Tyson Fury insists he is happy with how his fight against Otto Wallin went – and even happier with the job doctors did stitching up his eye.
The Mancunian won a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas having been caught in the third round with a punch from the Swede which opened up a large gash on his right eyebrow and a smaller one on the eyelid.
Fury battled through nine rounds with blood continually running into his eye before being taken straight to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada immediately after the fight to see a plastic surgeon.
.@Tyson_Fury happy to pose for fan photos in Las Vegas's airport ahead of his flight home to Manchester. Also happy to show off the stitches to his cut eye, although he didn't want any pictures taking of that. I can confirm, however, doctors have done an impressively neat job pic.twitter.com/e7nYK3pLLE — Carl Markham (@carlmarkham) September 15, 2019
Asked how he was, he told the PA news agency: "I'm fantastic. They did an absolutely fantastic job on it. Fifty stitches in it."
Fury, wearing dark glasses to hide the wound, was happy to pose for pictures with fans as he walked through Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport on his way to catch a flight home to Manchester.
He was happy to show off the neat stitching work done on his eye to anyone who asked but did not want anyone taking photographs of it.
The 31-year-old said he was satisfied with how his night's work at the T-Mobile Arena had gone despite being taken to 12 rounds by virtual unknown Wallin.
"It was a good fight. I was happy with it," he added.
