Fury Sr lays down problem to Virgo after bust-up with Tommy – EXCLUSIVE
John Fury has confirmed that Tommy Fury will fortunately sq. off in opposition to fellow ex-Love Island contestant Idris Virgo offering the struggle makes ‘business sense’. The pair received right into a ringside altercation on the KSI vs Joe Fournier occasion final weekend.
Virgo, who appeared on the hit actuality tv present one season earlier than Fury, had beforehand campaigned for a struggle with him to no avail. The 29-year-old claims that he was given the chance to field Fury shortly after he had left the villa, however that TNT had turned it down.
When they got here nose to nose on Saturday, tensions flared with each males having to be separated by safety as issues received bodily. Fury Sr was amongst those that helped wrestle the rivals aside however says he doesn’t know what sparked the bust-up.
He instructed Express Sport through freebets.com: “I didn’t see what started it as I had my back turned… I just looked up and he was stood there out of nowhere and I thought he and Tommy were having some banter, but it broke out into a bit of a fight. These things can happen because you’re at a boxing show where everyone is looking to make a name for themselves.
“But we’re fighting people and we’re not going to let anyone make a joke out of our name and if we’re punched, we’re going to retaliate. But it was nothing to do with Tommy, Tommy didn’t start anything, this guy happened to come over, we were ringside to look at the KSI fight, and all of sudden this fella came out of nowhere and it ended up in a bit of a dust-up. But nobody got injured, we stopped it pretty quickly, it wasn’t a big thing at all in the end.”
When requested whether or not he and Tommy would entertain a struggle with Virgo down the road, Fury Sr replied: “Let me tell you, him or any of them, if the money is right we’ll fight anybody. But is he there? Has he got the people behind him? Can he do these things? Can he bring the numbers in?
“I don’t know you know but if it makes good business sense Tommy will fight them all. Makes no difference who they are whether it is him or any Tom, Dick or Harry, if they can bring the numbers in and it makes business sense we’re interested.”
However, earlier than a grudge match with Virgo may even be thought-about, Fury is about to throw down with KSI first. Fury Sr assured Express Sport that they’re ‘close’ to thrashing out a cope with the YouTuber and that it’s going to probably occur earlier than the rematch with Jake Paul.