Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his wife Paris have celebrated the birth of their fourth child.
The 6ft 9in fighter announced the arrival of Valencia Amber this morning.
Sharing a photo of his baby daughter on social media he wrote: ‘My new angel. The lord has blessed me yet again.’
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his wife Paris have celebrated the birth of their fourth child Valencia Amber
Sharing a picture of his new daughter Fury said: ‘My new angel…The lord has blessed me again’
Fury, the self-titled ‘Gypsy King’, is stepping up plans for a comeback after two years out of the ring.
The 29-year-old has not fought since dethroning Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf in November 2015.
He remains without a licence from the British Boxing Board of Control and is still the subject of an unresolved UK Anti-Doping hearing.
Fury, who has ballooned in weight, has called out the likes of Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua and is also keen to fight Liverpool’s Tony Bellew, whose proposed rematch with David Haye was postponed when the Hayemaker suffered an injury.
Fury met Paris (pictured together at BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2015) when he was 17 and she was 15 at a friend’s wedding
Fury and his wife Paris have been together since they were teenagers and are parents to three other children – daughter Venezuela, eight, six-year-old son Prince, and one-year-old Prince Tyson Fury II.
Paris was thrust into the spotlight when Fury serenaded her from the ring after the Klitschko fight with a rendition of Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing.’
She was at ringside wearing a jacket emblazoned with silver dollar motifs.
Fury met Paris when he was 17 and she was 15 at a friend’s wedding.
In a previous interview she recalled: ‘The first time I laid eyes on him he was six foot six, so he was noticeable.
‘He had big long side burns and I made a joke about him because I thought he was a bit gawky. I thought he looked like Farmer Giles. He had a full beard and was built like a machine.’
The pair met again by chance at her 16th birthday party.
She said: ‘The moment we saw each other we just sort of pulled towards each other. Tyson was quite shy, he didn’t speak a lot.
Paris pictured with her 6ft 9in boxer husband in Manchester in May this year
‘The only thing I remember him vividly saying was, ‘You look like a Sindy doll’ and it upset me badly because Sindy is a second rate Barbie. I went, ‘No, I’m not a Sindy doll, at least call me a Barbie.’
‘We ended up going out a few times, but to us ‘going out’ means that yes you go on dates and you see each other, but you don’t kiss, you don’t cuddle, you don’t do nothing.
‘We were watching King Kong at the cinema when I finally said, ‘Yeah, I’ll be your girlfriend.’
‘I sound so nerdy but I’d never kissed anyone so I was thinking, ‘I’ve said that, so he’s gonna kiss me in a minute.’
‘But he didn’t do it straight away so after about an hour I was in a wreck, I was so nervous. Then when he finally did lean round, he kissed me and it was so awkward I burst out laughing.’
Fury, who has not fought since 2015, has been training in the gym alongside Ricky Hatton
Remaining true to their traveller roots, the couple did not sleep together even when they were engaged.
Tyson slept in a caravan at Paris’ parents home while she slept inside.
The pair tied the knot in 2008 in front of more than 300 guests and they have moved in to a £500,000 house in Morecambe, Lancashire.
She revealed how her and Fury would like to have ten children.
She said: ‘Tyson has said he wants 10 kids and I’d be happy with that. God willing we’ll get as many as God gives us.’