Tommy Fury piled on three stone as he gorged on junk food – including expensive cheesecake – following his win over Jake Paul.
The Love Islander’s long-standing feud with Paul came to a head in Saudi Arabia earlier this year after the two previous scheduled meetings had to be cancelled. Fury took a standing count for a knockdown in the final eighth round, with the British fighter claiming to have slipped. But he had earlier done enough to earn victory on the judges’ cards.
Fury made £3million from the bout – and also gained plenty of weight as he toasted his success. Having weighed 13st 1lb before the Paul fight, he ballooned to more than 16st, he told The Times.
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Having been careful with his diet in the lead-up to the fight, Fury admits he let himself go afterwards, including wolfing down £300 worth of cheesecake, plus pizzas, burgers and milkshakes.
“My logic – and it’s terrible – is that between fights I try to cram as much c**p as I can into my body so that when I have to get back in shape I’m sick of junk food. Everything that was bad for you, it was in that hotel room that night,” he said.
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Fury said the victory over Paul saved his boxing career which now stands at 8-0 ahead of his upcoming fight with another YouTuber, KSI.
“Hand on heart, 100%. I wouldn’t even be able to show my face in public for a long time,” added the 24-year-old. "I’ve been boxing all my life and then I lose to a YouTuber? That would have been the biggest joke.”
A rematch or a bout with Paul’s brother, Logan, could be made but Fury wants to face traditional boxers following his dust-up with KSI in Manchester this weekend.
“For me to be truly satisfied, I have to get my hands on title belts,” he said. “I don’t want to sit in the rocking chair at 70 thinking I could have challenged for a world title, I could have been in contention. I want my name to go down in history for ever.”
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