Tyson Fury orders 'death row meal' fish fingers, chips and beans in high class restaurants
Last meals on death row are something of a worldwide fascination, but WBC world champion Tyson Fury doesn't see why he should be preparing to meet the grim reaper to eat whatever he fancies.
Fury, 34, credits eating his favourite meal to performing well in the ring and said it's what he'd have if he ever found himself walking the green mile.
The Gypsy King said on Monday (14 November): "My three non-negotiable behaviours, or three things that makes me high performance is fish fingers, chips and beans.
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"It's my death row meal and that’s what makes me high performance. I have it before every fight. It's my favourite meal in the world."
It turns out that the boxer loves the meal so much that he's even willing to order it in high class restaurants that have never likely served it from their kitchens.
He told the High Performance podcast: "I was in America, in a big fancy restaurant in New York, and everyone was having lobsters and all this fancy truffle and whatever else - all these fancy fish things that I can't even name.
"And I don't even like any of this like seafood and all that. I'm not a seafood person. She [the waitress] said 'Well what can our chef make? Anything you want.’
"I said, 'Tell you what I'll have - fish fingers, chips and beans.' And she said, 'Beans? Like green beans?' I'm like 'No - like breakfast beans.' And she said 'What is this?' - because they don't have beans for breakfast in America.
"So I got a picture up and she’s like 'Oh, like barbecue beans' - because they have barbecue stuff. And I'm like, 'Yep, that's what I want - fish fingers, not crisps, I want like chunky fries, and barbecue beans'."
However, while Tyson loves his self-confessed 'death row meal', it's not something that his wife Paris enjoys, having said: "I'm not a fish finger fan."
She told BBC Radio Manchester that Tyson has the dish every time he returns home from training camp, and she happily indulges him, despite not being a fan herself.
Paris said of the 'go-to' meal: "He likes it and that's what he looks forward to."
Tyson will undoubtedly be tucking into his beloved meal ahead of his upcoming match against Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium on 3 December.
This will see him defend is place as defend his WBC World Heavyweight champion.
You can listen to Tyson's full appearance on the High Performance podcast here.
Emma Guinness