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TYSON FURY'S shorts have got smaller and smaller the bigger the Gypsy King has become in boxing.

The Brit started his career wearing giant boxing shorts that fell way past his knees.

This snap from 2008 features Tyson Fury with shorts that went past his knees
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This snap from 2008 features Tyson Fury with shorts that went past his kneesCredit: Action Images
And this shot from his February 2020 win over Deontay Wilder shows just how much shorter his shorts have got over the years
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And this shot from his February 2020 win over Deontay Wilder shows just how much shorter his shorts have got over the yearsCredit: Reuters
And he has even trained in his pants
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And he has even trained in his pantsCredit: Getty

But the Brit has revealed more and more leg the closer he's got to becoming unified world champion.

Fury has even taken to training in his pants too!

The 33-year-old made his pro debut in December 2008 in Nottingham, on the undercard of Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal against Hungarian fighter Bela Gyongyos.

He won via first round TKO and his shorts were a world away from what we see him in now.

The all-white pair dropped down past his knees as he posed for cameras after his win.

Two-and-a-half years on and Fury fought Marcelo Luiz Nascimento in February 2011 at Wembley.

Fury's shorts in this 2011 bout with Marcelo Luiz Nascimento hadn't changed too much from his 2008 debut
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Fury's shorts in this 2011 bout with Marcelo Luiz Nascimento hadn't changed too much from his 2008 debutCredit: Lawrence Lustig
And he had started going for more colourful and shorter pairs by the time this 2012 bout with Martin Rogan came around
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And he had started going for more colourful and shorter pairs by the time this 2012 bout with Martin Rogan came aroundCredit: Pacemaker Press
Fury rocked this pair for his 2013 win over Steve Cunningham
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Fury rocked this pair for his 2013 win over Steve Cunningham

He struck a fifth round knock-out and sported a very similar white and gold pair of shorts although they did ride slightly higher up his leg - just above his knee.

After this fight, Fury's shorts designs started to get a little bit more elaborate.

He stopped Irishman Martin Rogan in five rounds in Belfast in 2012 with a fetching pair of 'above-the-knee' green and gold 'South Africa rugby' coloured shorts on.

His seventh round KO of Steve Cunningham in New York in 2013 saw the Gypsy King rock a green and white pair with much more thigh on show.

And the journey was as good as complete in his 2020 fight against Deontay Wilder - his second fight against the Bronze Bomber.

His black and dark green shorts were his shortest pair yet - ending midway down his thigh.

Fury has also caught the attention of boxing fans in recent years by training in his pants.

But as funny as the 6ft 9in heavyweight looks in his often skin-tight pants, there is a very real reason he does it.

The Gypsy King proudly started wearing the pants to represent  who support the fight against testicular cancer.

Fury first started doing so before his 2018 fight with Wilder which resulted in a draw.

He revealed at the time a close friend of his was diagnosed with testicular cancer and he was doing his bit to show support.

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Fury said: "I wear these funky shorts in public a lot and I wore them today because they represent a company called Oddballs.

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"Every penny spent on these pants goes to research to fight testicular cancer.

"A friend of mine went through it recently, and I want to spread awareness for him and this cause."


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