TOMMY FURY has denied being a ‘YouTube boxer’ – instead describing himself as ‘a fully-fledged fighting man’.
Fury, brother to legendary British heavyweight Tyson, is 7-0 as a boxer but shot to widespread fame for his stint on Love Island in 2019.
Tommy Fury has denied being a ‘YouTube boxer’ Credit: Getty His profile was also set to skyrocket further when he signed to face social media sensation Jake Paul.
But Fury, 22, was forced to pull out after suffering a broken rib and bacterial chest infection.
Paul, 25, accused his rival of faking the injury to avoid risking his reputation in the all-celebrity bout.
So Fury hit back to deny the claim and insisted he will push ahead with his boxing career – with or without fighting the American.
He told EsNEWS: “I think it’s ludicrous, I think he’s using my injury as a play point like, ‘He didn’t want the fight’. When really, it was a genuine injury.
“I broke a rib and had a major, major chest infection and I just wan’t fit to fight, professionals cleared me as not fit to fight.
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“He’s just playing on that, but at the end of the day he knows where the big fight’s at – it’s here.
“He knows where the hundreds of thousands of people are at – it’s here.
“So if he wants to go and fight another MMA kid in Ohio somewhere, let him crack on. But I know we’re onto bigger and better things.”
Fury would have been Paul’s first opponent with a professional boxing record.
The 5-0 internet personality has so far only beaten a YouTuber, NBA player and two former UFC fighters.
Fury still hopes to reschedule the grudge match and believes a statement win on brother Tyson’s undercard on April 23 could do the trick.
I’m a boxer, I’m not a YouTube boxer or anything like that, I’m a fully-fledged fighting man.
Tommy Fury
He said: “That fight I look to see at the end of the year.
“My plan is to get a good win on this undercard. At the end of the day, Jake Paul knows where it’s at.
“We’re onto bigger and better things, I don’t know what Jake Paul’s doing, but we’ve just done 100,000 at Wembley.
“I’m looking to get a good win on the undercard and move on with my career.
“I’m a boxer, I’m not a YouTube boxer or anything like that, I’m a fully-fledged fighting man.
“Whatever Jake Paul decides to do, he decides to do, I’m not interested.”
Tommy Fury pulled out of fighting Jake Paul with a broken rib Credit: Getty Images – Getty Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
