Recently, seldom-seen footage has resurfaced, depicting Tyson Fury achieving a powerful knockout during his amateur boxing career.
While competing as an amateur, Fury compiled an impressive record of 31 wins and only 4 losses. He transitioned to professional boxing in 2008, having been passed over for the Olympics, with David Price being selected instead.
Prior to turning professional, the individual who would later become a two-time heavyweight world champion journeyed to Philadelphia in 2007 to represent the Harrowgate Boxing Club.
Representing Belfast`s Holy Family ABC, Fury fought at the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Centre, with only a small number of spectators in attendance.
At the time, the few attendees likely had no inkling they were witnessing a future boxing icon, though Fury`s knockout victory over Maurice Byarm perhaps offered a glimpse of his potential.
Then just 19 years old, Fury cornered his American opponent, Maurice Byarm, on the ropes with an uppercut, swiftly following with a powerful right hand that brought the third and final round to a decisive end.
Byarm himself became a professional boxer in 2009, two years after his defeat by Fury, but he did not achieve significant success in the professional circuit. In 2012, he suffered defeats to both Bryant Jennings and Magomed Abdusalamov, after which he stepped away from boxing.
However, Byarm made a brief return to the ring in 2018, securing a victory against Richard Carmack, which ultimately proved to be his last professional bout.
Meanwhile, Fury achieved his first major championship success in 2015, astonishing Wladimir Klitschko in Germany to claim the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles.
However, by 2017, he relinquished his titles due to his struggles with depression and substance abuse.
This period, however, set the stage for one of boxing`s most extraordinary comebacks: Fury re-entered the sport in 2018, contending for the WBC title in a contentious draw against Deontay Wilder.
Fury subsequently defeated Wilder twice to secure the belt, yet in May, he ultimately lost the championship and his undefeated professional record to Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk, aged 38, also emerged victorious in their December rematch, leading Fury, then 36, to announce his retirement from boxing a month later, a decision he has upheld to date.
Oliver Croft