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Tyson Fury ditched a private jet to come back to Britain with his fans (Pics)

Published 23:26 30 Nov 2015 GMT

Ben Kenyon
Tyson Fury ditched a private jet to come back to Britain with his fans (Pics)

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When you've just knocked out the reigning world champion and earned yourself around £5m you can probably afford to travel in style.

But Tyson Fury, who won the heavyweight world title against Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday, isn't your average boxer. The 27-year-old Brit isn't your flashy Floyd Mayweather type, the self-styled 'Gypsy King' is more a man of the people. He was expected to fly by private jet back to Britain after conquering the world, but that's not the Fury way. The mad-cap Mancunian opted for an all-together more modest journey home aboard a P&O Ferry with some of his fans. He probably saved himself a bob or two in the process. https://twitter.com/POferries/status/671275147312111616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/TomSlater12/status/671124422632316928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Fury is expected to have earned around £5m from the Klitschko fight - as well as taking £400,000 of a wealthy relative in a sportsman's bet. But this big money has not changed the man one bit - he's still got his cheap and cheerful £1 Slazenger socks on... https://twitter.com/AgainstTRopes/status/670996981834252289

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Tyson Fury ditched a private jet to come back to Britain with his fans (Pics)