TYSON FURY, they said, was unrecognisable. He was unrecognisable when looking up at Francis Ngannou having been knocked down by the debutant in round three, and he was equally unrecognisable when, in an effort to get serious for Oleksandr Usyk, he posed for selfies which highlighted a rather dramatic weight loss.
Perhaps, in the end, one thing had led to the other. Perhaps, just as the broken-hearted will find solace in exercise following a failed relationship, Fury responded to adversity by going to extreme measures to change both his look and, in turn, future.
Whether this, as an approach, ultimately works or not remains to be seen. But Fury has, on more than one occasion of late, appeared half the man he used to be; both in terms of form – chiefly, that performance against Francis Ngannou – and topless selfies, invariably taken within gyms or bathrooms, which tease a streamline version of Fury ahead of Saturday’s (May 18)…
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