Tyson Fury says 'daddy has to do what daddy has to do' after missing birth of seventh child
27.10.2023 - 14:29
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Boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has spoken out about missing the birth of his seventh child. Tyson and wife Paris, whose Netflix reality show At Home With The Furys aired in August, welcomed their son Prince Rico Paris Fury on September 18.
Tyson appeared on Friday's edition of Good Morning Britain (October 27) from Saudi Arabia to speak to Kate Garraway and Adil Ray ahead of his upcoming fight against Ex-UFC fighter Francis Ngannou on Saturday night.
Tyson shared that he has been training so hard that he has had to make a lot of sacrifices, including missing Rico's birth. Asked by Kate if missing Rico's birth was a blow, Tyson responded: “Yes, that’s correct but Daddy has to do what Daddy has to do, you know.
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"Bills have to be paid and things have to be sacrificed. Paris understands that when I am in camp, I can’t be there at the hospital but I got to see him in the early hours of the morning when he was born, so that’s all fantastic.”
On sharing the stage with boxing legend and his ‘namesake’ Mike Tyson who is in Ngannou's camp, Tyson said, “It’s an absolute pleasure that Mike is involved in this fight. To have someone who I am named after as a newborn baby on the same stage and at a boxing event is an absolute honour.”
When asked by Kate if it might be an ‘easy win for him as Ngannou isn’t necessarily a proper boxer’. Tyson said, “I am not so sure about easy. Have you seen the shape of the guy? 6ft 5, nineteen stone of solid muscle and he’s an absolute knockout artist, so I am not taking