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KSI vs Tommy Fury tale of the tape: How Love Island star and YouTuber compare ahead of celebrity fight

KSI appears ready to turn his attention to Tommy Fury in what would be a massive all-celebrity fight.

The YouTuber returned to the ring last weekend after three years out and made up for lost time by winning TWICE in one night.

Whereas Fury is yet to follow up on his most recent win in April following yet another cancelled grudge match with Jake Paul.

KSI named the 2019 Love Islander on his five-man hit-list, saying: “Tommy Fury – I want a piece of that.”

To which Fury responded: “You know where to find me.”

So here, SunSport looks at how the the two compare.

KSI, 29, first boxed in February 2018 beating online rival Joe Weller, 26, in three rounds of their white collar bout.

In the same year, he then drew with Logan Paul, 27, in a similar exhibition bout before the pair rematched in 2019.

They controversially turned professional, meaning the head guards came off and KSI went on to win by split-decision.

The social media sensation then took a break from boxing to focus on music, releasing two albums and headlining at the likes of Wembley.

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But KSI trained in secret at the London Shootfighters gym and went on to announce a fight with Alex Wassabi, who beat his brother in March.

Wassabi would later pull out, causing KSI to turn to rap rival Swarmz, real name Brandon Scott, who had never boxed before.

The uproar amongst fans was so bad, KSI took the unprecedented step of arranging two fights on the same night.

He went on to beat Swarmz in two mismatched rounds at the start of the night and then stopped Mexican Luis Alcaraz Pineda in three.

KSI is eyeing a super-fight with Logan’s brother Jake but wants to build his momentum back steadily.

Jake, 25, was twice signed to fight Fury, 23, but the Brit first pulled out in December after suffering an injured rib.

He returned by beating Pole Daniel Bocianski, 27, on the undercard of brother Tyson’s Wembley knockout against Dillian Whyte.

Fury was then rescheduled his headline bout against Jake on August 6 but he was withdrawn again, this time amid a US visa issue.

His next fight is yet to be confirmed, although the unbeaten prospect is training again.

With eight professional wins, he has over double the experience that KSI does, who only started training less than five years ago.

But the pair are the same height and near enough in weight.

Although Fury was have an 80in reach which is four inches more than KSI’s.

KSI had hinted he could face Fury before his return, stating to talkSPORT: “I’m definitely down to fight Tommy Fury, one hundred per cent.

“I don’t want to say too much, but for me that could make sense for my next fight after the 27th.

“There’s obviously other names, but Tommy Fury is one of the names.”

Luis Alcaraz Pineda was the first of two opponents KSI beat

Tommy Fury beat Daniel Bocianski in his last fight