Tyson Fury’s cousin, Walter Fury, fell to a shock first defeat as a professional on Friday night.
The 28-year-old middleweight had won his first three bouts (3-0) in the paid ranks before running into Latvian journeyman Kristaps Zulgis (10-59-3).
Fury opened up as a big favourite with the bookies, but he proved no match for his rugged foe, who dropped him with a leaping left hook in the opening stanza of their four-round contest.
From there, Zulgis kept his foot on the accelerator to secure an upset 38-37 points victory.
It marked a significant setback for Fury, who had followed familiar footsteps by turning over in 2024 with Tyson’s promoter Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions.
Last time out, he defeated Joe Hardy (5-35) over the distance on the Derek Chisora vs Otto Wallin undercard at Manchester’s AO Arena.
But his latest bout took place at a small hall show at the Liverpool Olympia in front of a thousand or so spectators.
When footage of his stunning loss made its way to social media, fans came out in their droves to let their thoughts be known.
One supporter wrote: “Literally every Fury I’ve seen boxes in a similar way, but each one gets a little bit more s***, Tyson is an anomaly in that family.”
Another posted: “Seen this Walter a few times and looks wrong in the ring, he looks uncomfortable and just strange.”
A third tweeted: “I’m crying. Journeyman decided to lock TF.”
Meanwhile, somebody else added: “Damn! He never stood a chance.”
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Fury was dropped in the first round and beaten on points by journeyman Zulgis
Fury boxed around 70 times as an amateur and chose to ditch the vest after a lengthy hiatus from the ring.
Explaining his boxing journey to talkSPORT.com during an exclusive interview earlier this year, Fury said: “Well, I realised a long time ago it was for me, I started boxing at ten years old.
“The thing was, I only stopped boxing because I lost my dad. He passed away, and he was the one training me from a young lad.
“When I lost him, I fell out of love with the sport really, where I trained so long for him, he was the key to doing it.
“I took time away from boxing for a bit, a bit of sulking at a young age, but I realised I was wasting a lot of talent.
“I learnt a lot over the years, and I wanted to go for it. So I left it a little bit late, but as they say, it’s never too late.”
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Fury sported an undefeated 3-0 record heading into fight nightCredit: Getty
Walter is the son of Hughie Fury (not the former heavyweight world title challenger of the same name).
Hughie tragically passed away in 2014 after a cardiac arrest.