‘How f****** dare you?’ – KSI fumes about Tommy Fury’s choice of sparring partner ahead of their fight
KSI is not happy with how Tommy Fury is preparing for their fight.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer is set for the toughest test of his career when he takes on Tyson Fury’s little brother at the AO Arena in Manchester on October 14.
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KSI has spent much of the past week trying to get under Fury’s skin, but his trash talk has fallen on deaf ears as the former Love Island star has been locked into the final stage of his camp.
After failing to get a rise out of the undefeated fighter by posting embarrassing CCTV footage of him online, KSI has now targeted his choice of sparring partner.
On Saturday, Owen Kirk, who holds a 3-1-2 professional boxing record, posted a picture of him posing alongside Fury after what he called the “final” sparring session of camp.
KSI stumbled across the picture and got angry about the fact Fury is preparing to fight him by sharing rounds with a boxer who has a patchy record.
He wrote alongside Kirk’s picture on Instagram: “This is your final spar Tommy Fury?”
The 30-year-old then added a screenshot of Fury’s sparing partner’s boxing record to his Instagram story alongside an angry rant aimed at his rival.
“How f****** dare you? You’re not taking me seriously at all you f****** piece of s***,” KSI added.
“I’m preparing myself for the ultimate challenge and this is what you’re sparring with? A middleweight with s*** movement and weak a** punches?!”
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Fury has stayed silent, like he has all week, following KSI’s latest outburst.
However, Kirk had something to say about the internet celebrity disrespecting him.
“KSI, 6 days and you are finished,” he replied on his own Instagram story.
“Give me any of your fighters 160lbs-180lbs.”
Kirk may fancy his chances against KSI’s stable of Misfits fighters, but he’s already booked to face undefeated Liverpudlian Paddy Lacey later this month.
Lacey is a former footballer who spent time on the books at Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford City and Accrington Stanley.
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However, Lacey's career fell apart in 2017 when he was given a 14-month ban by the Football Association for admitting to breaching anti-doping rules following a positive test for Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
A few months later, he was sentenced to 16 months in prison after being found in possession of 20.3 grams of cocaine, 16.8 grams of MDMA, and £520 in counterfeit £20 notes at Glastonbury Festival.
Today, he is a 9-0 boxer after turning his life around and will enter his fight with Kirk – on the undercard of Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares - as a big favourite.
It’s probably best Fury’s sparring partner focuses on the task at hand before looking ahead to potential scraps with KSI’s roster of influencer boxers.
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