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Tommy Fury Boxing: Record, Fights, and Everything You Need To Know

By Honour and Glory 6 min read
Tommy Fury Boxing: Record, Fights, and Everything You Need To Know

Tommy Fury occupies a unique space in modern boxing. He is the younger brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. He found mainstream fame on reality television through Love Island. And he handed Jake Paul his first professional boxing loss.

That combination of family pedigree, celebrity profile, and crossover relevance has made Tommy one of the most searched boxers in the UK - even as debates continue about his competitive level and the quality of his opposition.

Here is everything you need to know about Tommy Fury's boxing career.

The Boxing Record

As of late 2024, Tommy Fury holds a professional boxing record of:

10-0 (4 KOs)

He remains undefeated as a professional boxer, though his level of opposition has been questioned throughout his career.

Fight-By-Fight Career

Tommy Fury turned professional in December 2018 and has fought steadily since, building his record while navigating the challenges of fame outside the ring.

Early Career (2018-2019)

Fury's first professional fights were typical debut-level bouts - opponents brought in to give experience without significant risk. He won his first four fights, three by knockout, establishing basic professional credentials.

These fights took place before his Love Island appearance, with limited media attention beyond the Fury family name.

The Love Island Era (2019-2021)

Tommy's appearance on Love Island in 2019 transformed his profile. Suddenly he was a mainstream celebrity, known primarily for reality television rather than boxing.

This created complications. Media attention increased but often focused on his personal life rather than his sport. Opportunities emerged but so did distractions.

He continued fighting through this period, adding wins against limited opposition and building toward a bigger platform.

The Jake Paul Saga

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The Tommy Fury vs Jake Paul fight became one of the most anticipated crossover bouts in boxing history. It also became one of the most delayed.

The fight was first announced in August 2021 for a December date. Fury withdrew citing a broken rib and bacterial chest infection. The bout was rescheduled for February 2022, then cancelled again when Fury was denied entry to the United States due to visa issues.

Finally, on February 26, 2023, the two met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Tommy Fury vs Jake Paul (February 2023)

Result: Tommy Fury wins by Split Decision

Eight rounds at cruiserweight. The fight everyone had waited years to see.

Tommy started strong, boxing behind his jab and using his superior fundamentals to control distance. Paul walked forward aggressively but struggled to close the gap effectively. Fury's footwork - nothing special by professional standards but clearly better than Paul's - allowed him to dictate terms.

The middle rounds tightened as Paul found moments of success. He landed power shots and had Fury uncomfortable at times. But Tommy's boxing background showed in recovery and adjustment.

The final rounds were competitive with both fighters having their moments. When the scores were read, two judges had it for Fury with one seeing it for Paul - a split decision victory that handed Jake his first professional loss.

The win validated Fury's claims to being a legitimate boxer rather than just a celebrity fighter. It also proved that fundamental boxing skills could beat influencer aggression at this level.

Post-Jake Paul Career

Following the Paul fight, Fury has remained active but faced ongoing criticism about opponent selection. He has not stepped up in competition to face recognised professional contenders.

One scheduled bout against Darren Till (an MMA fighter turned boxer) fell through. A November 2024 exhibition against Rolly Lambert - after original opponent Bamba refused to fight - was booed by fans while Jake Paul provided commentary.

The path forward remains unclear. Fury has the skills to compete at a decent professional level but has not committed to that path. His celebrity profile makes crossover fights more lucrative than traditional boxing development.

The Fury Name

Tommy cannot escape comparisons to his brother Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion and one of the best big men in boxing history. That comparison is unfair - Tyson is an elite professional who has beaten the best heavyweights of his generation.

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But the family connection has helped Tommy's profile while creating expectations he may never meet. The Fury boxing lineage extends beyond the brothers - their father John Fury had a professional career and remains involved in both sons' boxing activities.

Tommy trains with the family but has not had the same developmental path as Tyson. Whether he has similar potential remains untested because he has not faced the opposition that would reveal it.

The Legitimacy Debate

Critics of Tommy Fury point to several factors:

Opposition quality. His opponents have uniformly been lower-tier professionals with losing records or limited experience. He has not faced a genuine contender.

Career development. At his age and with his opportunities, a boxer with elite potential would typically have fought much tougher competition by now.

Crossover focus. His career seems oriented toward entertainment opportunities rather than climbing professional rankings.

Supporters counter:

Undefeated record. He has won every professional fight he has taken.

The Paul win. He beat the biggest name in influencer boxing clearly enough that two of three judges scored it for him.

Sound fundamentals. His boxing technique is noticeably better than crossover opponents - proper footwork, decent jab, reasonable defence.

The fairest assessment is that Tommy Fury is a legitimate professional boxer at a limited level. He could probably compete respectably against British journeymen and domestic-level fighters. Whether he could step up to British, Commonwealth, or European title level remains unknown because he has not tried.

Training and Style

Tommy Fury fights as an orthodox boxer with a focus on fundamentals. His style features:

  • A working jab - He uses it to control distance and set up combinations
  • Decent footwork - Nothing fancy but proper movement that creates angles
  • Sound defence - Covers up well and understands positioning
  • Moderate power - Four knockouts in ten fights suggests solid but not exceptional punch power

His physical attributes - 6'0" fighting at cruiserweight and light heavyweight - give him size advantages at appropriate weights.

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The question is not whether Tommy can box. He clearly can. The question is how good he is, and that can only be answered against better opposition.

What Beginners Can Learn

Tommy Fury actually represents useful lessons for people learning boxing:

Fundamentals beat raw aggression. The Jake Paul fight showed that basic boxing skills - footwork, jab, defence - could control an aggressive opponent who lacked them.

Athletic ability is not enough. Jake Paul is a good athlete who trained hard. Tommy is a decent boxer with less natural athleticism. Boxing knowledge won.

Development takes time. Even with the Fury name and resources, Tommy's skills are limited because he has not faced the competition that forces improvement. If you want to get good, you need to be challenged.

Work the jab. Watch how Tommy controlled distance against Paul using simple jabs. That fundamental technique is available to anyone willing to practice it.

The Future

Tommy Fury's boxing future likely involves more crossover fights rather than traditional professional development. The financial incentives point that way.

A Jake Paul rematch remains possible and commercially attractive. Other influencer or celebrity opponents could emerge. The MMA crossover market - fighters like Darren Till - offers another avenue.

What seems unlikely is Tommy Fury challenging for recognised professional titles. He would need to accept tougher fights with less guaranteed money, and nothing in his career suggests that interest.

That is fine. Not everyone needs to pursue world championships. Boxing has room for entertainment fighters, competitive professionals, and everything between.

The Bigger Picture

Tommy Fury exists at the intersection of traditional boxing, reality television, social media celebrity, and the Fury family legacy. That is a unique position that generates enormous search interest - hence the 110,000 monthly searches for his name.

He is neither the elite professional his family name might suggest nor the fake fighter his critics claim. He is a competent lower-level boxer who found fame through other means and has leveraged it into a lucrative crossover career.

For boxing fans, that might be disappointing. For Tommy Fury, it seems to work.

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Honour and Glory

Writer at Honour & Glory Boxing Club, a community boxing gym in Kidbrooke, South East London.

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