Paris Fury knew husband Tyson would return to boxing as it is his ‘passion’

By Carla Feric, Press Association Entertainment Reporter

Paris Fury has said she knew that her husband, Tyson Fury, always wanted to return to boxing and called the sport his “life’s passion”.

The former world heavyweight champion, 37, announced his retirement from boxing for the fifth time in 2025, and it was revealed earlier this year that he would be returning to the ring yet again this weekend.

His wife of almost two decades, Paris, has previously expressed how she wishes Tyson would quit boxing to protect his health and to focus on their family life and seven children.

Speaking to the Press Association, the 36-year-old said that although she wants her husband to step down from the sport, she is “not going to deny him his dream”.

She said: “I’m happy for him. It’s what he wanted, and I knew it’s what he wanted.

“All this time, when he kept saying he was out the ring, ‘I’m out the ring, I’m not boxing, I’m not boxing’ – I knew in the back of my mind that wouldn’t be true.”

The couple’s eldest daughter, Venezuela, said: “I don’t think he ever retired.”

Paris explained how she tried to encourage Tyson to pursue other interests and said: “I kept suggesting to him, ‘why don’t you train people as a boxer? Why don’t you get involved in something that you enjoy?’.

“He doesn’t have any hobbies. And it’s hard to take away someone’s life’s passion, and I couldn’t be the one to do it.

“I said to him so many times like, ‘oh, I wish you’d stop boxing now, you’ve done everything you need to do. You don’t need to do it anymore’.

“But he felt that itch, and he still wants to do it. So I’m not going to deny him that dream.

“He couldn’t find anything else good. No matter what we did, we couldn’t find him something he enjoyed. It’s hard. It’s hard work, a one-track mind with him.”

Paris also reflected on 16-year-old daughter Venezuela getting engaged, and said: “There’s a part of me that is a little bit sad that it’s all happened so soon, because I still feel like I’m so young, and I feel like my kids… imagine my brain, they’re all babies and they’re all at home.

“But obviously, Venezuela is a young woman. She’s 16 years old. She makes her own choices in life. But on the other hand, the mirror image.

“I think (she is) so lucky. Like, you’ve met this person that you want to spend your life with. I did the same thing at 17.”

She added: “I do think it’s beautiful that she’s found what she wants.”

Venezuela announced her engagement to her fiance, Noah Price, on Instagram last September, and it is rumoured the couple will tie the knot later this year.

Paris also discussed the making of her family’s fly-on-the-wall documentary series, At Home With The Furys, and called it a “good experience” for her children.

She said: “I think it’s good for my little kids. They all see different people, and they’re always chatting, so that’s good. I think it’s great for them to build social skills that way.

“I also think it’s great for (Venezuela), for building her platform.

“She’s doing social media work and she’s doing different branding work. And for me, I just enjoyed it.”

Paris hailed the “amazing” response from the public to the show, but added: “We don’t realise we are celebrities. It doesn’t click.

“Like, we just act totally normal. We live normal life. We aren’t really very flash.”

At Home With The Furys returns to Netflix with series two on April 12th.