He sat on a throne. He got it all done against Dillian Whyte in six rounds and left with a perfect record. He said it would go down.
In front of a record-breaking crowd at Wembley Stadium, there was a thin line between the ridiculous and the impressive with the ring walks, but in front of it all, Tyson Fury had the crowd in the palm of his hand. After a few moments in the fourth round, it was all Fury as he kept his opponent at bay and floored him with a right uppercut with 10 seconds left in the sixth. The referee waved the fight off after Whyte stumbled into the arms of him.
After his trilogy against Deontay Wilder, this was his return. It was also confirmation of the journey he has been on from the depths of depression to returning to the ring with all the fanfare and delivering to retain the world title belts.
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Joshua was the star of British boxing when he knocked out Wladachko. It was the fight that made him famous and made him one of the most popular athletes in the country. As he addressed his mental health, he was out of the sport. After his defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in September, Joshua's star waned, while the popularity of Tyson Fury soared after his trilogy against Deontay Wilder.
Wembley was taken over by the self-proclaimedGypsy King. Thousands of his fans turned out to see him. The corner of north London had been a hive of activity all day. There were long lines for the weigh-in on Friday, but the Boxpark venue was packed with people for the first round of SweetCaroline on Saturday. The drinks were stamped into the floor. They all came to see their fight.
The stadium's video screens were filled with a tide of cheers every time a glimpse of Fury was shown. The first time that he was seen, the boos came from the crowd. The loudest cheers on the undercard were reserved for Tommy Fury, Tyson's half-brother, who fought while it was still daylight, and for Nick Ball, who stopped Isaac Lowe in the fourth round. The punches were met with a combination of sharp intakes of breath and a grunt of admiration. In a video message, he appealed for donations to aid Ukraine.
The man of the moment were always the ones to get the loudest cheers. Between 1990s techno, the smoke machines, the fighters coming and going, and the changing room, Fury kept popping back onto the screen, singing and pointing to the camera. He was buried in his phone.
The first bars of Gala's "Freed From Desire" and the cocktail that has been so frequently used in boxing matches and in this stadium for England's football matches lit up the crowd. The undercard had finished and the seats were rammed.
The man himself had kept quiet all week, opting to embrace the shadows. He had to wait 15 or so minutes for Fury to join him in the ring.
The champion started his ring walk with a special rendition of "American Pie" by Don McLean and a nod to St. George's Day as he walked out.
It all ended with him in the middle of his kingdom singing "American Pie" again and an audience wondering if they will ever see him again in the ring. He had said that this would be his last fight. He said in the ring that this might be the last curtain for the Gypsy King. It was the only thing he did that was booed all night.
It is some way to go if it is his farewell. He had a roller-coaster career and lived a remarkable life. He isn't everyone's cup of tea, but his boxing ability is obvious. His final words, sung, were "this will be the day that I will die." It was a farewell only Fury could manage. It leaves you wondering if the atmosphere and the occasion will be enough for him to walk away.
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