Boxer and reality TV star Tommy Fury has spoken openly about the importance of his Christian faith in helping him through some of the most difficult moments of his life.
In a BBC documentary, Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, the 26-year-old revealed how church and prayer have always been central to his journey, even when he faced personal struggles.
“Me and my brother used to go to church with my nana all the time ever since I was young,” he recalled. “She used to take us to church every Saturday night. And then me and my brother Roman actually became altar boys. So, religion has always been a huge factor for me.”
Fury, who starred in Love Island UK in 2019, described church as a place of peace amid life’s pressures: “When you walk into a church and you sit down, it’s like all the stresses of life just go away.”
Asked about his prayer life, Fury said he speaks to God “every day in some form or the other,” and credits Jesus with all that he has achieved. “Without Jesus, I wouldn’t have what I have right now,” he said.
The documentary follows Fury as he recovers from mental health struggles, heavy drinking and a relationship breakdown with TV personality Molly-Mae Hague, the mother of his young daughter.
“At one stage in my life, I had everything, big fights, big money, houses, cars, my life was going too well. So, I think God just wanted to test me a little bit… see how I would fare when it’s not so great,” he explained.
Fury said he now sees those challenges as part of God’s plan to refine him: “I actually thank God for that in a way, thank God for giving me those tough times, because if I hadn’t gone through them, I probably wouldn’t be the man I am today.”
Fury, whose brother Tyson is also outspoken about his faith in and out of the boxing ring, shared that the sport and his daughter Bambi, also helped him most during that period. This May, it was confirmed that Fury and Hague had reconciled.
The first six episodes of Tommy:The Good. The Bad. The Fury are available on BBC iPlayer, with the series continuing later this year.
