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02nd Dec 2015

Former boxer and football star Curtis Woodhouse won £71,000 on this amazing Tyson Fury treble

Some of his fans won big off the tip!

Ben Kenyon

Del Boy Trotter famously said ‘He who dares Rodders, he who dares, my son’.

There were probably not a lot of people who had the balls to put their hard-earned money on Tyson Fury overcoming the weight of history to end the decade-long reign of champion Wladimir Klitschko.

But former boxer and Sheffield United and Birmingham footballer Curtis Woodhouse  certainly did.

The ex-British boxing champion not only had Fury on to win, but he also backed James DeGale to win his world title defence against Lucian Bute AND wagered that Chelsea would draw with Spurs.

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670712906112200705

So when Fury defied the bookies odds to record his historic win he was pretty chuffed…

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670747798963400705

Then things really started hotting up when DeGale won a points decision over Bute. But he wasn’t about to bottle it though…

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670749051390959616

Although he was obviously sh*tting it…

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670938319749033986

Really sh*tting it…

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670959916568440832

The man, lovingly known as the ‘Troll Hunter’ for the time he drove 60 miles to confront an internet troll, saw his brilliant bet come in which bagged him a cool £71,600.

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670963687415500800

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670960587766108160

https://twitter.com/woodhousecurtis/status/670968592918315008

Wood

But after sharing the solid gold tip with his fans, tweets started pouring in from followers who had taken his advice…