Boxing: Fury longs for caravan despite receiving White House, Vatican invites

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Britain's newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been invited to the White House and to the Vatican his promoter told The Daily ...

LONDON: Britain's newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been invited to the White House and to the Vatican his promoter told The Daily Telegraph although the boxer appears keener to go touring in his beloved caravan.

In two years, Fury has gone from contemplating suicide after his shock defeat to legend Wladimir Klitschko which led to drinking 18 pints of beer a day and taking cocaine to beating Wilder in a seventh-round TKO in Las Vegas."US president Donald Trump has invited Tyson and Wilder to the White House," Warren told the newspaper on Monday."Also the World Boxing Council have got an invitation from the Pope too. It shows you what can happen in the space of two years.

"He still became... a champion for peace and for unity. He's quite articulate and thoughtful. He's funny, but he's a deep thinker. We should admire him for what he is.Fury, who is reported to have earned £30 million for the Wilder bout, has more modest plans on returning to England with wife Paris and their five children."Go home and get my caravan back out again. Might tour the country. Light the old gypsy fire. Get the kids running round the fire.

 

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