Schoolboy tags along with Tyson Fury for his morning jog - after travelling 50 miles and camping out all night

A young schoolboy camped all night just for the chance to run alongside his sporting idol, Tyson Fury.

Presley Pennington, 14, drove 50 miles with his parent from Burnley to Morecambe to see if he could spot the world heavyweight champion on his morning workout routine. He even went as far as sleeping in a canopy above his parent's campervan just for the opportunity to see the 'Gypsy King'.

It was all worth it for the schoolboy as he managed to bump into the boxer during a 6am run along the seafront. The excited youngster even managed to film a video of meeting his idol, where he can be heard excitedly yelling "with Tyson on a run" while the champion encouraged him.

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Speaking about the heartwarming experience, Presley said: "They say don’t meet your heroes but he has such a good personality. I have two books on him and the reason he inspires me is that he was struggling, he had bad mental health problems and wanted to crash into a wall.

"Then he thought of his kids, started training and became the heavyweight champion of the world. I admire that he turned his life around so quickly."

The Blessed Trinity RC College pupil said he was inspired to take the long journey to meet Tyson after seeing him jogging on social media. He added: "I saw on Instagram that he runs down the seafront in Morecambe most days for his wellbeing.

"I said to my grandma ‘I want to meet Tyson.’ We have a caravan in Morecambe, so we decided to try and make it happen.

He added: "The weird thing is the day before, when we got to Morecambe, I saw Tyson in his car near Sainsbury’s out the blue and he shook my hand. I got a picture and he gave me a hat which he