When it comes to boxers who have not exactly got the 'rub of the green' in their careers per se, surely Tyson Fury has to be up there near the very top of the list.
Right from the start of his career, it could be argued that Fury was never given things easy as a professional.
He was taking on decent fighters like John McDermott and Dereck Chisora very early on, when many other 'prospects' were busy padding their records and falsifying the importance of the what has now become very important 'O' in marketing of the modern day fighter.
Yet he persevered like all true fighters do, even getting knocked down in different fights on route to learning his trade as a prize fighter, only to pick himself up and win every time.
Yeah, the guy comes in for a lot of flack for his outside the ring persona and talk, but having met him a few years back in Dublin, he came across as a very genuine person.
The truth is, it's what a guy does when the bell rings that really matters anyway, and say what you like, Fury has done that successfully on every occasion to date thus far.
He's done this only to had the absolute world of bad luck smack him square in the jaw with as a hard a right hand perhaps has ever hit him, over these last few years.
The whole David Haye saga a couple of years ago when Fury was scheduled to take on the then UK heavyweight number one in a pay per view extravaganza fell out not just once, but twice, costing Fury nearly a year of training camps wasted, money wasted and left feeling understandably angry.
I remember the event clearly, as I and a friend were one of the unlucky fans that had tickets and international flights booked (for both events).
Injury to Haye caused both pullouts at the time, with a cut on the first occasion, and a damaged shoulder on the 2nd, that really cheesed the fans off to great extent.
Yet the man in the middle of this from a career standpoint was Tyson Fury, shafted by misfortune once again.
Then in 2014, a scheduled rematch with Dereck Chisora has to be postponed only for the fight to eventually happen after causing team Fury more expense with their training camp.
The term 'patience of a saint' comes to mind when you try to put yourself in Fury's shoes.
Fast forward to this year in 2015 and yet again Fury has had to deal with another massive fight be postponed, in fact the fight of his life for the world heavyweight title against Wladimir Klischko - to fall out of bed.
The fight has been postponed and will have to happen for Fury eventually who is currently mandatory contender for his shot, but it must have been a really sickening blow for him considering the circumstances.
One minute he's turning up as batman in the pre-fight press conference, then a few hours later Klitschko sites he has injured his calf on the way back to Germany after the UK presser.
When it comes to bad luck, I can't think of any boxer (or sports person for that matter) who's had it as bad as Tyson Fury.
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