Tyson Fury reveals his wife suffered a miscarriage the night before first fight against Oleksandr Usyk: 'It's hard for me'

Paris Fury, the wife of former unified heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, suffered a miscarriage the night before his undisputed title fight against Oleksandr Usyk in May, Tyson has revealed.

Tyson and Paris were pregnant with their eighth child before the Usyk fight. Paris did not travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the fight due to health complications. Fury spoke about the pair's loss at a press conference on Wednesday to promote Usyk vs. Fury 2 on December 21.

“She lost [the baby] on Friday of the fight, which was pretty shitty,” Tyson said. “I'm not making excuses, but she was six months pregnant.” It's not like a small miscarriage in the beginning. You have to give birth to a dead child on your own while your husband is abroad.

“I couldn't be there for her in that moment and that's hard for me. “I've been with the woman for longer than I was with her, so it's hard that I couldn't be with her.”

Childbirth often occurs when there is fetal loss or stillbirth after 20 weeks of pregnancy, usually through medically induced labor or a natural birth.

Tyson, who fought Usyk to a split decision loss in May, was worried after his wife told him she couldn't travel.

“When she said she couldn’t come over, I knew there was a problem,” Tyson said. “She normally comes out the week of the fight but she had high blood pressure and couldn’t come. I asked her what was wrong and wanted to tell me but she wouldn't. So I knew.”

“I knew it. I knew there was a problem. I said to my brother, 'She lost the baby.' She never told me she lost the baby, but when I returned I got the inevitable confirmation that it was gone, but she kept it to herself.

Tyson was noncommittal about whether there should be more children, acknowledging that the loss of a fetus takes a toll on a mother.

“We’ve had miscarriages before and it happens,” Tyson said. “Will we have more children? I don't know if she'll go back to normal after this. It's a long time to get over that. But no more of this sick stuff because I’ll be in tears.”