27 October 2023 , 14:27
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Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury complimented his brother Tommy's power by admitting that he hurts him when they spar.
Love Island star Tommy recently picked up his 10th professional win by beating YouTube boxer KSI at the Misfits Boxing Prime card earlier this month. Tyson was in attendance for the fight as Tommy avoided an embarrassing defeat, narrowly scraping past his novice rival on points despite vowing to knock him out.
Tyson insists that Tommy can punch very hard but is unable to knock out his opponents due to a lack of experience. "My brother Tommy can hit as hard as any heavyweight that you'll ever hit," Fury told Queensbury Promotions. "Hits very hard, but yet he can't knock out KSI or Jake Paul because he doesn't have the experience to set that punch up.
"I lost a lot of money when Tommy fought Jake Paul. I bet 100 per cent this YouTuber is not going to take Tommy's power. No way. Tommy hits me in the gut and it hurts me, he hits very hard when we're body sparring he hits me all up the arms and my arms are sore, I'm thinking, 'This YouTuber's not going to be able to take this power', so I bet on him to knock him out but he won on points
"It's an experience thing if you're standing there and letting someone hit you, 'Bang, bang, bang', not moving anywhere. They're going to hurt you. When you've got to set it up behind an educated jab and got to trap somebody, let them walk onto something. They can't do that, only the most experienced fighters can set somebody up and knock them out."
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The roles have reversed as Tommy is now supporting Tyson this week as he takes on former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Tommy's win against KSI is being appealed by his rival but the only action that has since been taken is the win being changed from a majority decision to a unanimous decision in Fury's favour due to a judging error.
"Load of s***, it's a load of s***. He lost fair and square, it was what it was," Tommy said of KSI's appeal to Pro Boxing Fans. "They've already changed to unanimous in my favour so good appeal mate. I come to fight, he was getting instructed by his corner to hold me. One guy came to fight and the other didn't, that's why it turned out like it did."