TYSON FURY has claimed he plans to give his seven-figure pay day for Saturdayโs fight with Deontay Wilder to โthe poor and to build homes for the homelessโ.
The undefeated 30-year-old is expected to earn a career-high purse when he challenges WBC heavyweight champion Wilder at Los Angelesโ Staples Center.
After being such a controversial figure he has gained admirers for being so open about his struggles with mental health โ and insists there are still others he wants to help.
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โ TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) November 21, 2018
โIโm going to give it to the poor and Iโm going to build homes for the homeless,โ said Fury, according to the Irish Mirror.
โI donโt really have much use for it, Iโm not interested in becoming a millionaire or a billionaire. Iโm a boxer not a businessman and Iโll probably go down the same route as every other boxer โ skint at the end of it all.
โYou canโt take it with you so I might as well do something with it and help out people who canโt help themselves.โ
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Furyโs beliefs regarding his personal wealth also come despite his wife Paris being pregnant, and with them already having four children.
โI believe all kids should make their own money in life because if they donโt, they wonโt appreciate it,โ he added.
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โItโs easy to spend someone elseโs money and the money Iโve earned is practically blood money. My kids have to make their own living and make their own way in life; they wonโt be living off my name or reputation because thatโs too easy a route.
โYou see many of these rich peopleโs kids doing nothing because they had it too easy. I never had it easy, I had to work for whatever I got. I was working from very young, everything I wanted in life I had to work for.โ