{"id":386106,"date":"2026-04-11T03:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386106\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:23:14","slug":"tyson-fury-explains-decision-to-quit-uk-with-his-family-and-move-to-tax-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386106\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury explains decision to quit UK with his family and move to tax haven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyson Fury has revealed he relocated his family to the Isle of Man after fearing for their safety at his Morecambe home.<\/p>\n

The heavyweight boxer moved wife Paris and their seven children from the Lancashire seaside town towards the end of last year following a string of unsettling encounters with disturbed strangers.<\/p>\n

“When people know where you live, you can be targeted at any time, so now I have moved and my address is confidential,” Fury said.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old had called Morecambe home for two decades after initially arriving for a Christmas training camp. His family life there featured prominently in two Netflix series.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Fury revealed his reasoning for quitting the United Kingdom for the Isle of Man<\/p>\n

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However, persistent intrusions from unwanted visitors ultimately forced the former world champion to seek a fresh start elsewhere.<\/p>\n

The incident that finally convinced Fury to leave occurred when a man climbed over his 40ft gates while the boxer was training at the gym.<\/p>\n

“The final straw was when I had a lunatic come over my gates \u2013 40ft gates. I’ve got an attack dog, I’ve got everything,” Fury explained.<\/p>\n

The intruder, approximately 35 years old and dressed in a dressing gown and pyjamas, told police he had come “to be adopted by Tyson and Paris” and claimed to be visiting his parents.<\/p>\n

Paris telephoned her husband in a panic after a neighbour spotted the man scaling bins to get over the perimeter.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Fury took his whole family to the Isle of Man after insisting his home became targeted<\/p>\n

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“This man could have had a knife or anything on him. At that moment I thought ‘I’m f* here’,” Fury recalled.<\/p>\n

The bizarre intrusions extended far beyond that single incident. Fury described how he was forced to disconnect his gate intercom because it rang constantly through the night, particularly at weekends.<\/p>\n

“I had crackpots, drunk people, parking outside the front of the house ringing the bell asking ‘is Tyson in’?” he said.<\/p>\n

One particularly memorable visitor arrived covered entirely in seashells, insisting he had been sent by God to speak with the boxer. Fury’s manager Spencer Brown resolved that situation by offering the man \u00a320, who promptly took the money and disappeared.<\/p>\n

“These people are innocent but when is it going to be one who isn’t innocent?” Fury questioned.<\/p>\n

The boxer also disclosed that foreign criminals had specifically travelled to Britain intending to rob him and other celebrities before fleeing the country.<\/p>\n

Despite the upheaval, Fury insists he harbours no resentment about leaving Lancashire after two decades.<\/p>\n

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Tyson Fury faces Arslanbek Makhmudov on Saturday night in his comeback fight<\/p>\n

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“I looked at moving abroad, far away, but it turned out that the Isle of Man is the perfect place for me \u2013 English speaking, English pound notes,” he said.<\/p>\n

The boxer steps back into action tomorrow at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against Arslanbek Makhmudov, marking his fifth emergence from retirement and first UK bout since beating Derek Chisora in 2022.<\/p>\n

Victory over the Canadian heavyweight could pave the way for a long-anticipated clash with Anthony Joshua.<\/p>\n

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“This is a circus. This is my dream job and I have been able to do my dream job,” Fury said. <\/p>\n

“I dreamed as a child of being the heavyweight world champion and I have lived it. It’s absolutely fabulous to be back in boxing. The circus continues.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson Fury has revealed he relocated his family to the Isle of Man after fearing for their safety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2225,458,146,85,46,52701,2224,50065],"class_list":{"0":"post-386106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-sgg","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-tyson-fury"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}