Tommy Fury isn’t really injured, says his former rival Anthony Taylor. He’s just not in good enough shape to fight Jake Paul thanks to a lengthy session on the beers with his big brother. Taylor told BetWay Insider that “Big John” Fury, Tommy and Tyson Fury’s father and trainer, pulled the younger Fury out of the fight for his lack of boxing conditioning.
“It was Big John Fury’s decision to pull Tommy out. Big John’s the head trainer and he decides whether Tommy fights or not. I can’t believe it. Big John should have told Tommy to suck it up.
Tommy Fury Partied Too Hard to Fight Jake Paul, Says Former Opponent
The real reason he’s out of this fight isn’t because of some injury, it’s because of his physical conditioning. He was so busy partying with his brother after Tyson won that fight [over Deontay Wilder], that he’s now in no good condition to fight.”
Whether Tommy Fury is still nursing an almighty hangover from October is unclear. However, John Fury did elaborate on his son’s condition in a recent statement, blaming “a complete idiot in the gym” for the injury.
“He’s had a bacterial chest infection for about six or seven weeks, but that didn’t bother us, we were going to battle through that. But owing to a complete idiot in the gym, punched him in the ribs. A man of 16 or 17 stone with his bare knuckles punched him in the ribs and broke his ribs.
At the end of the day, I was horrified. We were going to try and battle through it, because when we got him x-rayed they said, ‘No, it’s just bruised, it’s ligament damage’. And then, he was sparring and he couldn’t throw a punch, he couldn’t move.”
The extent of the injury was bad enough to warrant a visit to a specialist. Tommy’s camp hoped the heir apparent to the Fury legacy would be able to fight Jake Paul next week, ultimately he was forced to pull out of the boxing match.
“He said, ‘Look, I’m in bad pain dad.’ He said to Tyson, ‘I’m in bad pain, I can’t move’. So, I took him to a specialist in Manchester, they x-rayed him properly and the finding was there. Broke ribs, what can you do?
Chest infection, broke ribs, it’s unfortunate, it’s cost a lot of money, people have lost a lot of money, the disappointment is immense for Tommy and us.
But, we’ll bounce back, we’re fighters, if you want to reschedule, that’s not a problem.” Do you want to see this boxing match rescheduled? Let us know in the comments.
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