LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is swapping his boxing gloves for a microphone with the discharge of his debut single, a remake of Neil Diamond’s “Candy Caroline”, for charity.
The 34-year-old British boxer, who has beforehand sung for crowds at matches in addition to dueted with Robbie Williams, will put out the monitor, a crowd favorite at sporting occasions, on Nov. 11 in support of males’s psychological well being charity Discuss Membership.
“‘Candy Caroline’ is a report I’ve at all times liked, and I’m excited to report and launch it,” Fury mentioned in an announcement, noting the only will come out simply in time for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
“It’s an excellent alternative for me to offer one thing again to psychological well being and hopefully proceed to boost consciousness for a trigger that’s actually near my coronary heart and if it helps England alongside the best way within the World Cup, effectively that’s an added bonus.”
Fury surprised boxing followers in 2015 when he defeated Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF, WBA and WBO belts. However he later struggled with psychological well being and substance abuse which derailed his profession. He fought again and has been vocal about psychological well being consciousness.
“Boxing has been an enormous platform for me to unfold the phrase on psychological well being and I’ve achieved it to one of the best of my skill,” mentioned Fury, who will tackle Derek Chisora in December.
“It has been extensively printed about my highs and lows, ups and downs, so I’ve tried my finest to maintain speaking about it as a lot as I can and maintain making an attempt to smash the stigma.”
Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis
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