Jake Paul takes drastic motion with multi-million supply to battle Tommy Fury

Mar 01, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Jake Paul takes drastic motion with multi-million supply to battle Tommy Fury

YouTuber turned skilled boxer Jake Paul, has withdrawn his eight-figure rematch supply to Tommy Fury after the British boxer declined the supply a number of occasions.

In an interview, Paul not too long ago spoke about Fury, revealing that he may have acquired almost £11.25 million [$15 million] for a two-part battle deal. One of the fights would happen in boxing, with a follow-up bout to occur in MMA, marking a trilogy.

“It’s an eight-figure deal for a boxing and an MMA fight. More money than he’s [Fury] ever been offered,” mentioned Paul to the Sun. “But he didn’t take it so the offer isn’t there anymore. “

“Quite frankly, he’s going to realize how much he needs me over the next couple of months when he goes to fight someone again, and he’s getting offered 75k,” he continued. “And the offer is down now, the offer is rescinded first of all and it’s nowhere near that now. He had his opportunity and time to take that.”

Outside of securing fights with Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, or Mike Tyson, Paul has been trying to find a rematch with Fury since dropping to him by cut up resolution in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia in Feb. final yr. Fury gained the eight-round cruiserweight crossover occasion with the judges scoring (74–75, 76–73, 76–73.)

Initially, Paul disputed the decide’s scorecards, claiming he misplaced the battle reasonably than Fury profitable it. Paul scored a knockdown through the contest’s closing spherical, however Fury landed a better proportion of punches, incomes him the nod. He cited shortcomings in his efficiency, together with improper weight reducing and a shortened preparation camp of seven weeks as an alternative of his traditional 12, which impacted his capability to implement his technique successfully.

Immediately after defeating “The Problem Child,” Fury vowed to grant Paul a rematch from the medical room on the venue. He mentioned: “One hundred percent. At the end of the day, this was my first main event. The world was watching this fight. I have that experience behind me now.”

“So when I go into another big dance like this, I’ll have this behind me and I’ll know how to cope with it. Having been in the ring with Jake once, I’m pretty sure I can get the stoppage next time, he continued.”

The rematch between Paul and Fury has but to materialize, with Paul attributing the delay to Fury’s inflated ego following his victory of their preliminary bout. The 27-year-old acknowledged that whereas Fury deserves a better payout for the rematch, he feels Fury is deliberately inflating his price and pricing himself out of the occasion by overestimating his worth as a pay-per-view draw.

Fury has fought as soon as since Paul fought in opposition to KSI, defeating him unanimously in October. Paul will face Golden Gloves winner Ryan Bourland in Puerto Rico through the co-main occasion headlined by Amanda Serrano vs. Nina Meinke on Mar 2.