Jake Paul calls out Joshua, Fury and Usyk with ‘shambles’ message

Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk want to substantiate fights towards one another and in doing so “make the sport a better place”. That’s the view of YouTuber Jake Paul who has accused heavyweight boxing’s greatest names of “ducking” their potential opponents.

Fans of the game have been left disgruntled after long-mooted headline-topping bouts like Fury’s undisputed conflict with Usyk have did not materialise. The Gypsy King had beforehand been anticipated to tackle Joshua in a Battle of Britain conflict, however that additionally collapsed with out an settlement in place.

Joshua’s potential face-off in Saudi Arabia with Deontay Wilder can be in severe doubt, leaving social media star Paul questioning why the division’s high stars can not attain agreements to struggle one another.

Speaking to talkSPORT, Paul stated: “For me the heavyweight division’s in shambles. The heavyweight division right now is the only division that’s not stepping up to the plate and making the big fights happen.

“The light-weight division’s doing it, clearly Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford [welterweight]. But for some cause within the heavyweight division we’re not getting it. We’re not getting Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua, we’re not getting Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, we’re not getting Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder, we’re not getting Deontay Wilder vs Andy Ruiz.

“Like, what are these guys doing? Come on, let’s make the sport a better place. You guys get paid to fight, so get in there and stop ducking each other.”

YouTuber Paul, who himself has appeared in high-profile exhibition boxing contests, put the blame on the door of promoters and tv rights homeowners, who he accused of attempting to squeeze each final penny out of each attainable deal.

Paul stated: “Honestly a lot of the times it goes back to the promoters in boxing blocking everything and wanting to make the most money, and who owns the rights to air the content on what platform.

“Plenty of instances it is DAZN vs Showtime vs ESPN and it is all these huge events that become involved. But it is as much as the fighters to say, ‘No, let’s push this ahead, let’s make this occur no matter all these loopy issues occurring.’

“That’s why I give a lot of props to Ryan Garcia, because he was the reason the Gervonta Davis fight happened. He compromised a lot to make it work.”

Paul is again within the ring himself on August 5 when he faces Nate Diaz in Texas, however has additionally been attempting to rearrange a rematch towards Tommy Fury after shedding their first struggle earlier this 12 months.