A bullish Tommy Fury has come out all guns blazing ahead of his fight with YouTuber KSI, making some big statements about both the fight and his future in the sport.
Fury claims he “could not live with himself” if he didn’t compete for a world title at some point in his career, but acknowledged that fighting KSI was just a stepping stone to bigger and better things.
The half-brother of former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, it’s clear Tommy wants to follow in his footsteps and make the jump to elite level.
“The plan is to get though these YouTube fights, do what I need to do in this sort of scene and I believe I am good enough to win a world title belt,” he told the PA news agency.
“I don’t know when or what weight division but when the time is right I’ll go out and I will challenge for a world title because I could not live with myself if I didn’t box for one. I believe I can do it, I have the right set-up around me so why not give myself a best shot?”
KSI (real name Olajide Olatunji) might be undefeated in his fledgling professional boxing career, but Fury was absolutely adamant that he and the YouTube star are not in the same class.
“These guys don’t really call for me to step up to world title ability. I’m levels above these guys,” added the 24-year-old.
“I could beat KSI after 15 pints of beer. I could literally go down the pub all day, fight him at night-time and still beat him. If we fight 100 times I beat him 100 times.”
On the staggering £40,000 mouthguard that KSI has been showing off ahead of the fight, Fury added: “He’s going to need £200,000 around his mouth by the time I have finished with him. It will be a lucky night for someone when they catch it in the crowd.”
Fighting talk, but can he back it up? Looks like we’ll need to wait and see on Saturday night.
Featured image credit: Instagram/Tommy Fury
