Retired professional boxer Tyson Fury (aka Gypsy King) has been married to Paris Fury since 2008 and have been together for two decades. Her biography is explored!
British professional boxer, Tyson Fury is the Boxing Council heavyweight champion of the world since 2020.
He has overcame plenty of obstacles in his life to become a two-time heavyweight champion. Previously, he held the unified heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016, and the Ring magazine title twice between 2015 and 2022.
Fury’s distant relatives include the bare-knuckle boxers Uriah Burton and Bartley Gorman, both considered “King of the Gypsies”, hence Fury’s own nickname of “Gypsy King”.
He has also styled himself as “The Furious One” and “2 Fast” Fury.
Aside from being a boxer, he is a certified family man. Die-hard fans of the boxer know that after his fights, he usually belts out a song about his adoring wife.
With that said, let’s get to know the domestic side of Tyson Fury: Who is his wife? How many kids do they have? Read on for all the known details about the British superstar’s family life!
Who is Tyson Fury’s wife?
British professional boxer Tyson Fury has been married to Paris Fury for 15 years since 2008.
Tyson and his wife Paris first met as teenagers at a mutual friend’s wedding in November 21, 2005. Then, she was just 15 years old.
They again met by chance at Paris’s 16th birthday party and took up together, going to the cinema and ice skating every weekend.
The pair began dating a year later and had a traditional wedding in November 2008 in front of more than 300 guests at St. Peter in Chains Catholic Church in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
The heavyweight superstar has likened boxing to marriage.
He said: “Boxing is like a marriage – you have to work at it. You do fall in and out of love.
“But I have spiced it back up again, bought her some sexy lingerie and we are back at it, better than ever.”
Tyson Fury’s Netflix documentary following his life with his wife Paris and their children At Home With The Furys was released on August 16.
In keeping with the travellers’ tradition they didn’t sleep together until their wedding night.
Paris explained: “Even after we got engaged, Tyson would sleep in a caravan at my parents’ home, while I slept inside the house.”
Who is Paris Fury?
Paris Fury is an internet personality and a seasoned author. She is best known as the wife of renowned heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury.
Paris Fury is currently 32 years old and was born on December 5, 1989, in England.
Like Tyson, who grew up in a gypsy family in Wythenshawe, Manchester, she was also raised in a traditional traveller family in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
She has appeared across the media and now regularly on Loose Women.
While Tyson is 6ft 9ins, Paris is 5ft 8ins.
As an author, her first book, Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life with Tyson, was released in October 2021. The memoir touched on everything in Paris’ life, from her upbringing to starting a family with Tyson. In May 2023, Paris announced her second book, How Does She Do It?, will hit bookshelves on Sept. 28, 2023.
For those unaware, Paris almost called off her wedding to Tyson. She mentioned this in her first memoir, writing about how their “schedule was thrown into the air” when Tyson didn’t land a spot at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She planned a winter wedding, but Tyson wanted to move up the ceremony by a few months because of his newfound free time.
The two butted heads, which resulted in Paris calling off the wedding: “After an ugly slanging match with him outside Mam’s house, I decided to call time on the wedding and our relationship,” she wrote, per The Sun. “He thought I was joking, and when I dropped the big bombshell, then he realised I was deadly serious.”
After a few weeks, the pair reconciled. Paris asked her mom to cancel the wedding plans and venue, but she predicted her daughter and Tyson would “patch things up” and never did.
Paris Fury is pregnant with Tyson Fury’s seventh child.
For those wondering, Tyson Fury has a big family. He and his wife, Paris, share six kids: Venezuela, Prince John, Prince Tyson II, Valencia Prince Adonis, and Athena. At the time of writing, Paris is pregnant with their seventh child.
In 2014, right before Tyson’s canceled fight with Ustinov, Paris suffered a stillbirth and delivered the couple’s child at six months. Unfortunately, they faced more heartbreak in 2018 when Paris had a miscarriage before Tyson’s comeback fight against Sefer Seferi. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Paris said she chose not to tell her husband about it until after the fight, as she feared the news would break him and impact his performance.
Venezuela is the couple’s eldest child, and she’s 13 years old. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and left school at age 11 after Paris insisted on keeping up with the Irish Traveller tradition.
“We finish school at primary age, which is the traditional traveller way,” Paris told The Daily Mirror. “Venezuela wanted to leave school, and all her friends were leaving. Her tutor is going to keep her up to date with all of her tests. She will also be having piano lessons.”
Prince John James Fury is the couple’s second child and first-born son; he’s 11 years old. Tyson revealed he named his first son Prince after Prince Naseem, his favorite British fighter.
In an unexpected turn of events, Tyson and Paris named all of their sons Prince. In his 2020 documentary Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, the former professional boxer explained the reason behind his sons’ names: “I’m a king, and they’re princes until they earn their rightful name.” OK, we’re actually obsessed!
The couple’s third child is Prince Tyson II Fury, who’s 7 years old. His nickname is “Tutty.”
Valencia is Tyson and Paris’ second daughter and fourth child overall. She’s 5 years old. During an interview with OK! Magazine, Tyson revealed the inspiration behind his daughters’ unique names: “My wife is called Paris. I’m Tyson, and [gesturing to his son] he’s called Prince John James. If the girl had a normal name it wouldn’t fit in, would it?”
Their third son, Prince Adonis Amaziah Fury, is four years old. And last but not least, there’s Athena! She’s the couple’s youngest child (not for much longer) and recently celebrated her second birthday.
‘At Home with the Furys’ offers fans a peek into Tyson’s family life.
Since retiring, Tyson has put all his time and energy into his family — and fans will get a glimpse of this (and more) in the Netflix reality series, At Home with the Furys. The nine-episode docuseries premieres on Aug. 16, 2023.
According to the official synopsis, At Home with the Furys will have “exclusive access to the heavyweight champion of the world as he exits the ring and tries to embrace retirement with his extraordinary family, including wife Paris, father John, his six children and his brother Tommy Fury with his girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague.”
The synopsis continued, “Alongside the chaotic school run, the series will see Tyson constantly looking for projects to keep him busy — from a national tour to meet his fans, to lavish weekends away and impromptu family camping trips — all while trying to resist the urge to return to the ring.”