Topic: [Boxing] Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury - February 26 in Saudi Arabia - page 4. (Read 1833 times)

 There is a lot of hype around the fight, a lot of attention will be riveted to it, so everyone will try to survive to the end. I don't know who I would give the advantage in this fight, it's really hard for me to evaluate them before the fight, I think that they themselves will need some time to see what can be expected from each other. I would like the fight to end in a knockout to eliminate all controversial points with referee decisions. May the strongest win!

This is actually a professional fight

I think many boxers was start from fighting weak boxers until they're more experienced and then they will take a challenger to become a champion. The difference is many journalists doesn't care to follow the record when the boxers fight with a weak boxers, but since Jake Paul is famous and they can make a lot money, those journalists following Paul record from his first fight.

Lol Tommy Fury get heated by Jake Paul

So WBC created a special belt named "Diriyah champion" in this fight [1] the winner will able to get ranked up in WBC, maybe it might able to be included at 10th position. The winning method odds have been added, the odds for Paul to win via decision is 3.90x which I think it's worth to bet. Both of them have striking power, but I think they will able to survive until the end.

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[1] https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1341959/jake-paul-tommy-fury-wbc-new-belt-diriyah-champion/

Link to the OFFICIAL weigh in 04:30 EST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfN2EdKlvko

Can someone explain to me this new "entertainment boxing" thing? I get that boxing is watched a lot, I remember clearly when pacman fought mayweather and that was an insane period, definitely not something underrated, one of the most watched and all that. But this? This is basically a youtuber fighting a boxers brother who is famous for being on a reality show.

I get that they had a few fights, but most of them were entertainment fights and nothing to do with real title chance. Like anyone who is on their way to win the real title, would simply destroy these two in a single round, without a doubt. I am not entirely if they are checked for juicing or not, they look pretty juiced from the photos as well.

Tommy Fury is being understimated. Look who Jake Paul has fought, nothing but taxi drivers or mma fighters way past their prime. At least he's gonna fight a real pro boxer this time.

I doubt the "winner takes all" bet will hold up in any court of law and I doubt if Tommy loses he'll be giving Jake a cent.  I guess we'll find out, as after seeing Tommy's fights I don't think he stands a chance against Jake.  Maybe I'm wrong though.  Jake's opponents haven't all been too great...

I think the Mike Tyson fight flew out the window when it became clear that they didn't really want to pay the cost to fight the boss.  Tyson isn't getting any younger and gave them a window where he would possibly be willing to fight.  They couldn't meet his contract demands so that fight went bye bye.  It will never happen.

Jake's doing the promotion thing right. You can make money off others but pay them fairly and what they're worth. Everybody he's worked with has sung their praises about the way he does business. He's even taking women's boxing to the next level and got both Serrano and Katie Taylor their highest payday selling out Madison Square Garden. Serano got a million minimum for that and women were getting paid peanuts prior.  I doubt Serano was even getting $100k before Jake got involved and guaranteed her a million dollars if she signed and he was true to his word.


I think that's what makes this so appealing. Fights are boring when you know one fighter is going to go in there and blitz the other like Fury did to Chisora. I have no idea what's going to happen in this fight. Either could get KO-d, it could go the distance or we might even see an early KO. I just can't see either fighter knocking each other out but we know they've both got the power to do so but neither has been KOd or even knocked down yet. Both fighters also seem very confident which makes it harder to predict. The pressure is on Fury though and even he accepts that but does seem cool about it all but that could all crack as soon as he's in the ring.


Unless they both sign that contract/bet I'd just take it as hype. Whilst it's technically legally binding as an oral contract that's not how they do things in boxing and you'd have to sue the other if they didn't pay up and even then you could maybe argue it was never a legit proposition without the contract being signed (which Jake had ready).


Jake's rise reminds me of Connor back in the day. He's certainly following the McGregor playbook, but I actually think he could go on to be as big as him if he keeps winning. I dare say we might even see them fight each other at some point and I'd love to see that. Jake has mentioned recently his next fight might be against Nate Diaz and that could put him one step closer to fighting Connor. That fight would probably be as big as Connor/Mayweather so there's no reason why it couldn't happen. Connor just needs to run his UFC contract down and then just fight on his own terms.

Jake Paul does have a brilliant mind for making things possible. The tattoo deal he offered to Woodley seems to be a deal breaker. It's funny yet in the fighter's mind it makes them wanna prove something.

He does have the edge in the media and even in the ring after all, he became a real boxer after defeating big names. He might fight Mike Tyson too, this might need bigger funds for him.

Seems Jake Paul is a good marketer/promoter. he sees things as an opportunity to heighten the intensity of the fight.  The winner take all deal will really take the audience attention, I wonder if it will propagate and be added on the contract.


It seems so, if we listen and think of the context of Jake Paul when he is talking about Tommy Fury evading him many times, that he needs to raise the money to pay Tommy that Tommy got interested in fighting him.  But whether he is dragged to the fight or not, the contract is signed and Tommy Fury has to fight Jake Paul on the scheduled date.

We all have to admit that Jake Paul is a great marketer. He does everything very smartly, he builds his career step by step and puts a lot of work into it. He is not a retarded youtuber, he is very clever.
Btw both of them have gone too far and this is a very serious match for both of them, I would say that this match will either end Jake's career or Fury's career. If Fury wins, he takes all the money, proves that Jake is a pussy youtuber that only fights retired elders, etc and additionally, he will become very popular, it will tremendously boost his career, profit, ego, everything. But if Jake wins, he will prove that he is not just an youtuber but a real boxer who is capable to fight against anyone and destroy them, he will shut Fury's mouth and destroy Fury's future. If Jake wins, he will boooooost his income cause many fighters will wish to fight with him and Jake will become 2x more popular. He will become a reason for media to generate tons of clickbaits and increase Jake's awareness.

