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A Man Under the Influence

@ElliotWorsell

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FOR Tommy Fury, this wasn’t always the plan.

Back in 2015, in fact, I can recall seeing him walking around a hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany, wearing a Team Fury tracksuit and using the imminent success of his brother to create dreams of his own. He spoke that day – the day of Tyson Fury’s life-changing win against Wladimir Klitschko – of his nerves and his excitement and he also made a point of telling me it was for moments like that he too had decided to get into boxing.

He was just 16 at the time, though

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