregnant with their eighth child - a boy - but suffered a miscarriage the day before he lost his WBC world heavyweight title to Usyk in Saudi Arabia in May. Speaking on the subject for the first time, an anguished Fury told how he was shielded from the news ahead of his bid to become the division's first undisputed champion for 24 years. But he feared the worst when he learned Paris was too ill to attend the fight in Riyadh.
"She said she couldn't come. I asked her what was up and asked her to tell me, but she wouldn't. So I knew, I knew, 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 had kept it to herself.
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