Tyson Fury has revealed he used to be a car trader before becoming a boxer as his showdown with Oleksandr Usyk creeps closer.
The Gypsy King is currently in Saudi Arabia ahead of the fight, which is set to take place on Saturday evening.
Should Fury reign supreme, it would boost his reputation as one of the best heavyweight fighters on the planet.
But while he's on the verge of boxing immortality, the 35-year-old has now revealed he actually used to be a car trader before his career in the ring.
Tyson Fury has revealed he used to be a car trader ahead of his fight with Oleksandr Usyk
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"Before I was boxing I was a car trader," he said, per The Sun.
"While I’ve been boxing I’ve been messing around with cars. It’s my hobby.
“I love a deal, whether it’s for 10p or 10 grand or 10 million, whatever. I love having a deal.
“My first car was a 1997 Fiat Fiorino. I paid £360 for it. That was my first car that I was driving about in.
“But I actually bought my first car when I was ten-years-old.
“It was a Renault Clio and I bought it from three doors down and I sold it for a profit.
"I bought it for £60 and sold it for £110 on the same day. So I’ve been buying and selling my whole life.
“Another lesson I like to do is, in the summertime, we always wash the cars down, maybe every other day.
“I ask the kids why we do it and my little boy will say ‘we wash these because things are hard to earn, dad, and we’ve got to look after our things haven’t we?’
"And I say ‘yep, we have, well done son’.”
In previous months, Fury has tried to rile Usyk by insulting the Ukrainian.
He has called him an 'ugly little rabbit man' and a 'middleweight dosser', among other things.
Yet Fury is full of respect for Usyk these days and says the 37-year-old deserves to be held in high regard.
“As a fighter he’s done everything that can be done so you have to respect him," he added.
“He’s come from Ukraine, I don’t know from what sort of background but probably a poor one.
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"He’s done fantastic, just like Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, Joseph Parker, myself.
“We’ve all done fantastic, we are multimillionaires who changed our stars for the better. You have to respect him and admire him.
"I don’t really know him as a man because I’ve never been out with him for a beer. But from what I’ve seen he’s a family man.
“I can 100 per cent sit here and say, me or Usyk, when we sit back and we’re finished, we’re not going to be thinking about some idiot who said it was a good, bad or indifferent fight.
“We give our lives to this game. He’s probably been boxing longer than me, he’s had 315 amateur wins against 15 losses so he’s had a lot of fights, and 20 odd as a pro.
Tyson Fury has lavished praise on Oleksandr Usyk ahead of their fight
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“I don’t think he’ll be bothered what people think of him when he’s getting a fortune on the world’s biggest stage.
“I always say, unless you’ve been a boxer who has won world championships then you can’t run people down.”