By Gabriel Princewill-
Former heavyweight world champion, Tyson Fury, paid £18k a month for promotion for a period of almost 2 years, The Eye Of Media.Com can exclusively reveal. The unbeaten 6ft 9 inch gypsy had backers who paid PR companies, including some members of the media to raise his profile unbeknown to members of the public.
The promotion is said to have been reflected in media articles designed to speak glowingly of the charismatic boxer, making him a more marketable character for the public. The period of the promotional venture is believed to have been before promoter Frank Warren took the boxer before 2013 and there is no suggestion whatsoever than the Warren was part of the promotional deals.
The precise details of the promotion has not been divulged, and it remains unclear how long exactly the promotional payment lasted. Earlier efforts to get the story out was dragged out by the need to confirm certain details, with some sources wavering about how much information they were willing to reveal. Eventually, the revelation was shelved , more calls to reveal the news However, the facts of the story was confirmed by more than one source, including Fury himself,
Our exclusive source thar insisted on anonymity told The Eye Of Media.Com:
”Fury had backers with serious cash supporting him. It is not clear whether he contributed to the cash himself, but the guy had his profile raised to earn him favour with the public. I have heard that this may have had an influence on the unfair points decision given to him in his first fight with John Mcdermott where he clearly lost but got the win.
”You hear him complain about being robbed against deontey Wilder, but that was no way as clear a robbery as the victory he was awarded against John Mcdermott in their first fight which Fury definitely lost. The verdict of his fight with Wilder was a lot more debatable”.
The claim of a huge monthly promotion was confirmed by Fury himself when we approached him. Fury told The Eye Of Media.Com :” it was for promotion, nothing wrong with that is there?” The problem with the deal is the level of compromise to its integrity where the public was oblivious of the underlying impetus of information with which they were being fed.
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Any organisation that is complicit in selling a circus show that encourages a heavyweight champion to have no boundaries on his language, would be a travesty for the integrity of the sport. Fury must realise that his innate qualities of controversy and amusement should not be heavily compromised by boundless acts of improprieties. It will be immoral to endorse an unbridled display of excessive showmanship , although Fury is a man of his own mind, difficult to control. He is a self promoter, he deserves good promotion, but he should curb some of his antics for the sport.
OVERLOOK
News that part of the deal included the tendency of those sections of the media involved to overlook his crass and vulgar language regularly used in reference to other boxers and promoters, is disappointing. Such positions taken by those sections of the media were shady and dishonourable.
The deal was reportedly struck with individual journalists, and there were speculations that even some editors were in on it. None ever admitted to know anything about it when we came probing on something that actually happened. Only a handful of people were aware of it. Over the years, the outlandish and colourful heavyweight escaped criticism for the use of despicable foul language often printed by the press without objection, for they understood the exceeding of such boundaries to actually be his selling point.
EXPLETIVES
Fury has made a practise of uttering expletives publicly without restraint, extending his unhinged language beyond societal norms in his boundless pursuit of public attention. Reprehensible language like sxxx my bxxxx is a common expression used by the eccentric gypsy fighter who dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 before being stripped of his titles after failing a drugs test which accelerated a state of depression and mental health that sidelined gregarious character for two and a half years.
This publication at the time reprimanded the IBF for irresponsibly stripping the boxer of his titles without following a process of due diligence, urging them to offer him an apology which was most likely ignored. Such a concession by the IBF could have led to calls for compensation, an eventuality they would rather avoid.
The various publications alleged to have facilitated the promotions have explicitly denied knowledge of the deal, but there has been evidence of adjectives used in the superlative to describe the boxer long before he won the world heavyweight title during a time he was considered to be a tedious boxer not expected to rise to some of the occasions that has contributed to his current status in the boxing world.
MASTERFUl
Fury’s recent ring outing that saw him masterfully dispose of over matched Tom Schwatz has set him up for a potential mega pay day against WBC king, Deontey Wilder. His critics said Shcwatz was a soft option, but loud Fury believes he is the best. The Vocal and super confident, Tyson Fury is a naturally marketable fighter whose inclusion in the heavyweight division is highly prised. He and Deontey Wilder exude comparable levels of confidence, they both genuinely see themselves as the best heavyweights out there. Fury is both assertive and engaging; his idiosyncrasies know no bounds.
That’s why fans want to see him and Wilder have it our again to incontrovertibly determine the absolute best in the division. Fury may have innately exciting attributes about him, but he must be sensitive to certain issues. The consensus amongst sober analysts is that Fury needs curtail his language a bit. It is in his own bet interest to refrains from the kind of obscene language which undermines his potential to become a genuine role model for impressionable kids. Fury comes as a package, but he must be regulated or at least self regulate.
Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, and his team were approached for comment well in advance of this article. They declined to comment.