Tommy Fury

Tommy Fury (born 7 May 1999) is a British professional boxer and reality television star. In June 2019, he took time off from boxing to star in the fifth series of the dating reality show Love Island. He is a half-brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury.

Tommy Fury
Fury and girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague interviewed by UKGossip TV at the National Television Awards in 2020
Statistics
Nickname(s)TNT
Weight(s)Light-heavyweight
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
NationalityBritish
BornThomas Michael John Fury
(1999-05-07) 7 May 1999
Manchester, England
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO3
Losses0

Early life

Tommy Fury was born on 7 May 1999 in Manchester, England. His father John Fury is of Irish Traveller descent and his mother Chantal is of Mauritian descent. He is a half-brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury.[2]

Professional boxing career

Fury made his professional debut against Jevgenijs Andrejevs (10–102–3) on 22 December 2018 at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory (40–36).[3] The fight was part of the undercard of the Josh Warrington vs. Carl Frampton featherweight world title fight.[4][5] In his second fight he recorded the first stoppage of his professional career, defeating Callum Ide (0–26–2) via first-round knockout (KO) on 23 March 2019.[6]

After stepping away from boxing for nine months to take part in a reality television programme, Fury returned to the ring on 21 December 2019, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Przemyslaw Binienda (2–26) at the Copper Box Arena in London.[7] The fight was televised live on BT Sport.[8]

On 13 November, 2020, Tommy Fury recorded his fourth straight win, against Genadij Krajevskij. Both fighters were trading in the first round, but it was the second round where Fury started landing clean shots. The fight would end in the second round, after Fury knocked out Krajevskij with a big uppercut.[9]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 1 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
5 N/A N/A TBA N/A – (12) 27 Feb 2021 London, England
4 Win 4–0 Genadij Krajevskij KO 2 (4), 2:56 13 Nov 2020 BT Sport Studio, London, England
3 Win 3–0 Przemyslaw Binienda TKO 1 (6), 1:02 21 Dec 2019 Copper Box Arena, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Callum Ide KO 1 (4), 1:34 23 Mar 2019 Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
1 Win 1–0 Jevgenijs Andrejevs PTS 4 22 Dec 2018 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England

Love Island

In June 2019, he took part in series 5 of the ITV2 dating reality show Love Island, finishing as a runner-up alongside girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague.[10][11]

References
  1. "Boxing record for Tommy Fury". BoxRec.
  2. Varney, Alex (2019-11-12). "Tommy Fury: I have made my own name... now I want to become a great fighter". TalkSPORT. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  3. "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  4. Fletcher, Jerrell (2018-10-22). "Tommy Fury, Brother of Tyson Fury, to Make Professional Debut!". 3KINGSBOXING.COM. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  5. "Warrington vs Frampton undercard completes the best bill of 2018". BT.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  6. Murphy, Darragh (23 March 2018). "Tyson Fury watches younger brother Tommy scores first stoppage professional career". www.sportsjoe.ie. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. "Tommy Fury: Love Island star beats Przemyslaw Binienda in 62 seconds". 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  8. "Fight Night Live: Dubois v Fujimoto - A complete guide". BT.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  9. "Denzel Bentley Stops Mark Heffron in Four, Tommy Fury Wins". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  10. Prenderville, by Liam; 13:32, 8 Nov 2019Updated14:50 (2019-11-08). "Tommy Fury confirms boxing return in first fight since Love Island". mirror. Retrieved 2019-11-18.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Starkey, Adam (2019-09-03). "Love Island's Tommy Fury reveals what to expect from new reality series Meet The Furys". Retrieved 2019-11-18.

Tommy Fury - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.