Tyson Fury scored 26 knockouts during his amateur career, but none of them were as brutal as the one he inflicted on Maurice Byarm.
The super heavyweights met at a show in Philadelphia back in 2007 when Fury was a fresh-faced 19-year-old.
YouTube - Eamon McAuley Fury left his amateur opponent flat on his back[/caption]Fury travelled across the pond with Belfast’s Holy Family ABC to box Harrowgate Boxing Club in an international duel watched by a handful of spectators at the New Alhambra Sports and Entertainment Centre.
The fight was scrappy, but there were glimmers of early promise in the future heavyweight champion’s work.
Byarm came flying across the ring from the opening bell and was met blow for blow by Fury in a frantic first two rounds.
Heading into the third frame, the result was up in the air.
However, Fury took the fight out of the hands of the judges by uncorking a dynamite right hand that rendered his opponent unconscious against the ropes.
A follow-up shot sent his helpless foe tumbling to the canvas, where the contest was instantly waved off.
That same year, Fury picked up a gold medal at the EU Junior Championship and a silver at the European Juniors in his breakthrough season in the unpaid ranks.
After failing to make the cut for Team GB at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Fury embarked on a fruitful professional career that included two separate reigns as world heavyweight champion.
In 2015, he stunned the boxing world by dethroning long-reigning WBA, WBO and IBF king Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany.
A rematch was due to follow, but Fury opted to retire after falling into a depressive rut.
Fury enjoyed a fruitful professional career, while Byarm faded into obscurityGettyThree years later, he mounted a miraculous comeback that saw him knock out Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight belt.
He would go on to defend his green and gold strap three times against Wilder (again), Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora before placing it on the line against Oleksandr Usyk in an undisputed clash last May.
Usyk got his hand raised in their inaugural encounter via split decision and then widened the margin in their rematch last December to get the nod from all three judges.
A distraught Fury retired in the aftermath of his second consecutive defeat, and although there are rumours of a probable comeback, Fury is standing strong on his decision at the time of writing.
In stark contrast, Byarm strung together an unremarkable professional career after turning over in 2009.
He hung up his gloves in 2018 with a 14-2-1 record that included defeats to former world title challenger Bryant Jennings and Russia’s Magomed Abdusalamov.
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