Tyson Fury’s cousin, Ricky Gorman, picked up a points win behind closed doors at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Before the paying public filtered into the 62,000-seater, unbeaten heavyweight Gorman outboxed Bradford journeyman Ryan Labourn in a secret undercard fight.
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Gorman beat Labourn on points in front of an empty Tottenham Hotspur StadiumCredit: Mark Robinson
The bout had not been advertised during fight week, nor did either man tip the scales at the ceremonial weigh-in on Friday.
However, Gorman had confirmed on his social media in February that he would feature on the undercard for Fury’s comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote: “April 11 [I] am back [at] Tottenham Hotspur.
“All praise [goes] to Jesus Christ and to my cousin Tyson for putting me on this card.
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“God bless you, brother, now let’s go.”
There are some photos of the heavyweight bout, but no footage at the time of writing.
What we do know is that Gorman was given the nod by the scoring referee after four rounds.
In victory, Gorman improves to 2-0 as a professional, while Labourn falls to 0-41-2.
Who is Ricky Gorman?
Ricky, also known as Francis, competed 29 times as an amateur and comes from a fighting breed.
Not just from the Fury family (cousins Tyson, Hughie and Tommy).
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Gorman was competing for a second time as a professionalCredit: Mark Robinson
His direct bloodline, the Gormans, also have a rich history in combat sports.
Ricky’s great-uncle Bartley Gorman earned the title of ‘King of the Gypsies’ for a dominant, unbeaten run in bare-knuckle boxing between 1972 and 1992.
His brother, Nathan, is also a professional heavyweight boxer, best known for his defeats to Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley in a pair of British heavyweight title fights.
Heading into Saturday, Ricky hadn’t set foot in the ring since his professional debut in October 2022.
In his maiden bout, he beat Bulgarian journeyman Milen Paunov via unanimous decision at the Bolton Whites Hotel.
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