Tyson Fury

Outrageous both inside the ring and in front of a microphone, Tyson 'The Gypsy King' Fury is a boxing sensation the likes of which this country has rarely seen. The story of his life – let alone the tale of his career to date – reads like Hollywood fiction. But what endures and endears, beyond the press conference quips that entertain so many, is his bravado and his never-say-die attitude to a sport in which he has excelled. Never was that exemplified more than in 2015 when the Wythenshawe-born fighter won lavish praise for defeating then longstanding world champion Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. A man of great comebacks in so many senses, Fury has quickly become a fighter for the people.