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TV BOSS Mark Sharman took one look at Tyson Fury before his pro debut and asked promoter Mick Hennessy: “Is this fat kid really going to be world heavyweight champion?”
Fury was ‘fat’, as he had just got back from his honeymoon with wife Paris. “The holiday was all-inclusive in the Algarve,” said Fury. “You could eat and drink as much as you want – and I did.”
He only stopped eating after Hennessy told him there was a chance he could make his pro debut on the undercard of Carl Froch-Jean Pascal in Nottingham.
He did so and, at 261lbs, Fury was nearly 70lbs heavier than Bulgarian cruiserweight Bela Gyongyosi, who he knocked him out inside a round.
