In what will certainly go down as his softest fight on this comeback trail, Tyson Fury nevertheless got his boxing career back on track tonight with a straight-forward defeat of Sefer Seferi.
Entertaining the Manchester crowd throughout, Fury's dominance of the ring was never really threatened throughout, and, after some initial toying with his opponent, Seferi retired in his corner at the end of the fourth round.
🥊 It's all over!
Sefer Seferi has been retired by his corner at the end of the fourth round.
Tyson Fury wins! #FurySeferi reaction 👉 https://t.co/o4Qp2l81vM#bbcboxing pic.twitter.com/ibTo5q5Dy7— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 9, 2018
However, through a combination of Fury's antics and Seferi's decision to drop out, plenty were left angered at the spectacle as a whole.
@Tyson_Fury welcome back but you ain’t beating me with that Crap lol lmfao.
— BIGBABYMILLER (@BIGBABYMILLER) June 9, 2018
That’s a special level of farce.
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) June 9, 2018
Tyson Fury was always going to be rusty, and a bit chubby around the waist. The issue was putting him up against a cruiserweight with such a weight, height and reach disadvantage - this was never going to be a decent watch but somehow managed to be worse than I expected.
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) June 9, 2018
This fight is embarrassing 🤦🏾♂️
— Caoimhín Agyarko (@caoimhinagyarko) June 9, 2018
This Fury fight is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen in sport...
— Andrew Dickson (@mrandrewdickson) June 9, 2018
Fury gets the win, bloke retired on his stool. Not exactly the best outcome but hopefully it’s the start again for Tyson Fury.
— Ethan Payne (@Behzinga) June 9, 2018
In a horrendous fight Tyson Fury wins by TKO4 when Seferi quit on his stool. #boxing #FurySeferi
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) June 9, 2018
What a load of shite that ‘fight’ was.
— Gareth Roberts (@robbohuyton) June 9, 2018
This is a joke. Seferi doesn’t want to fight, and Fury is watching a fight in the crowd rather than engage, too #FurySeferi
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) June 9, 2018
Most exciting thing about that fight was the fight outside the ring. #Fury
— Hannah Wants (@hannah_wants) June 9, 2018
Speaking afterward, Fury's promoter Frank Warren did reveal that Fury would be on the card for Carl Frampton's Windsor Park bout later this year.
It's official! 🙌
Carl Frampton will headline a show at Windsor Park on August 18th, live on BT Sport!
Mark your calendars 📅 pic.twitter.com/6mENmn3om5— Boxing on BT Sport 🥊 (@BTSportBoxing) June 9, 2018
