Paris Fury knew husband Tyson would return to boxing as it is his ‘passion’

Paris Fury has said she knew that her husband, Tyson Fury, always wanted to return to boxing and called the sport his “life’s passion”.

The former world heavyweight champion, 37, announced his retirement from boxing for the fifth time in 2025, and it was revealed earlier this year that he would be returning to the ring yet again this weekend.

His wife of almost two decades, Paris, has previously expressed how she wishes Tyson would quit boxing to protect his health and to focus on their family life and seven children.

Speaking to the Press Association, the 36-year-old said that although she wants her husband to step down from the sport, she is “not going to deny him his dream”.

She said: “I’m happy for him. It’s what he wanted, and I knew it’s what he wanted.

“All this time, when he kept saying he was out the ring, ‘I’m out the ring, I’m not boxing, I’m not boxing’ – I knew in the back of my mind that wouldn’t be true.”

The couple’s eldest daughter, Venezuela, said: “I don’t think he ever retired.”

Paris explained how she tried to encourage Tyson to pursue other interests and said: “I kept suggesting to him, ‘why don’t you train people as a boxer? Why don’t you get involved in something that you enjoy?’.

“He doesn’t have any hobbies. And it’s hard to take away someone’s life’s passion, and I couldn’t be the one to do it.

“I said to him so many times like, ‘oh, I wish you’d stop boxing now, you’ve done everything you need to do. You don’t need to do it anymore’.

“But he felt that itch, and he still wants to do it. So I’m not going to deny him that dream.

“He couldn’t find anything else good. No matter what we did, we couldn’t find him something he enjoyed. It’s hard. It’s hard work, a one-track mind with him.”

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