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Yes, you read that correctly.<\/p>\n
Despite the massive mismatch, Fury says years of growing up around big heavyweights — including his famous brother Tyson — means Hall\u2019s intimidating size doesn\u2019t bother him in the slightest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not really worried about his size to be honest,\u201d he told Fox Sports Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I\u2019ve been sparring really big guys for the past three months. All guys can hit hard at the end of the day, every heavyweight in the world can hit hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m used to being around heavyweights and feeling their power….<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of on me to outclass him with speed and movement. It\u2019s kind of a straightforward task. There\u2019s only one real thing to look out for, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hall, who won the World\u2019s Strongest Man title in 2017, is expected to enter the fight at around 150kg (330lb), having slimmed down significantly from the 443lb frame he had during his strongman days.<\/p>\n
Fury, meanwhile, previously campaigned at light heavyweight and cruiserweight and will be making his heavyweight debut.<\/p>\n
Tommy Fury and Eddie HallSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
The former strongman has repeatedly pointed to his huge punching power as the key to victory, insisting all he needs is one clean shot to end the fight.<\/p>\n
Fury, however, says that\u2019s always the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not scared by that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what you signed up for. <\/p>\n
\u201cEven in my normal weight division it only takes one (shot to finish a fight).<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess everybody could have said that with the Jake Paul fight…. It\u2019s all good to have that power, but you\u2019ve got to land it.\u201d<\/p>\n
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?<\/p>\n
The fight has its roots in a falling out between Hall and Fury\u2019s dad, \u201cBig\u201d John Fury.<\/p>\n
Hall and the Fury family were once on friendly terms, but tensions flared after a public spat in which the former World\u2019s Strongest Man branded John a \u201cbully\u201d.<\/p>\n
The feud snowballed into talks over a fight, with Tommy stepping up to defend the Fury name.<\/p>\n
\u201cEddie and my father actually had a bust-up, and that\u2019s why this whole thing came about,\u201d Fury explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really that much to do with me, but obviously, if you\u2019re going to have a bus stop with my dad, then it does concern me. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s the reason why I\u2019m in this predicament now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m stepping up defending my old dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
AUSSIES IN THE CROSSHAIRS?<\/p>\n
Fury remains one of the most sought-after names in crossover boxing, with fighters from around the world regularly calling him out in a bid to land a career-changing payday.<\/p>\n
Among them is Perth boxer Matt \u201cThe Jedi\u201d Floyd, who was previously scheduled to fight Fury before the bout fell through.<\/p>\n
Asked by Fox Sports Australia whether a showdown with Floyd \u2013 who is fighting on the same card this weekend \u2013 could still happen in the future, Fury hardly sounded enthusiastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s every Tom, Dick, and Harry wanting to fight me, so I don\u2019t really pay too much attention to everybody that\u2019s called me out for a fight,\u201d said Fury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m only interested in all the big names, because at the end of the day, I don\u2019t want to be in a predicament where I\u2019m doing everything for someone and nothing for myself.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to bring something to the table. Eddie Hall is a massive, huge name globally, and that\u2019s the reason why we\u2019re doing this event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fury was also asked about another massive athlete who has recently stepped into the boxing spotlight — 6-foot-7 former NRL enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona.<\/p>\n
The Melbourne Storm premiership winner is set to face former South Sydney prop George Burgess later this month, leading to speculation he could eventually emerge as a crossover opponent for Fury. <\/p>\n
But unlike Hall, NAS isn\u2019t yet on Fury\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure [about fighting NAS],\u201d said Fury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not even seen the guy that you\u2019re talking about, but he sounds like a big guy. <\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe Eddie will want to fight him after this.\u201d<\/p>\n
CAN FURY KNOCK \u2018THE BEAST\u2019 OUT?<\/p>\n
Despite his unbeaten 11-0 record, Fury\u2019s punching power has been questioned throughout parts of his pro career.<\/p>\n
The younger Fury brother has heard the criticism before, but insists there is a reason fans haven\u2019t yet seen the best of his power.<\/p>\n
\u201cI absolutely have the power to stop him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t forget I\u2019ve been boxing pretty much my whole career with a badly damaged hand. I just had hand surgery before my last fight, so I\u2019m coming back with two hands now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people think that I can\u2019t knock people out, or get the stoppages against people, [they should] think very differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI only need that one shot to land flush, like I\u2019ve said time and time again.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI know what I do in the gym, my team knows what I do in the gym, and especially my dad knows what I do in the gym with seasoned people, and it just needs to be displayed on fight night.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as I get that one shot that lands right, I think it will be goodnight for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Fury says he isn\u2019t worried about stepping into the ring with former World\u2019s Strongest Man Eddie Hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-726752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}