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Liam Payne and Tommy Fury’s ‘fight’ finally revealed and fans are in shock over being ‘fooled’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro
Fans were concerned Liam could get hurt.
Fans were led to believe Liam Payne and Tommy Fury would be heading to the boxing ring (Picture: Instagram)
The nature of Liam Payne and Tommy Fury’s ‘fight’ has finally been revealed and fans are relieved.
The internet went into meltdown when the former One Direction singer, 29, shared a nose-to-nose promo picture of himself with the boxer, 23, in what appeared to be a suggestion they would fight
Listing the location as Old Trafford, Manchester, their two names topped the title and it read: ‘This summer. Announcement tomorrow.’
But the What Makes You Beautiful singer and the Love Island star will not be putting on gloves and heading to the ring, instead, they will be battling it out on a football pitch.
The Night Changes hitmaker and the athlete will be taking part in this year’s Soccer Aid, with Tommy in a team captained by Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt, while Liam will be in I’m A Celebrity star Jill Scott’s opposing team.
Fans breathed a collective sigh of relief when it was announced that the pair wouldn’t be boxing, with one writing on social media: ‘Wait are you not fighting? Thank god lololol I was afraid of you getting hurt.’
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Others joked that they ‘can’t believe’ they were ‘fooled’ by Liam Payne, although a couple did express disappointment Tommy wouldn’t be brushing off his gloves.
Many others heaped praise on the duo for signing up for the charity match, as one remarked: ‘Very proud of you Liam. Fantastic cause that does wonderful things.’
Among the players on Tommy’s World XI FC team are Robbie Keane as coach and see Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett and Love Island winner and presenter Kem Cetinay.
Fans were concerned Liam could get hurt as he’s not a professional fighter (Picture: Getty Images for Nickelodeon)
Tommy will be taking part in Soccer Aid for the first time (Picture: Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Liam will join TV presenter Paddy McGuinness, singer Tom Grennan, Olympian Sir Mo Farah, comedian Alex Brooker, former footballer turned pundit Gary Neville.
The charity match is being held at Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground on June 11 and will be broadcast on ITV1, STV and ITVX.
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Soccer Aid, co-founded by pop star Robbie Williams in 2006, raises money for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef to help children in need around the world.
A family of four can attend the game for £60 and tickets are available at socceraid.org.uk/tickets.
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