Tommy Fury secures majority decision win against Eddie Hall

Tommy Fury saw off Eddie Hall in Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)
Tommy Fury saw off Eddie Hall in Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Tommy Fury secured a majority decision victory against Eddie Hall at Manchester’s AO Arena.

Supported ringside by his half-brother and heavyweight star, Tyson, Fury – who was returning to the ring for the first time in over a year – did enough in the eyes of the judges to see off the former world’s strongest man.

The three ringside judges scored the six-round fight 59-56, 58-56, 57-57 as Fury took the exhibition win.

Tommy Fury
Tommy Fury wears a shirt featuring Midas – the name of his and Molly-Mae Hague’s newly-born child (Peter Byrne/PA)

“This was for my new baby boy, Midas,” said Fury as he revealed the name of his second child with Molly-May Hague. “It is another Fury, it’s another boy.

“I’ve fought a lot of people, and this guy can fight. He’s not slow, he’s fit. Thank you for taking the fight and thank you for a great night in Manchester.”

Jade Jones forced a second-round stoppage
Jade Jones secured her second win in as many fights with a second-round stoppage (Peter Byrne/PA)

Earlier, two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones secured a stoppage-time victory in only her second boxing bout.

Jones, who won taekwondo gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, defeated Argentina’s Federikita by scoring a knockdown in the first round before the one-sided fight was stopped in the second.

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