TOMMY FURY’S return to the ring after 18 months has been a success as the former Love Island star beat Kenan Hanjalic in Budapest!
It was a scrappy contest to say the least but TNT won on points before dedicating the victory to ‘sweetheart’ Molly Mae and calling out bitter rival Jake Paul.
And Tommy’s half-brother Roman also came out on top tonight with a dominant KO victory.
The ref was forced to call an end to what was a heavily dominated fight after just round four.
Full card scores
- Tommy Fury UD beats Kenan Hanjalic
- Roman Fury KOs Josip Pehar
- Shokhjakhon Abdullaev vs Irakli Alanidze – N/A
- Varadi Sandor UD beats Nikolas Panic
- Valentin Koloszar UD beats Alexandru Ionita
Night of Fury
Here’s how the two main fights played out with the Fury bros claiming important wins:
Fury entices Paul rematch
Fury’s post-match touched on all the agony of the past year. All the sacrifices, tribulations and hurt suffered in his long-waited return to the ring and what next.
When questioned about a possible rematch with Jake Paul, he refers to him as a terrified b***h and maintains that there is no question that he will knock him out the second time.
A rematch will certainly entice many.
Fury reacts to victory
Fury is lapping up his return back in the winning column.
“I just want to say thank you for this victory to the Lord Savior Jesus Christ, without him none of this would be possible,” he says buoyantly
“I want to say hello to my beautifuyl baby girl Bambi at home, my sweetheart Molly, she’ll always be mine forever.
“And I want to dedicate this to my mother and father because without them I wouldn’t be breathing, I wouldn’t be here. The reason I am here today is my mother and father. I will love them until the day I die and i owe them everything.
“I’ve been through a hell of a lot these last two year. I’ve been though things that tear men down, drunk, alcoholic; I lost my family for a little bit. But I’ve turned things around, I’ve gone from being low to being on top of the world again.”
Tommy Fury beats Kenan Hanjalic UD 6
Fury’s first ring action in 18 months comes away with a bitty win on points.
Shades of quality were present but nothing note-worthy enough that will have make headlines.
TNT moves to an 11-0 record with more needing to come.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 6
Fury lands a tidy set of hooks on the upper but Hanjalic shows a commendable steel to take them and embrace them.
An incredible amount of engaging, whether that be forced or not, from the two.
Final round ends in the scrappy tempo this dust-up undertook.
Result to come.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 5
Fury continues his semi-calculated approach in this.
Hanjalic takes a momentarily knee with that low blow still having an uncomfortable impact on his already lax movement.
A minute from time, Fury managed to let off some nice combos to the body but nothing Hanjalic couldn’t eat up.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 4
There’s little doubt that when Fury dose start to box hes the cleaner fighter but those moments are little between as he founds himself engaging in a scrap of belief rather than a fight of technique.
Hanjalic pleads to the referee about the potential Fury head blows, but that dosen’t stop his charge to make this a messy fight even after a points deduction.
Both are leaking, especially Hanjalic.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 3
A lot of jab-and-retreat work from Fury in the first two rounds but has now presented a more proactive challnege in the ring with his hands.
In the closing stages lets his hands go and catches Hanjalic with a low blow and the face as the referee seeks clarification on whether he is able to continue, which he dose.
Father John suggests that Tommy continues to control this encounter with the jab.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 2
Not much combination or technique from the two as the brute approach remains bare.
Hanjalic stumbled on his feet early on before picking himself up and reneging with intention.
A taunt or two from the Bosnian to assure he’s not going anywhere.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic – Round 1
After an opening 30 seconds of assessing, Fury is on the immediate engage with a few jabs to the body.
Not to the fear of Hanjalic, who carries the power that will cause undoubtedly cause hesitancy within Fury with the pair ending with a flurry of hooks and words.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic
Hanjalic enters the MTK Arena with a band of entourage in a black behind him in very business-like mode.
Remember he came to Budapest with one mission – “to win.”
Fury, the show-stopper that the Hungarian faithful have showed out for, is draped in a white-gold combo as he prances his way to the ring.
Showtime.
Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic
After a hellish break that one of the presenters calls “short” which lasted longer than the 10-minute intended break we took before the Roman Fury fight, main event action is upon us.
Anyway, Tommy Fury is being welcomed to the ring finally.
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The wait goes on
It’s been a relatively quick and elaborate-planned night so far but at least the fans in Budapest have been treated to quite the event.
From the stage performances to club-like vibes, the crowd has been tonight’s main feature as we await Tommy.
Tommy Fury up next
What we expect to be the final musical performance of the event has come to an end as all focus now shifts towards Tommy Fury and his six-round cruiserweight fight with unknown Bosnian Kenan Hanjalic.
Not before a bit more techno, of course.
Roman speaks on win
Fury record goes to 5-0 and will certainly endure a sterner test following this.
“It was a great comeback. I’ve been out for 14 months so it was a good performance,” he said in his ring interview. “I want to dedicate this fight to my mother, she’s been in bad health and I love her to death, mother that’s for you.”
Roman Fury beats Josip Pehar via KO
Fury, who is donning a Hungary cap, gave the crowd the highlight moment to feast on despite its convoluted nature.
Pehar was overmathced from the offset and once the first of three knockdowns occurred the onus was all Fury who claimed his stoppage in the fourth.
Time for brother Tommy.
Roman Fury vs Josip Pehar – Round 4
Fury knocks Pehar down again in Pehar’s attempts to scramble back into this contest.
The Croatian meets the canvas again and the referee calls ends to this.
Roman Fury vs Josip Pehar – Round 3
As you would expect, Fury goes all-out for the stoppage.
The referee deems Pehar’s second fall of the night as a knocdown despite the bundled-down nature of it.
Fury actions a sequence with multiple left hand
Pehar’s main highlight has been holding, which deducted him a point and the wait to get his gumshield back in his mouth.
Roman Fury vs Josip Pehar – Round 2
Fury, in Tyson-like fashion, jinks and faints his way around the ring probing for a look to get his right hand involved.
Pehar escapes from some promsiing Fury combainations before engaing in grappling.
Seconds before the end of this round, Fury DROPS Pehar with a planted left hand to the body. The bell saves him.
If the size didn’t show it, his strategy does: there’s no stoppage coming from the Croatian despite his winning record.
Roman Fury vs Josip Pehar – Round 1
Fury imposes the heavy right hand early on with John barking our advice in his corner.
He tagged Pehar with a left hook but nothing that made the Croat retreat from battle.
First Fury up
Roman will face Josip Pehar, who has won seven of his twelve professional bouts.
Pehar had some issues with his walkout music as the audio just cut out with no resumption.
As for Fury, he is draped out in white silk with gold lining, of course the famous name in capital gold at the back and importantly his walkout goes more swimmingly than Pehar.
Interlude done
Break finished, half-time show wrapped up and all the shots of a semi-interactive crowd – all accompanied by the techno music and lights that this Hungary arena has to offer – now time for the meat and potatoes.
The Fury brothers are set to enter the ring.
As for the scheduled bout of Shokhjakhon Abdullaev vs Irakli Alanidze, there’s serious uncertainty on whether we will see that fight but that has yet to be clarified by anyone involved.
Roman Fury outlines intentions
Roman tends to fade into the irrelevancy when the Fury name is brought up, and for good reason.
He has limted resume with even less credibility experience, but tonight presents a chance to craft out a proper name for himself. One that resonates beyond “Tommy’s older brother.”
He is set to be the penultimate fight before our main event.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
