TYSON FURY shocked boxing by becoming the heavyweight champion of the world beating Wladimir Klitschko one year ago.
It’s been a roller coaster ride for the self proclaimed Gypsy King whose chaotic reign at the top of boxing lasted a matter of months.
The 28-year-old Manchester fighter didn’t even give himself the chance to defend his titles before his world spiralled out of control.
Fury, 28 beat Klitschko on a unanimous decision 115-112, 115-112, 116‑111 snatching the WBA, WBO and IBF titles from the Ukranian who was undefeated in 11 years.
Klitschko triggered the rematch weeks later and the Fury fall from grace started to gather pace.
SunSport takes a look at what has happened to Fury and his spectacular demise a year on from the greatest night of his life.
December 2015: Fury is stripped of the IBF title after just 10 days because of a rematch clause in the Klitschko contract which stipulated that he could not face mandatory IBF challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov.
December 2015: Fury appears in an online video in which he says Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill ‘slaps up good’. He goes on to claim ‘a woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back’.
December 2015: Fury is a late inclusion for the Sports Personality of the Year awards. A petition to remove him from the award shortlist reached over 100,000 signatures. He finished seventh with 7,000 fewer votes than third-placed Jessica Ennis-Hill.
April 2016: The rematch with Klitschko is finally agreed for July 9 at Manchester Arena. It took several months for Fury to put pen to paper.
June 2016: Fury reportedly suffers an ankle injury in training and pulls out of the fight with around two weeks to go.
June 2016: He splashed out 1000 Euros on 200 Jagerbombs while partying with ecstatic England fans in Nice during Euro 2016.
September 2016: He misses the final press conference ahead of the fight after claiming his car broke down.
September 2016: Tyson Fury's rematch with Wladimir Klitschko has been called off for a second time after he was declared "medically unfit to fight".
September 2016: It emerges that Fury was notified on September 22 that his random urine sample had tested positive for cocaine.
October 2016: Fury announces his shock retirement from the sport in foul mouthed rant on Twitter.
Fury announces he is vacating his WBO and WBA heavyweight titles on October 12, the night before the British Boxing Board of Control suspends his licence pending further investigation into "anti-doping and medical issues".
The former champion in a revealing interview admits he is battling mental health issues following his positive testing for drugs.
"I’m a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself - I’ve been pushed to the brink. I can’t take no more. I’m in a hospital at the moment.
"I’m seeing psychiatrists. They say I’ve got a version of bipolar.
"I’m a manic depressive. All from what they’ve done to me. All this s*** through boxing, through taking titles, through writing me off."
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