Tyson Fury reveals wife Paris suffered miscarriage day before Oleksandr Usyk fight

Tyson Fury has opened up about the personal tragedy that struck his family just before his fight against Oleksandr Usyk.

Fury's wife, Paris, suffered a miscarriage at six months pregnant with their eighth child, a baby boy, on the eve of the fight in Saudi Arabia in May. Tyson, 36, has now revealed that he did not know about the miscarriage until he returned home to Morecambe.

His team did that deliberately because those around him wanted to shield him from the devastating news before the undisputed world title fight. However, Fury felt that something was wrong when Paris did not attend due to illness.

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In an emotional interview, Fury shared the pain of not being able to be with his wife during such a difficult time, saying: "She was six months pregnant. It's not like a small miscarriage at the beginning – you have to physically give birth to a dead child - on your own - while your husband is in a foreign country. To go through that on your own isn't good."

Fury also expressed his sadness at being unable to support Paris, stating: "I could not be there for her in that moment. And that's tough for me. I have been with the woman for longer than I wasn't with her, so it's hard that I couldn't be there with her in that time."

When asked about having more children, Fury replied, "Never say never. I only have seven. She lost the one she was having on the Friday of the fight, which was pretty s****y.

Fury recalled: "When she said she couldn't come over, I knew there was a problem. She usually comes out on fight week, but she said she had high blood pressure. Turki Alalshikh (chairman of Saudi's General Entertainment Authority) offered us a private jet to get around the high blood pressure and said she could bring the doctor with her.

"She said she couldn't come. I asked her what was up and asked her to tell me, but she wouldn't. So I knew, I knew, I knew there was a problem. I said to my brother 'she's lost that baby'. She never told me she had lost the baby, but I knew. When I got back, I got the inevitable confirmation that it was gone, but she had kept it to herself."

Fury maintains that the unfolding personal tragedy did not impact his fight with Usyk, which he believes he won but was awarded to the Ukrainian by split decision. The two fighters will face off again on December 21, although the IBF title will not be on the line after Usyk opted to relinquish it rather than make a mandatory defence. Daniel Dubois now holds that belt.

"It's not an excuse – hell no. I am a man of honour. I do what I have to do when I am in there," Fury said. "I don't think about that sort of stuff when I am in that fight. Nothing outside the ring matters; there is no emotion. You think about all that stuff afterwards."

"We have had miscarriages before. It happens. Will we have any more kids? I don't know if she's back to normal from that; it was only a few months ago. It takes a lot of getting over. But no more of this morbid stuff now because I'll break down in tears."