Eddie Hearn lets slip Tommy Fury earnings from KSI fight amid 'terrible' claim
18.10.2023 - 14:29
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Eddie Hearn didn't hold back in his scathing criticism of Tommy Fury after Saturday's unanimous decision win over KSI - by labelling the 24-year-old as a 'terrible boxer'.
Fury shot to stardom on ITV's Love Island back in 2019, but with his brother and world heavyweight champion Tyson returning as a prominent figure in professional boxing around that time, his career took off professionally following his heightened time in the media spotlight.
It's culminated in 10 wins from 10 fights in his professional boxing career, with Jake Paul and Anthony Taylor being two of his bigger names to have conquered so far in his tenure. However, Saturday saw him take on YouTuber and media personality KSI at the AO Arena - and a unanimous decision win after six rounds saw him take the gong against the 30-year-old.
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It's a spectacle that has the boxing world outraged by the lack of professionalism in such a highly-billed event - none more so than Eddie Hearn, who critiqued the lack of technique shown by the duo for six rounds that have come under the microscope. And adding fuel to the fire, he labelled Fury a 'terrible' boxer after analysing his fight against KSI at the weekend.
Hearn told the Stick to Football Podcast: "Yes, he’s a professional boxer, but he’s terrible. He’s absolutely swam the channel. He’s gone from making, I don't know, £50,000 a fight to making £4/£5m to fight a YouTuber."
When asked if he thinks the YouTube boxing scene would be detrimental to professional boxing on the whole, Hearn believed it was financially a