His father was born in galway which makes him an Irish citizen He self identifies as Irish I have always said that I want to make history by becoming the first Irishman to win the World heavyweight title and that is still the case and I would love it to be in Ireland that would be the dream I was born in Manchester and raised around the area all my life but I ve always been brought up to say that y know you re Irish I ve come to a conclusion I m a Manchester Irishman His manager says that he s Irish Marcin was wearing a head guard but neither Tyson nor Sean were I asked Tyson s manager Asif why exactly Turner wasn t wearing one considering he was there to be punched in the face all day He s Irish he doesn t care about getting hit was his response