Tommy Fury faces deadline this week to seal KSI battle after YouTuber’s ultimatum

Tommy Fury is operating out of time if his on-off battle versus KSI is to go forward, with the YouTuber setting a deadline of ‘this week’ to lastly agree a deal.

Fury got here out on high in a break up factors resolution in opposition to Jake Paul in February, wrecking the latter’s hopes of dealing with his arch-rival KSI in a possible December grudge match.

After turning his nostril as much as a rematch with Fury, Paul will now battle UFC star Nate Diaz on August 5 in Texas, leaving KSI with a straight shot at 24-year-old Fury. However, the 2 fighters have struggled to agree on a deal after a row over the agreed weight for the battle rumbled on.

Fury needed the battle to be contested at 185lb, whereas KSI initially needed it to be at 180lb. But the 30-year-old has since declared that he would meet Fury’s weight demand offering that he agreed to a rehydration clause.

KSI wrote on Twitter: “Tommy I wanna KO your a** so badly that I’ll come up in weight and do 185lbs if you agree to do the weigh-in on the morning of fight day. Nice fair fight. If not you will forever be known as Tommy Ducky.”

Mams Taylor, who manages KSI and alongside him is a co-founder of Misfits Boxing, instructed The Sun: “Whether it’s on or off, we should know sometime this week. I’m just going to let you know, this week is going to be an interesting week.”

Fury stays KSI’s first-choice opponent, however Taylor accepted that his camp want to have the ability to adapt rapidly if the drawn-out negotiations didn’t in the end end in an settlement.

He mentioned: “There’s always a threat it’s not a done deal until you have the signed contracts, there’s always a threat after you have the signed contracts. This is boxing, someone could get injured, it’s not celeb darts. We’ve had some bad luck with pullouts and you have to think fast.

“We’ve had to come up with creative solutions and it won’t be any different if anyone pulls out of our fights, we always try to have ones on standby. But, I do believe this is a great fight and a great test for JJ and I think he’s got this in the bag if they do end up fighting.”

The rehydration clause is a rule that limits how a lot weight a competitor is allowed to place again on forward of a battle, following the weigh-in. KSI had the identical clause in his battle with Fournier, which was contested at 190lb.