Tyson Fury has detailed how his brother Tommy's struggles to finish YouTubers KSI and Jake Paul come from an inability to set up knockout punches.
The world heavyweight champion insists that his youngest sibling is able to pack the punch of a major heavyweight in sparring, and says that he has been hurt by the Love Islander in the gym. But viewers wouldn't know that from watching him on the big stage, where he has been taken to the scorecards by influencer boxers Anthony Taylor, Jake Paul and KSI in recent years.
Tyson was in attendance for his brother's fights with Paul and KSI, and says that he lost considerable money betting on Tommy to stop the American due to the power he displays in training. But, similarly to his opponent Francis Ngannou this Saturday, he feels that setting up the big shots is his biggest issue.
"My brother Tommy can hit as hard as any heavyweight that you'll ever hit," Fury told the Queensberry Boxing YouTube channel ahead of his own crossover fight with Nganou. "It's very hard, but yet he can't knock out KSI or Jake Paul because he doesn't have the experience to set that punch up. I actually lost a lot of money when Tommy fought Jake Paul.
"Because I bet 100 per cent that this YouTuber is not going to take Tommy's power. No way. Tommy hits me in the gut and it hurts me, he hits very hard when we're body sparring he hits me all up the arms and my arms are sore, I'm thinking 'this YouTuber's not going to be able to take this power so I bet him heavily to win by knockout and he won on points."
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After going to the scorecards with teammates Paul and Taylor, Fury was lined up to face KSI earlier this month in a massive pay-per-view headliner at Manchester's AO Arena. And despite an even heavier bookies' favourite tag than against the Americans, he struggled to get his footing and eventually won a tight unanimous decision.
KSI has since appealed the controversial judging call, indicating that the bout was indeed razor-close. The fight took place under the Professional Boxing Association's jurisdiction and not the British Boxing Board of Control's.
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