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Tyson Fury has been a professional boxer since 2008, amassing a fight record of 34-1-1 to date.
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While not an Olympian, Fury also boasts a strong amateur record of 31-4.
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Next for Fury will be a rematch with the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Oleksandr Usyk.
Since establishing himself among Britain’s finest up-and-coming heavyweights in the early 2010s, Tyson Fury’s only grown his fame and fandom with his boisterous nature, awkward fighting style, and, of course, knockout potential.
The gigantic pugilist born in Morecambe now holds a 34-1-1 record, with 24 victories coming by way of knockout.
Here’s how the former heavyweight champion amassed his impressive fight record and the key battles along the way.
Complete Fight Record
This is Tyson Fury’s fight record in the professional boxing ranks, including the result and method of victory in each bout.
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Win (TKO) vs Bela Gyongyosi (06/12/08)
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Win (TKO) vs Marcel Zeller (17/01/09)
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Win (RTD) vs Daniil Peretyatko (28/02/09)
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Win (RTD) vs Lee Swaby (14/03/09)
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Win (KO) vs Mathew Ellis (11/04/09)
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Win (TKO) vs Scott Belshaw (23/05/09)
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Win (TKO) vs Aleksandrs Selezens (18/07/09)
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Win (PTS) vs John McDermott (11/09/09)
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Win (PTS) vs Tomas Mrazek (26/09/09)
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Win (TKO) vs Hans Joerg Blasko (04/03/10)
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Win (TKO) vs John McDermott (25/06/10)
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Win (PTS) vs Rich Power (10/09/10)
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Win (UD) vs Zack Page (18/12/10)
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Win (KO) vs Marcelo Nascimento (19/02/11)
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Win (UD) vs Derek Chisora (23/07/11)
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Win (TKO) vs Nicolai Firtha (17/09/11)
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Win (TKO) vs Neven Pajkic (12/11/11)
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Win (TKO) vs Martin Rogan (14/04/12)
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Win (TKO) vs Winny Maddalone (07/07/12)
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Win (UD) vs Kevin Johnson (01/12/12)
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Win (KO) vs Steve Cunningham (20/04/13)
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Win (TKO) vs Joey Abell (15/02/14)
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Win (RTD) vs Derek Chisora (29/11/14)
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Win (RTD) vs Christian Hammer (28/02/15)
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Win (UD) vs Wladimir Klitschko (28/11/15)
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Win (RTD) vs Serfer Seferi (09/06/18)
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Win (PTS) vs Francesco Pianeta (18/08/18)
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Draw (SD) vs Deontay Wilder (01/12/18)
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Win (TKO) vs Tom Schwarz (15/06/19)
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Win (UD) vs Otto Wallin (14/09/19)
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Win (TKO) vs Deontay Wilder (22/02/20)
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Win (KO) vs Deontay Wilder (09/10/21)
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Win (TKO) vs Dillian Whyte (23/04/22)
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Win (TKO) vs Derek Chisora (03/12/22)
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Win (SD) vs Francis Ngannou (28/10/23)
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Loss (SD) vs Oleksandr Usyk (18/05/24)
Those bouts make for an impressive 34-1-1 record in the heavyweight ranks for Tyson Fury. Despite most recently being defeated by Oleksandr Usyk, he’ll certainly have a lot of backers in the sports betting for the rematch.
Amateur Record
In the amateurs, Tyson Fury made it to the international stage for both England and Ireland, having been based in Belfast, Manchester, and County Monaghan in the early stages of his career.
Before stepping up to the professional ranks, Fury collected a 31-4 record as an amateur, 26 of which were knockout victories.
He was eligible for the super heavyweight Olympic boxing at the 2008 Beijing Games, but David Price was selected instead, finishing with a bronze medal.
Fury also petitioned to be selected for Ireland at the Olympics, but the nation opted not to send a super heavyweight to China.
At those same Olympics, Deontay Wilder won bronze as a heavyweight – thus his nickname, the ‘Bronze Bomber’ – and Zhilei Zhang finished with the silver super heavyweight medal.
Early Fight Highlights
Fury’s fight record, quite remarkably, features three trilogies and, importantly, a near-30-month break after becoming the unified world heavyweight champion in late 2015.
Still, the first major test for Fury came on 23 July 2011 against Derek Chisora for the British and Commonwealth crown. Both had built up undefeated records of 14-0, but Chisora was more heavily favoured.
Fury got the better of Chisora throughout, using his deft footwork and reach to keep the power-packed Chisora at bay.
Showcasing how highly-rated Chisora was at the time, he battled Robert Helenius, Vitali Klitschko, and David Haye – along with Remigijus Ziausys to tune up – before the one-year anniversary of his first professional loss.
Fury would continue to pad his record in bouts where he was increasingly favoured, but good wins against the undefeated Neven Pajkic and the well-regarded Steve Cunningham kept up the Mancunian’s ascendency.
Before hitting that next level, Fury would meet Chisora again for the vacant British belt and the EBU European title. Chisora would be ground down by the tenth, with his corner mercifully retiring him at the end of the round.
Unified World Champion
After the second bout with Chisora, Fury would beat Christian Hammer to secure his shot at the unified world champion, Wladimir Klitschko.
It’s for this bout that the British boxer would really let loose to try to get under the skin of the ever-composed ‘Dr Steelhammer.’
Highlight of the pre-match schedule was Fury arriving at a press conference dressed as Batman to wrestle The Joker in the audience. The ensuing fight wasn’t anywhere near as entertaining.
