![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tyson-fury-slept-on-hospital-floor-for-weeks-before-third-deontay-wilder-fight/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_Tyson-Fury-and-daughter-Athena.jpg&description=Tyson Fury revealed he slept on a hospital floor for weeks as he opened up on the heart-wrenching near death of his daughter in the build-up to his third Deontay Wilder showdown. The Gypsy King's sixth child Athena was born prematurely last year just weeks before he put his heavyweight title on the line against the Bronze Bomber. Fury and wife Paris welcomed Athena at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in August 2021 with no signs of any problems surrounding the baby's health. But Athena had an awful turn as a midwife noticed a rapid heart rate and the baby was moved to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool with her life hanging in the balance. Fury initially slept at the Ronald McDonald House, an accommodation for parents attached to the hospital, as Athena stabilised. While his daughter was receiving life-saving treatment, exhausted Fury also had to deal with the looming prospect of his trilogy bout with Wilder as he set about making an off-the-cuff training plan. But in a heartbreaking turn of events, Fury has detailed the moments where his wife Paris had thought Athena had passed away, and that she had to be resuscitated. "Apparently, she'd become completely unresponsive while Paris was holding her, then her heartbeat had faded away to nothing," Fury writes in his new book Gloves Off, with extracts reported in The Sun. "Athena was resuscitated, but Paris was now losing it. A nurse was trying to calm her as the specialist staff went to work. I couldn't believe what was happening. Eventually, to our enormous relief, and with the grace of God the doctors were able to steady Athena. We were told she would have to remain in hospital until she'd made a full recovery." Fury used Athena's recovery to motivate him for the Wilder fight (Image: Getty Images) Fury would later spend the final weeks of his preparation period for the Wilder bout sleeping both at the hospital accommodation and the floor of the ward that Athena was being treated on. "In the end it would take){kind=link}
Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has opened up on the heart-wrenching near-death of his baby daughter that motivated him to win his fight against Deontay Wilder
Tyson Fury revealed he slept on a hospital floor for weeks as he opened up on the heart-wrenching near death of his daughter in the build-up to his third Deontay Wilder showdown.
The Gypsy King’s sixth child Athena was born prematurely last year just weeks before he put his heavyweight title on the line against the Bronze Bomber.
Fury and wife Paris welcomed Athena at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in August 2021 with no signs of any problems surrounding the baby’s health. But Athena had an awful turn as a midwife noticed a rapid heart rate and the baby was moved to the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool with her life hanging in the balance.
Fury initially slept at the Ronald McDonald House, an accommodation for parents attached to the hospital, as Athena stabilised. While his daughter was receiving life-saving treatment, exhausted Fury also had to deal with the looming prospect of his trilogy bout with Wilder as he set about making an off-the-cuff training plan.