The new heavyweight
boxing champion had to overcome addictions to alcohol and cocaine, weight gain and depression before he even set foot in the ring
For Tyson Fury it was the sweetest of redemption songs. Moments after regaining the heavyweight title in the early hours of Sunday in
Las Vegas, he began serenading the 16,000-strong crowd at the MGM Grand with a boisterous two-minute rendition of Don McLean’s
American Pie, beaming from ear to ear as they joined in.
It was a highly unorthodox celebration after a dazzling dismantling of the fearsome WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Then again, little in the life and times of Fury, 6ft 9in tall and 19 stone, has been conventional.