Some people within boxing believe Tyson Fury is not the WBC world heavyweight champion’s real name.
Tyson Fury is one of the biggest and most recognisable people in boxing – but it’s been claimed that his actual name is different.
The Gypsy King returns to the ring this Saturday when he takes on Oleksandr Usyk in a historic undisputed heavyweight title fight.
The WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC titles are all on the line at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
If he wins and records a 35th professional victory, Fury will become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.
His controversial dad John has regularly talked about how he named him after heavyweight great Mike Tyson after he showed he was a fighter at birth.
But Dillian Whyte, a former opponent of Fury’s, claims Tyson is not his legitimate birth name.
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Instead, he claims he is actually called Luke – which is Fury’s listed middle name – and that he picked Tyson to “make himself sound harder”.
“My real name is Dillian. I know his real name is Luke,” the Brixton Body Snatcher told The Sun.
“In boxing, the name Tyson is a lot more sellable than Luke.
“A lot of what Tyson does and says is a game, you can never take anything he says seriously or at face value.
“He might say he wants to fight me sometimes but how can you trust a man who doesn’t even use his own name?”
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Anthony Joshua has also referred to Fury as ‘Luke’ in a spat on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He wrote: “The fight was signed! UNDISPUTED. Bare knuckle? You’re a good kid, don’t play with me Luke! I’ll slap your bald head & you’ll do nothing! Waste man.”
However, on both Companies House and Boxrec, Fury’s middle name is indeed listed as ‘Luke’.
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