{"id":87074,"date":"2025-05-09T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87074\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:07:11","slug":"tommy-fury-shoved-by-opponent-kenan-hanjalic-as-face-off-for-comeback-fight-turns-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/87074\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Fury SHOVED by opponent Kenan Hanjalic as face-off for comeback fight turns tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOMMY FURY was on the receiving end of a shove shock from his comeback opponent during a heated face-off.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/love-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Love Island<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34833328\/tommy-fury-vs-kenan-hanjalic-live-stream-time-undercard\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"returns to the ring TONIGHT (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">returns to the ring <strong>TONIGHT<\/strong><\/a> for the first time in nearly two years in a Budapest bust-up with Kenan Hanjalic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tommy Fury shoving opponent Kenan Hanjalic at a press conference.\" height=\"556\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"X\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286912.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tommy Fury had a tense face-off with comeback opponent Kenan Hanjalic on Thursday\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286912.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Fury had a tense face-off with comeback opponent Kenan Hanjalic on ThursdayCredit: X<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tommy Fury shoving opponent Kenan Hanjalic at a press conference.\" height=\"532\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"X\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286914.jpg\" data-caption=\"Fury was shoved in the chest by the Bosnian bruiser\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286914.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Fury was shoved in the chest by the Bosnian bruiserCredit: X<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tommy Fury shoved by opponent Kenan Hanjalic at a press conference.\" height=\"489\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"X\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286922.jpg\" data-caption=\"Fury maintained his composure but issued a chilling warning to Hanjalic\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tommy-fury-shoved-opponent-kenan-993286922.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Fury maintained his composure but issued a chilling warning to HanjalicCredit: X<\/p>\n<p>The build-up to the relatively short-notice fight had been cordial up until their final face-off on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The pair went eye-to-eye after successfully weighing in for the contest and proceeded to push one another with their foreheads.<\/p>\n<p>And Hanjalic, who tipped the scales at 210.1lbs, upped the ante by shoving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/tommy-fury\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fury (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fury<\/a>, who weighed in at 207.46lbs, with both his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Fury, the younger brother of former heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/tyson-fury\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Tyson (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyson<\/a>, didn&#8217;t react to the provocation.<\/p>\n<p>He instead calmly told the Bosnian bruiser: &#8220;We&#8217;ll see tomorrow night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the face off went viral, with one fight fan commenting: &#8220;A couple of novices trying to make things look interesting. I\u2019ll give it a miss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8220;All for a 6 rounder\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And another said: &#8220;Battle of the foreheads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sun-bingo\/23376227\/welcome-offer-sun-vegas-bonus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET \u00a350 BONUS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who is on the Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic undercard?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mc1_0252_yj5wmhwd-JS962609696.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">Here is a look at the fights on the undercard&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tommy Fury vs Kenan Hanjalic &#8211; cruiserweight<\/li>\n<li>Roman Fury vs Josip Pehar\u00a0&#8211; heavyweight<\/li>\n<li>Shokhjakhon Abdullaev vs Irakli Alanidze &#8211; cruiserweight<\/li>\n<li>Valentin Koloszar vs Alexandru Ionita &#8211; featherweight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One remarked: &#8220;What&#8217;s going on?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fury has got himself in a career-best shape for his ring return, which he reflected on in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Fury hits out at Jake Paul over Anthony Joshua fight and teases huge rematch <\/p>\n<p>He wrote: &#8220;26 years young today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the thick of a training camp but feeling the best I\u2019ve felt in a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fury hasn&#8217;t fought since his decision win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/ksi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSI<\/a> in Manchester back in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He was supposed to return to the ring on January 18 against former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a> welterweight title challenger Darren Till.<\/p>\n<p>But he pulled out of the fight 19 days after it was announced due to fears over his safety, which stemmed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA<\/a> star Till jokingly claiming he&#8217;d &#8220;kick&#8221; him in the head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOMMY FURY was on the receiving end of a shove shock from his comeback opponent during a heated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,383,8310,79,7127,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-87074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-love-island","10":"tag-section-sportboxing","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tommy-fury","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114477324358447348","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}