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Rich Power was sitting on his porch in California in 2010 in the midst of preparing for a fight — an MMA fight — when he received a call from his manager. Known to be a fighter up for anything, and one always in shape for a scuffle, Power was intrigued by his manager’s question.
“Do you want to fight Tyson Fury?”
This was years before Fury would become one of the most well-known names in the sport — an “American Pie”-singing, Tom Jones-loving heavyweight champion of the world.
Back then, he was Tyson Fury, an up-and-coming undefeated British boxer. Power was undefeated, too, so he made some calls and asked for advice. Three days before the fight, Power and his coaches jumped on a plane to England.
“We just went in there,” Power said. “Knowing he was a giant.”
There’s really no other boxer like Tyson Fury. He has a combination of size, speed and skill, plus reach, instincts and talent. He also has the mouth and the gift of being able to cut a promo. Add it all together and it’s next to impossible to deal with.
Just ask the people who have fought him — and lost — over the past decade.
“There are three parts to it for anyone who is going to fight him,” said Lee Swaby, who lost to Fury in 2009 and later became a sparring partner. “You have to be a master of PR, you have to be a master of self-belief and you have to be a master in the ring.
“Otherwise, you are going to fail.”
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