Boxing: Tyson Fury embraces his 'love handles': I was born fat and I'll die fat
Emily Baldwin Tyson Fury, the 'Gypsy King' of boxing, has said that his love handles will help him beat the mighty Francis Ngannou this weekend.
Fury, who stands at 2.06m and weighs around 122kg, has spoken about how he believes adding more muscle to his body would slow down his footwork and ruin his enviable dodges.
Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou FACE OFF for the first time at press conferenceMarca English
"I have been training for well over 20 years and I still haven't got a good body," he told The Daily Mail.
"I've been in a training camp, living like a monk, for the past 12 weeks and I still don't have a good body.
"I didn't have a good body when I was in my teens, so never mind clocking onto 40 years old.
"But, the one thing I've learnt is this isn't a bodybuilding contest.
"Although I don't look a man who can do long distance or run for 20 miles, I am a man who can do that."
Tyson Fury will fight against Francis Ngannou.
Tyson Fury speaks about his "love handles"
Tyson Fury continued by explaining that he would turn down the option to lose his fat even if a magic solution was presented to him.
"I think of myself as an old fashioned kind of guy who can go in there and have a fight, it doesn't really matter what I look like, it's about getting the victory," he continued.
"If I had a 10 pack and I looked like Adonis, completely unbelievable but I wasn't winning, it's pointless.
"So, I don't really care about being fat.
"I actually embrace being fat because my love handles separate me from the rest of the world.
"There's never been anyone like me and there never will be.
"That's what makes me so tough and that's what makes me, me.
"If you said to me 'Right, Tyson, we will give you the opportunity to get rid of the fat on you and we will give you a full six pack', I wouldn't take it because that's not me.
"I am fat now, I was fat as a baby and I will be fat on my death bed. We're all fat.
"Hughie is fat, Shane's fat, my dad's fat and even my mum's fat. I hope she's not watching this. But, we're a fat family."
Fury, who is undefeated and has a record of 33 wins and one knockout, considers himself one of the top five heavyweights in history and that the only way to beat him is "with a big stick in my sleep".
