Rivals want celeb status says Tyson
TYSON Fury has identified the difference between him and heavyweight rivals Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua, who he sees as ‘businessmen’.
The fighter, from Wilmslow, is back in the ring on October 9 against Wilder in a trilogy bout in Las Vegas, a fight widely seen as the final hurdle for an all-British showdown with Joshua.
That would map out the next year for Fury, who by his own admission only has a few fights left in his career as he doesn’t see many other opponents capable of fighting him.
Even with Wilder and Joshua, Fury doesn’t see them as being similar to him and explained the one key difference.
“I don’t think I’ll ever lose a fight, I don’t think there’s anyone out there to beat me. They’re all businessmen, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, whoever is in this era that I’m in, they’re all about business,” he said on Gary Neville’s The Overlap.
“They’re all about making money, doing other business ventures, being a celebrity on TV, and I’m just the same old guy sitting here drinking my coffee. I don’t really care about all that stuff.
“I suppose I come from a business background, I started earning money when I was 12 years old. For them it’s new, for me it’s something I’ve done all my life.
“I think that takes the hunger away because I don’t really care. I’ve seen it lately, a lot of fighters are doing it for the money and all they see is pay cheques.
“For me, if I wasn’t 100 per cent focused on what I’m going to do, then I wouldn’t want to do it, it doesn’t matter what about of money you throw at me.
“I know billionaires and I know people who haven’t got f*** all and the most unhappy people are the richest ones, that’s a fact.
“All you people out there, listen to that, I’ve got billionaire mates and they’re unhappy.
“If they found £100k on the ground they wouldn’t be happy, they’d be looking for the next one because enough is never enough, they’re always chasing more. It doesn’t matter what they achieve, they always want to go again.
“For me, I’m happy.
“I’d be happy if I lived in a council house or a tower flat.”
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But what unfolded deep into the 2nd half, at times, looked more like top versus bottom; although by this time Macclesfield had become ragged by injuries and Yellow Cards.
The game had started very brightly for the league leaders, phase after phase
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WHEN you’re the last team to call upon, losing players at the last minute can scupper your plans, and that was the case for captain, Jeremy Bostock.
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