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EDDIE HEARN has branded Tommy Fury a “terrible fighter” following his snoozefest with KSI.Former Love Islander Fury locked horns with the YouTuber-turned-influencer-boxer in a Misfits Manchester melee last Saturday.
Tommy Fury locked horns with KSI on Saturday nightCredit: GETTY
The former Love Island star laboured to a points victory over the YouTuberCredit: GETTY
Eddie Hearn reckons Fury is a “TERRIBLE” boxerCredit: STICK TO FOOTBALL PODCAST
Professional boxer Fury – the brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson – put himself under immense pressure to stop KSI in the weeks leading up to the bout.
But the 24-year-old failed to deliver in what proved to be a clinch-athon of a fight, which will have done incredibly little to change Matchroom Boxing chief Hearn’s opinion of his skills.
During an appearance on the Stick to Football podcast, Hearn said of Fury: “Yes, he’s a professional boxer, but he’s terrible.
“He’s absolutely swam the channel.
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“He’s gone from making, I don’t know, £50,000 a fight to making £4/£5m to fight a YouTuber.”
Hearn’s broadcast partners DAZN have embraced the controversial influencer boxing world, much to the annoyance of boxing purists.
But he insists it won’t overtake traditional boxing – despite its immense popularity among Gen Zers.
He said: “I think it’s a threat – anything that is going to deliver numbers.
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“You have to remember that the people that make boxing grow as a sport are the broadcasters.
“As long as there is investment from the broadcasters, the sport will continue to flourish.
“Then there is something else that brings numbers, and any broadcasters that look at it, they don’t really care much or as passionately about the sport as us – they just care about the numbers.
“I don’t think it’s dangerous because I don’t think they are dangerous enough.”
Fury was far from impressed with his performance but said in his post-fight interview: “I fought my absolute heart out and that’s all you can do.
“I said from day one there will never be another Tyson Fury I’m just trying to be the best Tommy Fury that I can be.”
A frustrated KSI – real name Olijade Olatunji – fumed at the result and took aim at Fury in his interview.
He said: “Robbery, it’s a robbery. You weren’t landing, look at your face. Look at you.
“I’m the YouTuber and you’re the boxer, you have to win.”
Tommy Fury turned in a less-than-impressive display against KSICredit: GETTY More

TOMMY FURY tucked into a huge pizza after his controversial victory over KSI on Saturday in what some say involved a huge slice of luck.And that proves that the Love Islander is sticking to his word and planning to “cram as much c**p” into his body before he prepares for his next bout.
Tommy Fury defeated YouTuber KSI on Saturday to stretch his record to 10-0Credit: Reuters
He celebrated by tucking into a huge pizza and shared his victory meal on InstagramCredit: Instagram @tommyfury
Fury, 24, claimed a majority decision win over the YouTuber on Saturday after Logan Paul’s explosive victory over Dillon Danis.
However, it emerged afterwards that there was an error with the judges scores that read 57-56, 57-56 and 57-57.
The one official that adjudged the six-rounder to be a draw, Rafael James, failed to add up his scores correctly.
But now that has been rectified so all three scores read 57-56 in Fury’s favour and it means that the Love Island star is the winner by UNANIMOUS decision.
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That comes on the back of Fury’s victory over Jake Paul back in February – where he weighed 184.5lb (13st 1lb) the night before his split-decision win in Saudi Arabia.
This time he went into his latest bout at the slimmer weight of 182.6lbs – despite gaining THREE STONE after binging on £300 worth of cheesecake plus pizzas and burgers following that triumph eight months ago.
Fury, who is dating fellow Love Islander Molly-Mae Hague and who welcomed baby Bambi Fury into the world this year, would reveal in the summer that his weight ballooned to over 16 STONE.
He explained that after restricting himself to a diet during his training camp, he makes up for lost time after the bout.
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Fury said: “My logic — and it’s terrible – is that between fights I try to cram as much c**p as I can into my body so that when I have to get back in shape I’m sick of junk food.”
And he certainly did that this weekend as he shared a photo of what appeared to be two chicken, mushroom and sweetcorn pizzas on Instagram before tucking into them.
He captioned the snap with: “Been dreaming of you.”
KSI, 30, has called for a rematch and intends to appeal the result, claiming he was “robbed” but Fury, who is now 10-0, appears to have no intention of facing the YouTuber again after promising he is done with crossover boxing.
He told DAZN: “He goes his way I go mine. I’m done with all this s***. All this crossover s***.
“I’m not part of that, I’m here to fight and we go on to the next challenge now.”
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TOMMY FURY has vowed to make KSI pay for taking him away from his fiancee and baby daughter for ten weeks. Fury made the ultimate sacrifice in training camp to fight YouTube superstar KSI on Saturday night in Manchester.
Tommy Fury spent his training camp to fight KSI in a hotel
He likened it to a ‘fancy prison’
Fury fights KSI in Manchester
The boxer gets to work in the swimming pool
The 2019 Love Islander – who met partner Molly-Mae Hague on the TV show – spent over two months staying in a hotel away from his family.
Fury was only a short drive away from his £3.5million Cheshire mansion but he opted to instead live in solidarity while in camp.
He said: “Could have stayed at home for the full camp. Home is probably 15 minutes away from the camp, have I been going back? No.
“I’ve seen them once a week for the past ten weeks and that’s just because I want to zone in and concentrate.
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“You have to make sacrifices in this game and who else – especially in this game – no one is doing that.

“They’re all around their missus’ in bed with their missus at night time, kissing and cuddling. I’ve had none of that.
“I’ve had it hard, living on my own, training on my own. I’ve got the best team in the world and I’m ready to show all the discipline and sacrifice on Saturday night.”
Fury likened his training camp hotel to a “fancy prison” having done nothing but eat, sleep and repeat his gruelling regime.
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He said: “Honestly, the hotel is beautiful, can’t thank them enough for what they’ve done for us.
“But, at the end of the day is I’d liken it to a fancy prison because all I’ve done for ten weeks is go to the gym, coming back, eating, sleeping and watching films.
“It’s a fancy prison, I’ve not done anything else. I’m in a razor, razor sharp mental state and ready to go out there and deliver a career-best performance.”
Tempers have threatened to boil over between Fury, 24, and KSI, 30, in the lead up to the DAZN PPV fight.
KSI was involved in an altercation with Fury’s dad John who threw a bottle at the social media star, who then retaliated by SPITTING his gum at him.
So after the bitter war of words, Fury is ready to let his fists do the talking when the rivals put bragging rights and reputations on the line.
He said: “KSI has done, said a lot of things and he’s going to have to pay for that Saturday night.
“I’m quietly calm, composed and ready to go. But he will pay for everything he’s said over this past ten weeks.”
KSI and Tommy Fury ahead of their grudge fightCredit: Splash More