‘It had been horrendous but we stayed strong for the family’ – Inside Paris Fury’s miscarriage struggles & 10-kid dreams

TYSON Fury has revealed that wife Paris tragically suffered a miscarriage just hours before his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.

The Morecambe-based couple, who have opened up about wanting 10 kids, have been through the heartbreak three times now, having also lost babies in 2014 and 2018.

Family loss

The former heavyweight world champion lost to Ukrainian Usyk in Saudi Arabia on May 18 this year - and Paris had been due to arrive in Riyadh on the Friday, the day before the fight.

However, the 34-year-old called to tell her husband that she would not make the trip - selflessly blaming high blood pressure.

Tyson has now bravely opened up that it was because they had lost their baby boy, who would have been their eighth child.

The boxer had publicly hinted that Paris was pregnant with baby No8 on social media back in March.

They currently are parents to Venezuela, 15, Prince John James, 13, Prince Tyson Fury II, eight, Valencia Amber, six, Prince Adonis, five, Athena, three - and welcomed their seventh child, Prince Rico Paris, last September.

Tyson does not want the heart-wrenching family tragedy to be blamed as an excuse for his first pro defeat.

Dreams of 10 kids

In her book, Love and Fury: The Magic and Mayhem of Life with Tyson, Paris said: "Tyson and I had always intended to carry on the great Traveller tradition and have a big family: three children at the very least, we’d say to each other, maybe even ten if we were lucky."

When asked about having more kids, Tyson told The Daily Mail he wants 11 - enough for a "mixed football team playing on the pitch at Morecambe."

Stillbirth pain

While they've so far been blessed with numerous beautiful children, they have experienced heartbreak on their pregnancy journey.

In 2014, they tragically lost a baby when Paris was five months pregnant with their third child, and she was forced to endure a stillbirth.

Paris said began suffering some complications so Tyson had to rush her into hospital.

She wrote: “Following some tests and scans, we received the devastating news that the baby’s heart had stopped beating. 

“There was nothing the medical team could do. 

“A midwife then gently broke the news to me that, although the baby was no longer alive, its advanced development meant I had no other option but to proceed with a delivery. 

“Never in my life had I felt so scared and upset. 

“All I’ll say is I’d hate any other woman to experience in their lifetime what I had to endure that day. It was crushing.

“Tyson was distraught, but still managed to be my rock throughout, squeezing my hand, stroking my forehead, telling me over and over again how much he and the kids loved me. 

“We never spoke much about the baby. It had happened, and it had been horrendous, but we both agreed to try to move forward, and stay strong for the sake of the family.”

And it wasn’t the only tragedy they have suffered.

Second loss

While Tyson managed to resume his career, just days before his comeback fight against Sefer Seferi in 2018, Paris had another miscarriage.

Fearing it would impact her husband in the ring, or have an effect on his mental health, she decided not to tell him until after the fight.

She said: “I was about eight weeks pregnant.

“Then on the day of the fight I knew I’d lost our baby.

“I didn’t mention it to Tyson before he went in the ring.

"Then straight after it I told him and the next day we went to the hospital and it was confirmed.

"Five weeks later we fell pregnant again...We were still heartbroken over our loss, but overjoyed at the same time."

Baby Tyson was born three months prematurely and weighed just a pound. 

It's the reason his dad John opted to call him Tyson, after boxer Mike Tyson, saying: “I thought, ‘There’s only one name fitting for him, he’s fought hard to become a person living in this world'."

Athena’s ICU scare

In 2021, Paris gave birth to Athena but the young tot was immediately taken to ICU and put on a ventilator.

Fury's father John revealed that Athena had 'died for three minutes' but thankfully the 'miracle' workers at the hospital were able to revive her.

Athena managed to fight through and was discharged from hospital, with Tyson admitted the ordeal "probably took a couple of years off my life".

Speaking of their large family now, Paris said: “I felt totally blessed that my dreams had come true. 

“I’d often joke that I was trying to keep up with Morecambe’s famous Radford family, who, at the time of Adonis’ birth, had twenty children in their household.”

Grounded family

Despite being the highest-paid fighter of 2020 with £46million earned, the couple are adamant their kids will be grounded.

The Gypsy King wants his children to grow up working for their fortune and has made sure to normalise their lives as much as possible.

Fury said: “For me it's very important to stay close to my grassroots as I've got a lot of kids coming up, I've got five kids, very important for them to know the value of money.

“It's very important for them to know how to earn money. So, if they see me splashing out all the time and living a movie stars' lifestyle they grow up thinking that's the only way they can live.

“To earn from a normal job, £200-300-a-week, however much they're going to get, they might think that's no good if they've been spoiled rotten by multi-millionaire parents.”