After some disputes levelled by Fury’s camp about the mat being too squishy and Klitschko not doing his wraps in front of a Fury camp member, it finally got underway in Düsseldorf on 28 November 2015.
In an uneventful 12 rounds, Fury threw and landed more punches, looked the busier, regularly taunted the champion, and Klitschko was caught with a clean left hook after being turned around later in the bout.
Fury was named the unified world champion by unanimous decision – despite being docked a point for shots behind the head – and claimed the IBF, IBO, and WBO belts.
Departure from Boxing
Difficulties with excessive weight gain, drugs, and his mental health led to Fury relinquishing the world titles, scattering them to the wind to be battled for by his fellow heavyweights.
One of the big beneficiaries of this was Anthony Joshua. On his rise as a 2012 Olympic gold medallist in the pro ranks, he toppled Charles Martin to grab the IBF World title.
Joshua would continue to defend it until he’d meet Klitschko in an incredible battle on 29 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium for his IBF and the still-vacant IBO World strap.
Klitschko lost by TKO to AJ to bring the Brit up to two belts. He’d add the WBO by beating Joseph Parker in Cardiff in 2018 and then lose the three belts to Andy Ruiz in 2019 before winning them back that same year.
After back-to-back losses to who is now the first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion, Usyk, Joshua’s been rebuilding.
Now with Fury’s former trainer Ben Davison – who’s all about AJ unleashing his power over the back-footing trained by Derrick James – he’s the clear favourite in the boxing betting to best Daniel Dubois.
Return to the Ring
Fury would get his house in order with the help of former trainer Davison and make a triumphant return to the spotlight in June 2018, brushing aside Sefer Seferi and Francesco Pianeta within a couple of months of each other.
He was a big name, just returned to action after a couple of years away to battle some major demons, and so, WBC champion Deontay Wilder saw an opportunity to cash-in. To that point, the American had amassed a 40-0 record with very little by way of a test being taken on.
In his last bout before Fury, he rumbled with southpaw Luis Ortiz in the first major test on his fight record.
Given the emphasis put on perfect records in the US, Wilder’s hesitance to throw down with anyone of much note is understandable, but his decision to go after a still-rusty (but much-hyped) Fury would be the start of his downfall.
Boasting knockout power but little by way of boxing IQ, footwork, or defence, after his eighth defence of the WBC strap in March, he offered a shot to Fury that December – less than four months after the Pianeta bout.
Taking place in Los Angeles, even with Fury hitting the mat twice – and seemingly resurrecting himself in the 12th for one of the most thrilling moments of 2018 boxing – many thought the challenger had done enough to win.
In the end, the judges ruled it a split decision, allowing Wilder to hold onto his WBC strap and loop into a three-fight plan with Fury – keeping the belt and the hope of an undisputed king away from Joshua.
Fury-Wilder Trilogy
Fury and Wilder would have two more fights away from each other before back-to-back battles in early 2020 and late 2021.
Now much sharper than when they originally fought in 2018, Fury clearly demonstrated his superior boxing skills, footwork, and stifling, awkward style to beat Wilder by TKO in February 2020.
This time, rather than boxing from range to avoid Wilder’s big overhand shots, Fury went on the front foot, smothering Wilder while swinging his upper body to evade the big returns.
In the end, Wilder’s corner would save their clearly disorientated fighter after several knockdowns and slips by throwing in the towel in the seventh.
Once again, Fury was a heavyweight world champion. After the fight, Wilder blamed his heavy ring-walk costume. Fury was dressed as a king and rolled to the ring on a throne.
Boxing fans had to wait nearly 20 months for the third and final fight in the Fury-Wilder trilogy. Again, Fury was in full showman mode and had his American foe’s number, opening with a big knockdown in the third round.
Still, Fury vs Wilder III was more competitive. Wilder seemed to be more clinical and keen to box Fury rather than just look for those huge swinging hits. In the fourth, it was a short, well-timed right that sent Fury down.
Fury would hit the mat again before the fourth was out, but smartly slowed down proceedings, worked back a bit more, and sharpened up his jab in the following rounds.
Wilder took a lot of damage in the ensuing rounds, was clearly fatigued as the rounds went into double digits, and Fury’s busy work would put him to the mat again in the tenth and then the 11th for the conclusive knockout.
Fury vs Usyk
A couple of British rumbles to beat Dillian Whyte and Chisora for a third time was followed by a pitiful showing in Riyadh against former UFC champion and boxing debutant Francis Ngannou – which Fury won by split decision.
Next, it was on to the near-immaculate Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian had schooled Joshua twice to take and resecure his three titles, putting them all on the table for a shot at Fury’s one.
Both set up as southpaws, and Usyk was by far the cleaner fighter. His defence was top-notch, and his pendulum-style footwork helped him remain elusive and take some of the sting out of Fury’s swings.
Fury did get some good knocks in during the first half, but everything changed in the ninth. As good as dead on his feet after a right and left hook hit his chin in quick succession, Fury relied on the ropes to stay upright.
The referee allowed it to continue but ruled a knockdown, and for the next few rounds, Usyk really pressed his advantage while Fury remained dazed. Quite rightly, Usyk won by decision – even if it was split.
The ‘Gypsy King’ will have his rematch against Usyk in Saudi Arabia on 21 December 2024, looking to improve his fight record to 35-1-1 and become the next undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
*Credit for the photos in this article belongs to Alamy*
