{"id":293753,"date":"2023-10-20T17:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293753"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:24:03","slug":"ksi-hires-lawyer-in-bid-to-overturn-controversial-defeat-to-tommy-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/ksi-hires-lawyer-in-bid-to-overturn-controversial-defeat-to-tommy-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI hires lawyer in bid to overturn controversial defeat to Tommy Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>KSI hires lawyer after controversial defeat to Tommy Fury, turning to a legal team in a bid to overturn the fight result after being more accurate with his punches<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tommy Fury defeated KSI in Manchester despite having a point deducted\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Misfits Boxing CEO has hired a lawyer to try and overturn the decision\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>KSI&#8217;s manager said they would appeal to the Professional Boxing Association<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KSI has hired a lawyer as he starts a legal battle to overturn his loss to Tommy Fury in Manchester last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury won the fight by unanimous decision\u00a0on Saturday night against KSI, also known as JJ, but the result was announced as a majority decision on the night due to a miscalculation on a scorecard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>KSI&#8217;s manager Mams Taylor has confirmed that they have begun the legal process to appeal the controversial result with the Professional Boxing Association, who sanctioned the bout.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor posted to X (formerly known as\u00a0Twitter): &#8216;JJ has instructed a King\u2019s Counsel who advised the PBA yesterday that he would be appealing the result of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For obvious reasons, we will not get into the specifics of the appeal publicly and allow the process to play out in accordance with PBA rules.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/17\/76808851-12654341-image-a-1_1697817637501.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>KSI has hired a lawyer for a legal battle to overturn his loss to Tommy Fury in Manchester<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/17\/76808845-12654341-image-m-4_1697817702386.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mams Taylor, the manager of KSI, confirmed that they had entered into a legal challenge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/17\/76807943-12654341-image-a-5_1697817745339.jpg\" height=\"178\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taylor said they would appeal to the Professional Boxing Association, who sanctioned the bout<\/p>\n<p>Fury won despite having a point deducted for punching around the back of the head in their clash at the AO Arena in Manchester.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After being penalised, Fury claimed that KSI was not similarly cautioned for clinching during their fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought it was ridiculous,&#8217; Tommy said. &#8216;In the professional fights, proper fights, you&#8217;re meant to have a couple of offences. The first time I did it, bang, a point off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But he didn&#8217;t get a point off for holding all the fight. What&#8217;s that about?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old victor threw more punches, and landed more shots, but KSI was more accurate with his punches, landing with 31% of his attempts, as opposed to Fury&#8217;s 25%.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of the bout, KSI warned he would launch an appeal, and that has now come to fruition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fury&#8217;s own father and brother felt that KSI could have been announced as the winner after Saturday night&#8217;s showdown, whilst UFC star Israel Adesanya was also among those who felt that the 30-year-old Londoner was the better fighter\u00a0on the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Top contenders for KSI&#8217;s next fight include both Conor McGregor and Jake Paul.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/17\/76614611-12654341-Fury_complained_that_KSI_was_not_punished_for_clinching_while_he-a-6_1697817775381.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury complained that KSI was not punished for clinching, while he had a point deducted<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12654341\/KSI-hires-lawyer-controversial-defeat-Tommy-Fury-turning-legal-team-bid-overturn-fight-result-accurate-punches.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KSI hires lawyer after controversial defeat to Tommy Fury, turning to a legal team in a bid to overturn the fight result after being more accurate with his punches Tommy Fury defeated KSI in Manchester despite having a point deducted\u00a0 The Misfits Boxing CEO has hired a lawyer to try and overturn the decision\u00a0 KSI&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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