Tyson Fury's ultimatum for brother in Paul fight

1 year ago 123

Jake Paul's unorthodox boxing vocation faces its biggest trial connected Monday greeting (AEDT) erstwhile helium goes up against a recognised nonrecreational boxer for the archetypal clip successful Tommy Fury, the half-brother of satellite heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, successful Saudi Arabia.

Since helium began boxing successful 2018, the YouTuber-turned-prize combatant has fought a chap societal media performer, a erstwhile NBA subordinate and 3 MMA fighters. He's won each contests but warring Fury is wide regarded arsenic a measurement up and the WBC, which is sanctioning the fight, recognises it.

If the 26-year-old Paul wins, helium volition beryllium granted a spot successful the apical 15 of the WBC's satellite rankings astatine cruiserweight. There has been nary denotation that Paul would beryllium usurping immoderate established cruiserweight from the WBC apical 15.

EXCLUSIVE: Joey demands enactment implicit 'horrendous' tackle

"Jake has dedication and respect to the sport," the sanctioning assemblage said, "and the WBC volition not tolerate favoritism against anyone. He deserves the opportunities that immoderate different boxer has."

It's hardly a determination that volition beryllium fashionable with boxing traditionalists but astir of those who person dealt with Paul person spoken of his passionateness for the sport.

"I was with him successful America past twelvemonth and my absorption is adjacent with him," Australian middleweight contender Michael Zerafa told Wide World of Sports. "He's a large feline and is doing large things for women's boxing and boxing successful general. I privation him to win."

However, Zerafa believes boxing pedigree whitethorn beryllium to beryllium the quality successful the end.

"I don't cognize Tommy, I'm definite he's a large guy. I deliberation he's got a amended boxing quality and amended pedigree," Zerafa said.

"Jake Paul arsenic a boxer he's doing bully things. He's got nary pedigree, he's coming disconnected the amusement business. He's a large boy, he's a unit, but I don't deliberation helium tin bushed Tommy Fury.

"On boxing ability, Tommy should bushed him if helium uses his scope and picks him off."

Paul roseate to fame a decennary agone by posting Vine videos and past arsenic an histrion connected Disney Channel amusement Bizaardvark. His emergence has not been without controversy, including accusations of intersexual battle by 2 women successful 2021 — helium was ne'er charged — and his evident usage of radical slurs portion rapping successful immoderate videos successful 2018. He was charged with transgression trespass and unlawful assembly successful 2020 pursuing a riot astatine a promenade extracurricular Phoenix.

Boxing is his astir caller passion. He joined the pro ranks successful 2019 and said helium is "as superior arsenic it gets" astir the sport. He says helium has a 30-person squad supporting his training, which is mostly done astatine the Cleveland native's basal successful Puerto Rico.

"Because my life's connected the line," helium told British paper The Independent up of the Fury fight, "so I'm not going to instrumentality that lightly."

Becoming a satellite champion boxer is his eventual aim, adjacent if that extremity appeared adjacent much distant with the quality successful January that Paul has signed a woody with the Professional Fighters League successful mixed martial arts.

Certainly Fury doesn't instrumentality his hostile earnestly arsenic a boxer.

"That's similar saying a pig is going to fly, isn't it?" Fury said of Paul's ambitions of becoming a satellite titleholder.

"I'm going to thatch Jake Paul a acquisition … I'm going to amusement him helium can't conscionable prime up a brace of gloves and say, 'I'm going to beryllium a satellite champion.'"

Fury has an absorbing backstory, too, and not conscionable due to the fact that helium is the half-brother of 1 of the astir celebrated boxers successful the satellite and comes from a household of bare-knuckle fighters.

The 23-year-old Briton made his sanction by appearing connected Love Island, a world TV show, successful 2019. That forced him to enactment his boxing vocation connected clasp for 9 months — helium had lone fought doubly by that constituent — and helium is present joined to a British social-media influencer, Molly-Mae Hague, with whom Fury finished runner-up connected Love Island.

Fury has an 8-0 boxing grounds but has ne'er fought much than six rounds successful a azygous bout. In that sense, helium is besides taking a measurement into the chartless this weekend, surely erstwhile it comes to the planetary entreaty of his opponent. Paul has 4.5 cardinal followers connected Twitter and 22 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

The combat was initially scheduled for December 2021 but Fury had to propulsion retired due to the fact that of unwellness and injury, and past again for August 2022 lone for Fury to again retreat due to the fact that of question issues going into the United States.

It volition beryllium held implicit 8 rounds and Tyson Fury has fixed his half-brother thing of an ultimatum up of the catchweight bout.

"I expect Tommy to chin him," helium told British vigor presumption talkSPORT. "If helium doesn't, helium tin enactment successful Saudi Arabia."

When is Paul vs Fury?

Jake Paul volition combat Tommy Fury connected Monday morning, February 27. The Main paper starts astatine 6am. The main lawsuit is tipped to commencement astir 8.30am (AEDT).

How to ticker Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury

In Australia, fans tin tune successful via Foxtel's Main Event oregon Kayo Sports.

Where is Paul vs Fury?

The Paul vs. Fury combat volition instrumentality spot astatine the 15,000-capacity Diriyah Arena successful Saudi Arabia, which was purpose-built successful 2019 and hosted Anthony Joshua's triumph implicit Andy Ruiz Jr aboriginal that year.

This volition beryllium Paul's archetypal clip warring successful Saudi Arabia. With Fury experiencing visa issues entering the United States, this is considered a neutral site.

Betting

(Sportsbet)

Jake Paul - $1.77

Tommy Fury - $2.40

Jake Paul grounds and bio

Nationality: American
Born: January 17, 1997
Height: 6-1
Reach: 71 inches
Total fights: 6
Record: 6-0 with 4 wins via knockout

Tommy Fury grounds and bio

Nationality: British
Born: May 7, 1999
Height: 6-0
Reach: 80 inches
Total fights: 8
Record: 8-0 with 4 wins via knockout

- With AP

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!