Topic: [Boxing] Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury - February 26 in Saudi Arabia - page 5. (Read 1776 times)

Just wow I hope they can carry the heat inside the ring, this is the most hyped fight of Jake because there are so many deals made, there's a promise of ranking and both boxers are motivated to beat the other, the bad blood is real, did you all notice the co-main event the Makabu - Badou Jack Cruiserweight title fight, it's hard to imagine a Cruiserweight championship fight relegated to a co-main event and the spotlight is on Jake Paul versus Tommy Fury fight.
But anyway I'll stick to the Paul-Fury as it attract the crowds and the PPV and gates sales.

Lol I was about to comment about the all or nothing bet between Fury and Paul.  Paul seems agitated by the comment of Fury that it is an easy fight.  And that Paul will lost since he is now facing a fresh boxer and not a washed up MMA old players.  So Paul wanted to make a bet as you stated, the winner take all.  Now that sounds very interesting.

They just had their first face to face at the press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho4nda7fLJg

What I found funny/interesting is Jake proposed a double or nothing bet to Tommy that if he loses Tommy gets double his purse and Jake gets nothing and even had the contract/bet ready to sign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZClH_f-k9M

Tommy's dad John Fury was quick to accept quite vocally but Tommy didn't seem too sure and looks like he tried to start a scuffle to change the topic haha. Tommy has seemed very confident up until that. I guess if he was so sure he would gladly take the bet but I don't blame him if he doesn't. Potentially going home with nothing would probably be too much to handle.

Tyson is over there now so maybe his presence will add a bit of extra spice.

I won't be betting on the fight. There's way too many unknowns, since we don't actually know the true level of Jake yet, although he has looked decent. We sort of know what to expect from Tommy Fury, but again that all depends on how Jake goes about the fight.

There's also the size difference, and those extra long arms of Tommy Fury against Jake who hasn't really had to deal with a sophisticated jab yet. Again, I'm not sure Tommy Fury is a boxer with a sophisticated jab despite basically being built for it.

I'll be tuning in though, and I think that speaks volumes of what Jake Paul has done. I don't usually watch Tommy's fights, but I've tuned into almost all of Jake Paul's. He definitely brings eyes to the sport, and while I wouldn't normally be excited for a Jake Paul match up, I'm pretty excited for this bout. Mainly, out of curiosity.

Well, that only applies if Tommy Fury or Jake Paul got their own respective promoters that will order them to make a rematch or who to fight next. As far as I know, both fighters are flying solo and is a promoter on their own, so they aren't really under any promotional banner that will make them powerless but to obey from the command.

In this fight, we all know that this bout is quite personal for both fighters and if it weren't for money, I doubt a rematch will really happen soon especially if Tommy Fury will win.

Right that's what I thought as well. The physique is awesome for that weight class. Tommy Fury with the coaches he has and the mentors backing him is my favorite as well. I don't know, but Jake Paul seems to be like someone who could lose his nerves when he loses control over the fight. If Fury boxes a professional fight with all the things he has learnt over time, Jake Paul is probably running into relatively easy hits.

Now maybe, maybe I underestimate Jake Paul's endurance and ability to take hard blows. From what we all get to see concerning his social media life, it is hard to believe that his preparation and concentration is at the same level as that of someone like Fury.

I don't agree that Jake Paul doesn't care. He is the kind of guy who would do anything for money for sure, but losing would make him feel hurt in his pride. I hope he gets smashed though as it is about time.

He is a strange shape because most of his mass is on the top but it has not affected him in previous fights so why would it affect him against Jake Paul who does not have the best stamina too? Anderson Silva pushed Jake Pauls to deep water and Jake looked like he was going to collapse after that fight. I think Tommy Fury who is a lot younger then Anderson Silva can push the fight more and stay fitter. I think that gives Tommy Fury the edge he has better stamina and he has power in his hands and could drain Jake Paul and then knock him out in the later rounds.

WBC already announced that Jake Paul is going to get a ranking if he beats Tommy Fury, now there's one guy who is not sold on the idea and openly opposed it and that guy is Dereck Chisora.


Dereck Chisora slams the WBC for promising to rank Jake Paul if he beats Tommy Fury

What do you think ranked WBC fighters take Chisora's advice, do you think WBC did the right thing in promising Jake Paul a rank in case he beat one professional boxer in Tommy Fury?

I think if we google, we might find a whole pack of a dynamite I've already found another TNT boxer - Tony Tucker. Tommy Gun probably was already taken.



If someone think that his long arms and gorilla body gonna help him to fight Jake, than those quads are his weak point. He will run out of stamina quick imho, he will get tired quick. He looks like a guy from gym that only trains chest and biceps. Not the best combo for a boxer.

C'mon mate Let's just leave their nicknames alone because Tommy's nickname is not yet proved as TNT or as the bomb is really not popping these days. He sure got better built and reach which gave him an extra advantage over Jake Paul, but I believe this fight should've done much sooner because the earlier the better for Tommy as by that time, Jake doesn't have any experiences at all and what he had is just his mouth spitting nothing.

