It’s not every day people celebrate their fathers for doing such an amazing job. However, today, on June 19, the world comes together to celebrate the incredible dads in their lives. Similarly, the boxing world, including Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder, etc poured their heart out for their dads.
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Eddie Hearn and his Matchroom Boxing and the unified super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer joined in for the father’s day celebration.
Tyson Fury and others celebrate father’s day
On Sunday, June 19, the boxing community celebrated their fathers endearingly. They took to Twitter and Instagram to show their love and gratitude. Deontay Wilder celebrated father’s day by sharing his new song ‘Everytime’.
There’s nothing like the feeling of being a great father and getting into the groove baby. Happy Father’s Day/Juneteenth
Everytime is available on all platforms now! Hey, what a great Father’s Day gift to groove to on father's day and Juneteenth…
Man stop playing.🔴LINK IN BIO pic.twitter.com/8elwS4Nb5K— Deontay Wilder (@BronzeBomber) June 19, 2022
Tyson Fury wished his father by posting a picture of the two on a yacht smoking a cigar on his Instagram story. Additionally, Fury posted another story along with his son where the child gifted Fury a doll of him holding Wilder as a child for father’s day present.
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Mikaela Mayer and IBF bantamweight champion Ebanie Bridges also took to Twitter to shower their love on this day.
Happy Father’s day to all the amazing dads out there! A couple years after this picture was taken my dad ended up getting full custody of us 3 girls. The older I get the more amazed I become at how he managed to do it all on his own. He was selfless. ❤️ #grateful pic.twitter.com/DreLZ52M0e
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) June 19, 2022
Happy Father’s Day to all my lovely supporters who are dads! ❤️ hope you have the best day, and feel loved and appreciated 😘
— Blonde Bomber 🥊💁🏼♀️ (@EbanieBridges) June 19, 2022
Additionally, boxing promotion company, Matchroom Boxing posted a picture of various fighters along with their dads in the ring, celebrating each moment together. Furthermore, the company’s chairman, Eddie Hearn, wished his father a happy birthday as well as a happy father’s day.
Happy #FathersDay 👊 pic.twitter.com/zooN0jLFw7
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) June 19, 2022
@BarryHearn Happy 74th birthday and happy fathers days Bazza!
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) June 19, 2022
It was surely a heartwarming and wholesome moment to see the boxing community come together and celebrate their beloved dads.
Father-son duos in boxing
There are various father-son duos in boxing where the parent is his son’s trainer and coach. One of the very best duos comes in the form of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sr. According to Mayweather Jr., his dad taught him everything he knows about fighting.
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Another such combination is the Ukrainian duo, Vasyl and Anatoly Lomachenko. Anatoly is also referred to as ‘Papachenko‘ by fans as he turned his son into an incredible fighter.
Another renowned father-son-duo is the current undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney and dad Bill Haney.
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