It seems like the boxing fraternity have really got one over on the bookies.
Betting firms didn’t give Tyson Fury a hope in hell of smashing the decade-long reign of Wladimir Klitschko and neither did anyone else.
But fellow boxers obviously fancied the unbeaten 27-year-old Brit ….and there were odds being offered that were obviously too tempting to ignore.
We already know that former British light-welterweight champion Curtis Woodhouse won a staggering £72,000 on a treble which included a Tyson Fury victory.
But now fellow British fighter Billy Joe Saunders revealed that he stuck a huge £5,000 wad on his old pal Fury to do the business.
https://twitter.com/bjsaunders_/status/670711887475122176
The commonwealth champ, who is set to fight Irishman Andy Lee for his WBO middleweight title, cleaned up thanks to the Mancunian’s heroics in Dusseldorf, relieving the bookies of a cool £22,500.
https://twitter.com/bjsaunders_/status/672006683619627008
He said: “Thanks to Tyson I’ve just bought myself a nice little Audemars Piguet, a new watch on him from my winnings, so thank you very much, Mr Fury.
“Nobody was happier than me that he won – and not just because I won a few quid.
“I’ve seen where he has come from, where he started, and I know he will feel the same about me.”
