Tyson Fury’s cousin, Walter Fury, fell to a shock first defeat as knowledgeable on Friday night.
The 28-year-old middleweight had won his first three bouts (3-0) within the paid ranks before running into Latvian journeyman Kristaps Zulgis (10-59-3).
Fury opened up as an enormous favourite with the bookies, but he proved no match for his rugged foe, who dropped him with a leaping left hook within 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 major setback for Fury, who had followed familiar footsteps by turning over in 2024 with Tyson’s promoter Frank Warren of Queensberry Promotions.
Last day out, he defeated Joe Hardy (5-35) over the gap on the Derek Chisora vs Otto Wallin undercard at Manchester’s AO Arena.
But his latest bout took place at a small hall show on the Liverpool Olympia in front of a thousand or so spectators.
When footage of his stunning loss made its option to social media, fans got here out of their droves to let their thoughts be known.
One supporter wrote: “Literally every Fury I’ve seen boxes in the same way, but each gets just a little bit more s***, Tyson is an anomaly in that family.”
One other posted: “Seen this Walter just a few times and appears flawed within the ring, he looks uncomfortable and just strange.”
A 3rd tweeted: “I’m crying. Journeyman decided to lock TF.”
Meanwhile, anyone else added: “Rattling! He never stood a likelihood.”
Fury boxed around 70 times as an amateur and selected to ditch the vest after a lengthy hiatus from the ring.
Explaining his boxing journey to talkSPORT.com during an exclusive interview earlier this yr, Fury said: “Well, I realised a protracted time ago it was for me, I began 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.
“After I lost him, I fell out of affection with the game really, where I trained so long for him, he was the important thing to doing it.
“I took time away from boxing for a bit, a little bit of sulking at a young age, but I realised I used to be wasting a variety of talent.
“I learnt quite a bit through the years, and I desired to go for it. So I left it just a little bit late, but as they are saying, it’s never too late.”
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Walter is the son of Hughie Fury (not the previous heavyweight world title challenger of the identical name).
Hughie tragically passed away in 2014 after a cardiac arrest.