Well you've better put a lot of money on it if you're that sure given Tommy is the underdog. Most of the stuff you listed doesn't matter when you're getting punched in the face and your brain is rattling around in your skull. It depends how Tommy utilises his advantages to be honest. Both fighters seem very confident, though I guess they have to be. No point showing weakness or worries even if you seriously have them.


Of course Jake has incentive. He isn't going to want to lose and lose that zero on his record. He also wants to go on to bigger and better things - KSI, and probably even fighters like McGregor and Mayweather. He mentioned he's working on a fight with Nate Diaz next. I think that would be a decent fight for him to take in boxing but he's on about doing a double fight: one in boxing and the other in MMA but the latter seems a bad idea to me. The more Jake keeps on winning though the more people he will have tuning in who want to see him continue that and of course the haters, naysayers, sceptics and doubters who will want him to lose. He seems to be serious about challenging for titles as well and that will quickly evaporate if he can't even beat Tommy. If he wins though he's been promised a ranking so that's one more step in the right direction for him.


Maybe Tommy was going easy in the other fights knowing that they were all mostly journeymen and probably wouldn't bother him too much? I'm sure most of them knew or accept that they're there just to be a glorified sparring partner. Either way, both fighters now have the perfect stage to show the world what they're made of and shut up the doubters.

While I would like for Tommy Fury to win this fight so he can at least delay a little bit the hype train that Jake Paul is on, of all the factors that you mention the only one that has any impact on the fight is the reach, and that would only be true if Tommy Fury knew how to use his jab effectively, besides the only one that has something to lose here is Tommy Fury precisely because there are many people like you which expect him to KO Jake Paul, and if he losses or he wins by decision fans will begin to question him, so this could affect his performance as he knows that nothing but a complete victory will satisfy his fans.

You can't be sure of that. Both of them have KO punch, you can expect them to be very cautious in the ring and they are going to be very defensive in the first few rounds. Anyone of them who gets eager and takes risky action might be the one who will fall so they best be patient in waiting for whoever will be carried away by their hate will be in danger.  Jake plays this game most of the time, the kind of trash talk that Connor does.

Fair play to the lad, he's got some proper arms on him hasn't he? That could be a game changer, I actually thought Jake Paul ahd a chance here, but being a boxer Tommy Fury definitely knows how to box behind a jab, we haven't really seen anyone against Jake Paul who really utilized a jab. I actually can't get over the arm span on him . Boxers dream that is.

This is why I'm a little bit gutted, Tommy seems to have everything going for him, but he's never really caught the eye. Glimpses, and he looks really good, but other times it looks like he's just doing what he needs to do, but not really pushing the pace. I'm not sure if it's because he's afraid of living up to the name, and therefore doesn't necessarily try as hard as he could.

The only thing is; looking back at Tommy's fights he doesn't actually sit behind his jab all that much, despite his massive arm reach. So, not sure how well he'll use it in this fight either.

Tommy: Better reach, better looking, better nickname, better built, better name, much less drama and posing.

The choice is obvious if you ask me.

IMO it's Fury all the way, win by KO. Jake Paul has no incentive here. He's fighting for the show, to be popular, he wants people to talk about it. Even if he loses he's already made money on the fight from all his tweets and stuff. Fury seems to be in for a real fight as he wants to get that official rank and climb the ladder.

Any boxing media that alter thier stats like reach advantage will not be trusted anymore if they do alter those data. I don't see anyone doing that though because there is already Wikipedia where people are also going to check. And Holy how, a 3-inch advantage by Tommy, he really might punish Jake for what Jakes has been saying.

Disney boy's nickname is "The Problem Child" lol it speaks for itself as he calls out all his ancestor's spirits to put a curse on Tommy in his tweet.
But yep this is gonna be a good fight. Jake is in good shape. If he can take punches from Tommy, he can lure Tommy to engage and all Jake needs is to counter.

Jake is going full Mike Tyson with his call-outs now: https://mobile.twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1628431499233042432


I don't think I've known of anyone inflating or lying about their height. That would be pretty hard to get away with and I think would be pretty obvious. Tommy isn't taller but I thought he was. Jake is an inch taller and Tommy has 80 inch reach compared to Jake's 76.

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I might not like Jake Paul but I do not think his fights are fixed. He has knocked out his opponents cold and no one can act like Woodley did because he fell on his face without any reaction or trying to put his arms out to break the fall. Who is taller Tommy Fury or Jake Paul? The numbers I see on the internet say different and I never trust them because boxing often inflates their heights. If Tommy Fury is the taller boxer and he has long arms like in the picture I think Jake Paul could struggle. Jake Paul likes to fight at a distance and uses a jab but he will not comfortable at distance with those long arms. Tommy Fury could win on points just by jabbing at Jake Paul all night and Jake struggling to close the distance.

One thing I noticed the other day was Tommy has freakishly long arms:





He's got the arms of an ape. They almost look photoshopped.

He's also got a pretty powerful jab on him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGlvw_V5WkQ

Definitely interesting to see how Jake will defend against those.


Well I think that's his point - he might as well call it quits if he can't beat a so called youtuber. I'm still 50/50 on this fight. Can't see either of them getting a KO and I think both of them will be fairly apprehensive especially in the earlier rounds so I think a decision is on the cards.