He is known as the “Gypsy King”, but for Tyson Fury he is more than a nickname.
Although estimated to be worth £130 million, the multi-heavyweight champion and his family are trying to maintain their legacy as a traveler.
Tyson, 35, comes from a circle of relatives of travelers on his parents’ side, and his love of culture is showcased in the new Netflix documentary At Home With the Furys.
Here we take a look at all the tactics with which the greatest furies have preserved their gypsy heritage.
While many boxers like him would have spent their money on supercars and expensive jewelry, Tyson celebrated his big win over Wladimir Klitschko, undefeated for 11 years, by regaling himself with a new £4,000 caravan.
After the bout, he promised, “I’ve said that winning the world heavyweight championship would possibly not replace me, that making money or being at the top would possibly not replace me. That probably wouldn’t be the case. “
At one point, Tyson even abandoned his £500,000 mansion in Morecambe to have an easier life.
In the documentary, he tells his wife Paris, 34, whom he married in 2008: “Your dream is a big house, but my dream is to live in a caravan, dragging young people around me. Actually, I live My dream right now. “
Although living an extravagant life is rarely his most sensible priority, he admits that Paris has grown accustomed to the finer things in life.
“Money is not the end of everything,” he says. But for Paris, it’s probably harder to go from lemonade to champagne and back to lemonade than to never drink champagne. “
This year, the May holidays, the family stayed in a huge VIP caravan.
Paris even shared photographs of the £40,000 worth of the interior of the cell house and wrote: “I had a smart week in the caravan over the holiday. The kids enjoyed it. “
Although she treats herself to a luxury vacation, in the documentary Paris shows that she is not only pompous and glamorous and that, like her husband, she is determined to honor her traveling traditions.
She says: “We grew up in a gypsy field, a caravan park.
“Yes, we have a lot of cash and we can buy whatever we want, but it’s not. We don’t spend, there are no maximums or limits. “
The circle of relatives made no secret of their frugal lifestyle: for Tyson’s birthday, Paris bought him a T-shirt, trousers and socks worth £5.
Last year, Tyson shared a look at his family’s shopping habits.
Speaking of his fight against Oleksandr Usyk, with a stake of “£500 million”, he said: “If they gave me a billion, I could start buying food at Sainsbury’s of Asda.
“And if I get a billion more, maybe I’ll up the ante and make purchases in M. “
Tyson and Paris have six children and a seventh is expected to arrive next month. Her 13-year-old daughter Venezuela is the oldest. True to her convictions as a traveler, she has been homeschooled since the age of 11.
Explaining his decision, Tyson says, “Venezuela left school at age 11 because that’s what we do in the world of travelers: learn their parents’ skills.
“She’s reading at home but she’s coming with me to see if there’s anything that inspires her for the future. “
Paris, who is a stay-at-home mom, also mentions how much she cares about passing on to Venezuela the cooking skills and housework she learned as a teenager.
At one point in the film, Paris asks her daughter, “Isn’t it necessary to follow the gypsy tradition to be a woman?”; however, Venezuela is very enthusiastic about the concept and says it is interested.
Paris also ensures that its young people are dressed in the most beautiful outfits, faithful to the gypsy tradition.
“Like most travelers, we dress to impress,” Paris says in the documentary.
If Paris loves designer brands like Gucci, Prada and Balmain, it embraces mainstream fashion.
She has department stores for her and her children in Zara, Primark and Asda.
Her taste is typical of travel fashion: ambitious colors and prints, matching outfits, bright tan and glamorous makeup with giant eyelashes.
Earlier this year, she revealed that Paris had spent around £1,000 on matching Easter costumes for five of her children.
He bought 3 matching Versace shirts for £168 for the kids.
Sharing his acquisition on Instagram, he said: “Fresh pieces for Easter. I love children’s clothing, I think that’s part of my addiction. “
Away from his family life, Tyson draws on his legacy to help him through some of his biggest struggles.
As part of his preparations for his fight against archrival Deontay Wilder in 2021, he slept in a trailer in his space to “feel all that DNA of generations of fighters and boxers with the bare hands of the family. “
It’s not his only fitness method: in 2020, cameras filmed him carrying a gold-pleated gypsy stroller through the streets of Morecambe.
Paris and Tyson’s three sons, Prince John James, Prince Tyson and Prince Adonis Amaziah, trained boxing from an early age, which kept her in the family.
And this game is great for families, like their traveling roots.
In the documentary, Tyson says his cousin and fellow boxer Hughie is a “true original Snatch character,” referencing the gypsy characters from Guy Ritchie’s film, and gave audiences a tour of his trailer in an archive clip.
Giving the audience a deeper insight into his family, the WBC heavyweight champion also shows how his uncle Hugh “Hughie” Fury tragically died following a twist of fate in a caravan that resulted in a blood clot.
The horse racer and boxing teacher, who helped exercise Tyson early in his career, lay in a coma for weeks before dying at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in October 2014.
Hughie broke his leg when the tow bar of a caravan fell on him as he moved it. At first he refused the recommended treatment, but when he was nevertheless operated, his center stopped at the operating table.
The cause of death was found to be bronchial pneumonia resulting from pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest.
Tyson’s own father, John, had high hopes of living absolutely off the grid and spoke of his preference for preparing in the event of a disaster.
He even owns several Soviet army vans that he repaired and restored.
In a file video, John says, “To get back to my roots, I’ve been in a caravan all my life. “
He also insists that he doesn’t get along very well with his family circle because they are “too modern” while he is “old-fashioned. “
He says in the documentary: “I’m a traveler. I was born in a caravan. Give me a caravan, give me a dog, give me a circle of relatives, and let me pass in the middle of this painting to which I belong. “
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