I think that Jake will win this fight. He always chooses fights that he wins and he has hired professional trainers, takes training very seriously and is very responsible and definitely it was clear that Fury is not that confident in himself as he admits. I even think he regrets the day when he challenged Paul.

Jake Paul is a great marketer. While I genuinely believe he does all to boost his income in future and build himself, anyways, it's still good that he helps others and benefits the sportsmen.
Well, I'll never become his fan, I don't like these brothers but I think they are smart, especially Jake.

However, Conor McGregor will always be the best showman for me.

It was the father's doing that influenced Tommy to be a boxer like his half-brother, Tyson. It's really seems that he doesn't have any choice but to follow his father's command because he doesn't want to be rejected from the family and he needed to be stronger as his Tyson is already making an example.

But in the first place, I reckon that Tommy doesn't want to participate in this bout. He was just forced to do it because he was given a warning that he's no longer welcome to the family if he's not going to do it and if he gets defeated, the father made a statement that he should quit for good in the industry if that happens. So, I'm thinking that Tommy is more inclined to the 2nd choice where he will be a free man and won't be forced to do such fights.

Jake Paul has made a bet with Tommy Fury that if Tommy Fury wins he gets double the paycheck but if he loses he gets nothing. They both shaked hands on the deal so I do not know if that is legally binding but there is video evidence of it happening but both fighters look confident going into this fight. Tommy Fury does not normally get as angry as he was in the build up to this fight so I am excited to see if he can use that anger in the ring against Jake Paul.

Same here, it's much better for me to keep a safe distance from betting on this fight as from my perspective, it's like a 50:50 because I really don't know who got the upper hand as both said boxers are difficult to fathom as of this time considering that they haven't made any legitimate fight yet that includes rankings. But for sure though, I'll be looking for the outcome and watch some reels from their fight, time is near.

Which is brillant, it's hard not to like someone willing to take a pay cut in order to feed other boxers which he thinks are getting under paid. That's brilliant. Alright, you could argue Jake Paul is already rich, therefore he's in the position to do things like this, where others aren't. However, he doesn't have too, and not many of the richer people before him did things like that.

I'm starting to become a Jake Paul fan, which is weird thing to be saying in 2022, when I didn't like his Youtube antics, and who he portrayed to the media all those years ago. However, to me he's really showing a different side to him, and I think I do believe most of what he has done in previous years was a character rather than himself.

That's why there's a lot of people who supports Jake Paul because he got a good initiative how to turn the tides into his favor, he surely knows how to use it too well so that he will not be silence by any comments made by other camps or some speculative hypes. Jake Paul indeed got an extraordinary mouth for saying something like that out of the blue and with contract prepared which was really unexpected by the opposite camp as they are surely surprised about it. For that, Jake Paul deserves my thumbs up

His dad seems to be calling all the shots and admitted that he's the boss in Tommy's career and tells him what to do in an interview after the press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwFuSl6DnNM

Not sure I'd trust John's blind confidence here. Maybe Tommy doesn't care because he's getting a huge amount to fight win or lose. I heard he's getting between 2 to 5 million which is a life changing amount for him and that's a sum a boxer of his calibre would never get otherwise. He's basically been getting a few grand for his other fights. He was paid £11,000 to fight Anthony Taylor in 2021 and Jake Paul was the first person to pay him a decent wage and a career high for Tommy when he put him on the undercard of one of his Woodley fights and I think he got £10-20k for that. Jake Paul actually took a paycut to make sure all the fighters on his undercard were paid career-highs so you have to respect that. Not many boxers would willingly take a pay cut like that to make sure other boxers were properly compensated. Jake even paid the fighters on the undercard 50% of their purse when his fight against Hasim Rahman Jr fell through: https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1555900413832220675

Love him or hate him at least Jake is standing behind his mouth.

Funny how Tommy is silent about their fight, how he barely response to trashtalk. How rages John Fury is over Jake, and how friendly Tyson Fury and Jake behave. Hole bunch of emotions in Fury family, ignorance, love and hate.

Somehow I feel that Tommy does not really wants to fight. Not because he is scared or something like that. But like he was dragged to that fight without much desire. Perhaps, that is due to influence of John Fury. It does not look like Tommy wanted to be a professional boxer when he was a kid.

He didn't seem agitated at all. In fact, I'd say the opposite and he was just waiting for the right moment to propose the bet once Tommy admitted it's going to be easy. If Jake was worried there's no way he'd propose such a bet. Interestingly both have said they will do the all or nothing bet post-press conference. Whether they will or not is another thing as both will be weary about appearing weak or backing down but until they put pen to paper I don't think either will do it and it's all about grabbing headlines. If both are as confident that they will win then it makes sense but both of them can't be right and someone is going to lose unless it's a draw  .

The stakes are so high now in this fight it just keeps adding up because Jake Paul keeps challenging and baiting Tommy Fury, people will be excited to see this fight and the outcome, there are so many first on this fight, only two days before the fight I am more excited on the weigh-in and final face-off, I hope there are no more delays but I want more dramas and thrash talks because this fight thrives on the drama and thrash talks both fighters and their team delivers.

This would be very funny for the loser who will go home with nothing except blacks and blues hehehehe.

I reckon the hesitation from Tommy was not because he was not confident. It was because he did not know what to tell Jake. This might be because it was not for him to make the decision. It appeared for me that it might be the father who decides and manages the financial decisions for this fight. Tommy can blame John on Monday hehehehehe.