The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the two love hearts scribbled on Tyson Fury’s tape during his celebrations on Saturday night – and the world champ has now revealed the reason behind the bizarre drawings.
Ahead of the fight with Wladimir Klitschko, the Ukrainian’s brother Vitali entered Fury’s dressing room to check how his hands were taped up, the Manchester Evening News report.
And before he left, he gave the challenger’s pads his blessing by inking a big love heart on each fist.
“Vitali came into the changing room and I was expecting him to say take the bandages on and off two or three times,” Fury revealed.
“I was tormenting him the whole way through – saying, ‘I want you next,’ and he just didn’t mess me around.
“He even put some love hearts on my hand wraps.
“I said, ‘Put some kisses on there,’ and he said, ‘I’ll do better than that’ and he put two love hearts on the wraps.”
