TOMMY FURY beat nemesis Jake Paul in a close encounter despite being knocked down in the final round.
The Brit dominated the first few rounds of the fight, according to two of the three judges, and won via split decision.
But the fight was far from straightforward for Fury, who had a point deducted for holding in the sixth round.
Two rounds later he was on the canvas after Paul delivered a big left hook, with TNT claiming he slipped.
However Fury landed almost twice as many punches as his YouTuber opponent and his dominance was reflected by the judges’ scorecards.
All three scored the first round in his favour with Daniel van de Wiele and Omar Minton scoring the contest 58-54 to Fury after six rounds.
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Only American judge Mike Ross had the pair level going into the seventh round, despite Paul being deducted a point for punches to the back of the head.
After that all three judges gave Fury the seventh round with Paul only preventing a unanimous defeat by knocking Fury down in the eighth and final round.
Van de Wiele and Minton scored the fight 76-73 to Fury while Ross went 75-74 for Paul.
Both fighters thought they had done enough to win and raised their fists at the final bell.
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But it was Fury who roared in celebration and broke down in tears after his victory was confirmed.
In the post-fight press conference, Paul revealed Fury agreed to a rematch when the two got patched up together.
He said: “I just spoke to Tommy in the medical room and he said ‘yeah, let’s go. let’s do it again’.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
