The latest of a lineage of Fury family boxing talent is Walter, a 27-year-old gunning for glory in the professional ranks.
Fury is a family name that carries significant weight in the sport of boxing, with former two-time heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury leading the way for a dynasty of fighting men.
Tommy Fury, Hughie Fury and young talent Roman have all lit up the squared circle in recent years as the clan continues to lead the way for the generation.
But there is a new fighter on the block, Walter, who is following in familiar footsteps having inked a deal with promoter Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions.
He has already made two professional appearances in dominant point victories over Vasif Mamedov and Dale Arrowsmith, after turning over in a positive 2024.
Fury will lace up his gloves for the third time this weekend, on the biggest occasion of his boxing career so far.
He will take on journeyman Joe Hardy close to home soil in the Co-Op Arena, Manchester, on the undercard of Derek Chisora’s final UK bow with Otto Wallin.
Despite already being well within the limelight early on, it hasn’t been an easy journey to get to this point.
Fury had a difficult time growing up and considered turning his back on the sport at the age of 17 after the passing of his father Hughie.
He told talkSPORT.com in an exclusive interview: “Well I realised a long time ago it was for me, I started boxing at ten year old.
“The thing was I only stopped boxing because I lost my dad. He passed away and he was the one training me from being 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 do it.
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“I took time away from boxing for a bit, a bit of sulking with 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.”
As traditional in the Fury family, he has already had a raft of experience, having had a lot of fights on the amateur circuit.
And he quickly realised he had spent enough time learning the craft, and needed to switch to the professional ranks to reach his maximum potential.
Fury continued: “I feel like I’m getting on very well with the professional game.
“I’ve had a lot of amateur fights you see, and I lost a bit of interest in it to be honest.
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“I enjoy it and the training part, I felt like there wasn’t enough sport in the amateurs for me.
“But I have the right sort of talent to be a professional and I feel like am willing to give everything.”
Luckily for the British prospect, he will have an army of experienced figures to work with and learn from to develop his ring stature.
That includes his cousin Tyson, who recently retired from the sport after losing twice consecutively to Oleksandr Usyk.
Fury has spent time in the boxing icon’s Morecambe gym, and the heavyweight was ringside for his second pro fight in Liverpool last November.
And Walter is already seeking to learn and has received some great advice from the former lineal heavyweight king.
He revealed: “Yeah he’s helped me a lot.
“The main piece of advice that Tyson has always given me is that he’s said, ‘you can only do your best’.
“And he’s right, my best is going to be a lot, and I’m willing to do what it takes.
“I want to take boxing as high as I can and prove to everybody how good I am.
“I’ve banked rounds in my first two fights, and I’ve got good people around me.”
Fury now faces his first examination on his biggest card yet, and he will be hoping to become a staple as a protege to big names.
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Warren will look to move Fury slowly but surely, but will no doubt hope he can forge his own path and become the latest success from the gifted dynasty.
And he is refusing to get ahead of himself by calling himself a future world champion, but acknowledges he takes promise from his own journey so far.
He concluded: “It’s good to be a part of it.
“This is what I want. Bigger shows to put me on, and bigger name fighters to put me against.
“It will be better for me as I’m ready to take on anyone. I just need to keep getting these fights for experience.
“I’ll keep improving and adapting to anyone who is put in front of me.
“I’m going to prove that on Saturday night by making light work of him.”
Watch Fury’s next fight and Chisora vs Wallin live on TNT Sports and Discovery + this Saturday December 8.
