Glove Island: Tommy Fury ready to continue his ring journey

The younger brother of world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and a massive reality TV star in his own right, Tommy is now keen to earn acclaim for his pugilistic powers.

The 21-year-old has been impressive building a 4-0 professional record at light-heavyweight.

His fifth outing will come in a four-rounder on the undercard of Anthony Cacace vs Leon Woodstock at London’s Copper Box Arena on Saturday (live on BT Sport).

Every bit of Tommy’s celebrity life with partner Molly-Mae Hague is eagerly hoovered up by the gossip pages, but he is distinctly old-school when it comes to boxing.

His dad John Fury is the man to thank for that, and Tommy believes the ‘Rocky’-style training regime can help take him right to the top.

Tommy said: “He is very old fashioned with Rocky training methods. If you’ve had a good day he’ll let you know you’ve had a good day. If you’ve had a bad day he’ll let you know you’ve had a bad day.

“It is what I need. If I’m doing something bad you have got someone telling you. If you’re told you’re doing all right every day, you’ll never improve.”

While appearing on Love Island may have catapulted Tommy to huge fame in the UK, reality TV was never his long-term focus. That was always going to be boxing.

He revealed: “As soon as I got off that plane at Manchester Airport after Love Island, I said that all I wanted to do was box. So we went to see Frank Warren and got the show on the road.

“Love Island was great fun and brought me a lot of privileges, earned me money. But boxing outweighs the celebrity life by a mile.

“Boxing and the celebrity lifestyle doesn’t mix because to be a fighter and succeed you have to live like you’ve not earned anything in your life and not got anything.”

Despite the fame and the 3.2million Instagram followers, Tommy knows he is still right at the start of his ring journey. And he behaves exactly like that.

“I’m training like I’m the challenger all the time, and I still am,” he says.

“That’s the best part about it. I’ve not achieved anything in boxing and it’s not about the money.

“I’m not boxing for the money now. I can live the life I have now without boxing.

“This shows I’m not doing it for a few quid or to get my name out there. I’m doing it because I love the sport and I made a promise to myself that I’d be a world champion.

“It is a long hard road ahead. There will be a lot of good times, a lot of bad times but we’ll get there.

“I know times are hard, but I am just hoping that Frank (Warren) can get me out as many times as possible this year, and I know I’m lucky to get out boxing at the moment.”