Soccer Aid 2023: Who is Tommy Fury playing for World XI?
Soccer Aid is back for another year on Sunday, June 11. The all-star football match, co-founded by pop star Robbie Williams in 2006, will be raising money for Unicef to help children in need around the world.
A host of famous faces will take to Old Trafford to take part in this year’s competition. Among them is professional boxer Tommy Fury, who will play for the World XI FC team.
Tommy, 24, is perhaps best known for his appearance on the 2019 series of Love Island, where he met his partner Molly-Mae Hague and finished in second place. The couple welcomed a baby girl, named Bambi, at the start of the year.
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He has also appeared on an ITV2 series called The Boxer and The Ballroom Dancer, in which he swapped careers with fellow Love Island contestant Curtis Pritchard.
Boxer Tommy is the younger half brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury. Although Tommy was born in Manchester, his parents are Irish and Mauritian.
The star made his professional boxing debut in 2018. His career has seen him fight nine matches, all of which he has won - including four by knockout.
In 2021, he was scheduled to fight YouTube star Jake Paul but he pulled out due to a severe chest infection and a broken rib. The fight was rescheduled for August 2022 but a visa issue meant Tommy was unable to travel to the US for the fight.
Eventually, Tommy won the fight after it went ahead in Saudi Arabia in February 2023, just a few weeks after the birth of Bambi. Ahead of the fight, before the couple had even publicly announced the birth, Jake taunted Tommy on social media, writing: "Tommy has no excuses now…Baby's born." Tommy dedicated his victory against the social
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