Last night marked a monumental moment in the career of boxer Tommy Fury, after millions of fans around the world witnessed him defeat YouTube star KSI in a nail-biting match that has been a long time coming.
Ex-Love Island contestant Tommy - who stole the runner's up position on the dating series alongside now-fiancé Molly-Mae Hague back in 2019 - fought the social media sensation (real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji) in an intense showdown at Manchester's AO Arena last night.
Winning the fight on points, 24 year old Tommy - who defeated KSI's fellow YouTube star Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia in February - extended his record to 10-0 as a professional boxer.
And after being crowned the champion, Tommy took the opportunity to give a very special shout-out to his baby daughter Bambi, whom he and Molly-Mae, also, 24, welcomed in January. "First things first I want to thank Jesus Christ," Tommy - brother of world champion boxer Tyson Fury - told crowds last night, with tears in his eyes. "I couldn't use my right hand for six weeks in the build up, and I'm not an excuse maker. "I'm changing my family’s life, fight by fight, I am changing my little daughter’s life!" he added. "I said from day one, there will never be another Tyson Fury, I’m just trying to be the best Tommy Fury I can be." His speech was cut short by opponent KSI however, who hit out: "It's a robbery, how many jabs did he land?
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