Tyson Fury knew he was going to be a world champion boxer when he was just nine-years-old, according to one of his teachers.
The Wythenshawe-born fighter will defend his WBC heavyweight title against Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas tomorrow morning but he apparently predicted his rise to greatness 14 years ago.
Jane Foddy, who taught him for two years at Wilmslow's Styal Primary School, told the Mirror about her immense pride in her former pupil. READ MORE : Why is Tyson Fury called the Gypsy King?
Nickname explained ahead of Wilder fight “He was just so determined and strong willed, she said. "He was determined to do everything as well as he could. “When he came into my class he told me ‘I want to be a world champion boxer’.
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