John Fury Explains How ‘A Complete Idiot’ Broke Tommy Fury’s Rib

Tommy Fury was forced out of his fight against Jake Paul due to an injury and his dad, John Fury, explained how that happened.

According to John, Tommy was sick in camp but the plan was to push battle through it. However, during one day of training a 230-pound idiot punched Fury with a bare-knuckle punch that cracked his rib and forced him to pull out of the fight.

“He’s had a bacterial chest infection for about six or seven weeks, but that didn’t bother us, we were going to battle through that,” John Fury said to Behind The Gloves (via Mirror). “But, owing to a complete idiot in the gym, punched him in the ribs. A man of 16 or 17 stone with his bare-knuckle, punched him in the ribs and broke his ribs. At the end of the day, I was horrified, we were going to try and battle through it, because when we got him x-rayed they said, ‘No, it’s just bruised, it’s ligament damage’.

“And then, he was sparring and he couldn’t throw a punch, he couldn’t move. He said, ‘Look, I’m in bad pain dad’. He said to Tyson, ‘I’m in bad pain, I can’t move’. So, I took him to a specialist in Manchester, they x-rayed him properly and the finding was there. Broke ribs, what can you do? Chest infection, broke ribs, it’s unfortunate, it’s cost a lot of money, people have lost a lot of money, the disappointment is immense for Tommy and us. But, we’ll bounce back, we’re fighters, if you want to reschedule, that’s not a problem,” Fury continued.

With Tommy Fury having to pull out of the fight, Jake Paul will now rematch Tyron Woodley on December 18 live on Showtime pay-per-view from Tampa, Florida.

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