{"id":653397,"date":"2026-06-23T04:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/653397\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T04:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:14","slug":"tommy-fury-set-for-world-ranking-after-eddie-hall-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/653397\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Fury set for world ranking after Eddie Hall win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tommy Fury outpointed strongman Eddie Hall this month and could be rewarded with a world ranking – and potentially a world title shot<\/p>\n

11:15, 22 Jun 2026Updated 11:27, 22 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fury punches Eddie Hall <\/p>\n

Tommy Fury could be handed a world ranking after defeating Eddie Hall.<\/p>\n

Fury outpointed the former World’s Strongest Man in Manchester earlier this month in an exhibition fight contested at heavyweight. And despite the nature of the fight, the WBC is ready to rank Fury at cruiserweight – despite him not having a recognised fighter on his record.<\/p>\n

The sanctioning body did likewise with social media star Jake Paul<\/a>, provoking fierce criticism for giving him a ranking which made him eligible for a world<\/a> title shot. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told Betway<\/a> when asked if Fury deserves a top-15 spot: “I think so. They’re a fighting family. I think even the father could be ranked. He’s unbelievable. They are brave, they are strong, so absolutely.<\/p>\n

“I think he has the merits. We like everything that has to do with crossover, with its support. Let’s make it interesting. Let’s understand the current times while respecting boxing<\/a> at the same time [on Fury v Eddie Hall]. So, I’m all up for that, and we’ll see what the ratings committee will do for next month’s rankings.”<\/p>\n

Sulaiman’s comments come after Tommy’s brother Tyson called on the president to give his sibling a world title shot. \u201cTommy is a real fighter,\u201d Tyson told iFL TV. “I\u2019d like [WBC president] Mauricio Sulaiman to rank him in the top 15 in the light heavyweight or cruiserweight division. Tommy would have a good fight with Noel Mikaelian, the WBC champion. Tommy has the ability to beat him…I think a world title shot for Tommy next, maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mikaelian responded by agreeing to fight Tommy – as long as he can face Tyson afterwards. “If your brother wants a title shot, I am up for it if Mauricio [Sulaiman] gives me my voluntary defence back, since I haven’t heard anything back from the team I was supposed to fight,” he said. “But only if you vouch to fight me next. You love the cruiserweights, don\u2019t you?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Fury outpointed strongman Eddie Hall this month and could be rewarded with a world ranking – and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,18140,56,54,55,56135],"class_list":["post-653397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-tommy-fury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-worlds-strongest-man"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}