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The Jake Paul and Tommy Fury boxing match is just days from taking place after years of obstacles. Tommy and Jake were scheduled to box in December 2021 but that fell through. Then again in August 2022 but it didn’t happen.
Now, after all these years, Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will finally get the chance to see who is the better boxer and he’s speaking out about how high the stakes are.
Specifically, Jake Paul says his family name is on the line in this fight. He sat down with BT Sport Boxing and revealed how he believes it is the Paul family name versus the Fury family name in the ring when Jake and Tommy face off on February 26th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury: How High Are The Stakes?
Family names are on the line 👀@jakepaul doesn't believe Tommy Fury and John Fury have what it takes 🥊 pic.twitter.com/4B7po9kiy7
— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) February 21, 2023
Jake Paul is a great promoter. We know this. He’s built one of the biggest personal brands of anyone in sports and his fame grows by the minute. So he had a lot more to say in the fight preview.
Maybe he’s crossing the line here. Maybe he isn’t. But Jake Paul insinuates that Tommy Fury was “forced into this” fight by his girlfriend Molly-Mae who Fury has a kid with.
Jake suggests that Molly-Mae, creative director of Pretty Little Thing and influencer, wanted her partner to make more money:
😬 @jakepaul thinks Molly-Mae pressured Tommy Fury into the fight so she wasn’t “the main breadwinner…”#PaulFury | Sunday, 6.30PM | BT Sport Box Office pic.twitter.com/dVUNnNYhzO
— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) February 21, 2023
Jake Paul hinted at what’s next
Not content to just focus on the Tommy Fury fight in Riyadh this weekend, Jake Paul is already looking ahead to the rest of 2023. Like it or not, Jake and his brother are moguls. So he’s got a lot of irons in the fire for the upcoming year.
Tommy Fury ☠️
Nate Diaz 🤼♂️
KSI 🥊@jakepaul has HUGE plans for 2023. Is Jake Paul running the fight game? 👀#PaulFury | Sunday | BT Sport Box Office pic.twitter.com/K5twHB1UYa— Boxing on TNT Sports (@boxingontnt) February 21, 2023
The full interview with Jake Paul can be viewed on YouTube:
Things Get Extremely Awkward During Bomani Jones’ Interview With Jake Paul
Things got a bit awkward between Bomani Jones and Jake Paul during a recent interview.
Paul made a stop on Jones’ Game Theory show on HBO, and the two immediately got off on the wrong foot.
During the interview, Jones appeared to offend Paul when asked what he would do if he lost a fight.
An annoyed Paul then told Jones, “I don’t know who the f–k you are.”
Awkward.