Moment Tyson Fury was told his cousin had been stabbed to death
18.08.2023 - 10:41
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Tyson Fury has spoken out about the 'devastating' moment he received the phone call telling him his younger cousin was stabbed to death.
Rico Burton was killed almost a year ago at the age of 31 when he was stabbed in the neck during a brawl outside a bar in Altrincham. Liam O'Pray pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 28 years in prison last week.
Fury discussed the moment he found out about the killing in his new Netflix documentary. He said he was told about the death at 7am through a phone call while on holiday in Mallorca with his wife Paris, the Mirror reports.
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He added: "Last night I was on a high after the [Oleksandr] Usyk fight [against Anthony Joshua ]. We had a great party, me and Paris were dancing. It was a great night.
"Then this morning I got a phone call telling me my cousin Rico has been killed. It’s like someone took the plug out of me and all the life had come out of me.
"Rico had a whole lot of life to live and now he’s finished, shocking news. Me and Rico are really close. We trained at the same boxing club together. We used to play up and down when we were small kids, hide and seek, building dens... precious moments."
Fury's wife added: “Tyson got the call early in the morning. He went into a really low, quiet mood which isn’t good for Tyson. Such a devastating phone call can change everything that’s going on in his life and I think Tyson found it really hard to process that it happened.
“Tyson has taken Rico’s death really hard so I’m supporting him 100 per cent. We’re in it, ride or die. Me and Tyson, we’ve been through some tough times, we’ve had some serious tough situations whether it’s