KSI and Tommy Fury might REMATCH as ‘talks happen’

KSI and Tommy Fury be in line for a rematch after the former’s manager admitted their camps are in talks.

The YouTuber has vengeance on his mind after Fury was awarded a controversial unainmous decision victory in October 2023 despite being docked a point for illegal shots to the back of KSI’s head.

KSI was fuming in the aftermath of that bout and labelled the verdict a ‘robbery’. The scorecards read 57-56, 57-56, 57-56 in Fury’s favour. 

Former Love Islander Fury has since had hand surgery and in August he split from Molly-Mae Hague. They had a daughter in January 2023 named Bambi.

He is the only boxer to beat KSI – who has only had five fights, admittedly – and his opponent’s manager Mams Taylor told The Sun that a replay could be on the cards. 

KSI’s manager claims a rematch with Tommy Fury could happen with their teams in talks 

Fury beat KSI in October last year via a heavily contested unanimous decision in Manchester

He is the only fighter to have beaten KSI and remains unbeaten after 10 fights in his career

‘I think Tommy would do really well on the Misfits roster. And I know our teams are in touch with their team,’ Taylor, also the co-president of Misfits Boxing, told the outlet. 

‘So watch this space. Let’s see what happens.

‘As far as KSI and Tommy, I think when the time is right, that rematch definitely should happen.

“Till this day people are still very divided about that result.’

Fury remains unbeaten, having won 10 fights, four by knockout. Neither he nor KSI have fought since they met.

Fury had initially been awarded a majority decision, with judge Rafael Ramos’ scorecard reading 57-57, but it later transpired that it had been added up incorrectly and the verdict was amended. 

KSI revealed he cried in the wake of his defeat and he did lodge an appeal with the Professional Boxing Association, who sanctioned the bout, but an independent review panel denied his wish.

Speaking on his YouTube channel in December 2023, KSI said: ‘I had trained so hard these past few months, working overtime to do what most people saw was impossible and that was to beat Tommy Fury.

Fury split from Molly-Mae Hague in August. Pictured with their one-year-old daughter, Bambi

KSI’s manager Mams Taylor said that the rematch should ‘definitely happen’ at some point 

‘I felt like I won the fight so to have the judges completely take that moment away from me, it sucked.

‘As soon as I got back home I was angry disappointed and eventually I just broke down and started crying, it wasn’t fair, but life isn’t fair, am I right?

‘I looked back at the fight and I tried to find any highlights, any showings of Tommy Fury beating me in that fight and it was just hard to see any.

KSI, real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, also claims he received several messages from individuals involved in combat sports to say that he won the showdown in Manchester.

‘It was crazy because so many people thought I won the fight, from Eddie Hearn to [Israel] Adesanya to Ariel Helwani, to the millions all over the internet who thought I won the fight.’