Tyson Fury grew up convinced monsters and demons were trying to eat him

24 October 2023 , 14:04

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Tyson Fury grew up convinced monsters and demons were trying to eat him

Tyson Fury's dad John has told of how the world heavyweight champion started life afraid of monsters and demons coming to get him in his sleep.

The heavyweight boxer was born premature, with his father regularly telling the story of how he predicted he would become a world champion, hence the name Tyson. And in a new book being released on Thursday, his dad has explained the issues he faced in early life aside from his standard health problems.

Tyson would struggle with overheating and hallucinations which included fears of being eaten by monsters, demons or animals such as lions. And his dad has explained in the book 'When Fury Takes Over' how he had to take him outside in order to get some "natural medicine" at the time.

"As he grew up, there were problems for the first four years," the elder Fury wrote. "He kept overheating and suffering delusions; Tyson would have terrifying hallucinations that lions, monsters and demons were trying to eat him. Amber and I would pack him in ice and rush him to hospital.

"I started to take him outside for the natural medicine of fresh air. Once, I took him to a golf course. I was mucking around with a
golf club, and trying to put a ball in the hole, when the president of the club appeared in the distance. It must’ve been a strange sight to him, seeing a man with a two-year-old child on a golf course."

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This incident saw John attempt to escape the golf course, which resulted in him breaking his son's leg while falling after jumping over a ditch. "He started shouting and walking towards me," Fury continued. "So I picked up Tyson and legged it.

"I tried to jump over a ditch but the bank gave way beneath me and I landed with all my twenty stone on my baby son’s leg and snapped it. It sounded like a dry stick being broken. I took him home, he was shaking and sobbing in my arms. Naturally his mother was fuming, and I was devastated.

"It was one of the most painful experiences of my life, never mind for my poor son. We took him to hospital where they performed emergency surgery on the limb. It haunted me seeing his little leg with a steel bolt through it. For me there is nothing worse than causing pain to one of my sons, intentional or not. Thirty-three years on, it still brings a tear to my eye when I think of it."

Donagh Corby