Tommy Fury compares Jake Paul’s opponents to his DAD John, 58, in bitter row over rival’s records ahead of grudge fight
JAKE PAUL and Tommy Fury exploded into a row over previous opponents ahead of their bitter fight.
The pair of celebrity boxing rivals look finally set to meet in the ring, following Fury’s two prior pullouts amid injury and US visa issues.
And the bad blood carried over to the pre-fight press conference as they two put down each other’s boxing records.
Paul, 26, said: “He can’t knock out the taxi drivers he’s been put in there with, who have a combined record of 20 wins and 250 losses.
“And when I say that stat, my friend came up to me like, ‘Yo, I thought you was joking when you said that stat.’
“That’s an actual stat, his opponents have a combined record of 20 wins and 250 losses.
“And the records of the opponents now is like 30 wins and 350 losses. So he’s never been put in there with someone who wasn’t put in there to lose.
“So on Sunday, when he’s in the locker room warming up he’s gonna be thinking, ‘Damn, everyone has been put in there to lose, the Warrens put me in there with scrubs and now I have a real fight, eight rounds.’
“He’s never been eight rounds, he’s going to be put in the deep waters and drowned and I promise that.”
Fury, who has never gone past six rounds, will be Paul’s first opponent with a recognised boxing record on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.
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That is despite wins over ex-MMA champions Ben Askren, 38, Tyron Woodley, 40, and UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47.
But Fury, 23, responded: “Tyron Woodley was 40-years-old, Anderson Silva was nearly 50, not too far off my dad’s age and he got took the full distance.
“Everybody knows in this building who knows about boxing, MMA fighters are not boxers, we all know that.
“I’ve absolutely took apart every single MMA fighter I’ve ever sparred with in my entire life.
“They’re not boxers, and this guy couldn’t even deal with them. Let alone, ‘This guy is a great striker.’ Yeah, in MMA, not boxing.
“And you still went eight rounds with him and looked like you went through the trenches.
“On Sunday night, you’ve got a fresh, young, 23-year-old, proper legitimate fighter who will have it inside or outside the ring.
“I’m not for lights, camera, action, this is in my heart, blood and sole and you’re going to feel that.
“Let me tell you now, I’m not a 50-year-old man and when you’re in the opposite corner, and you’re getting hit all about the head, blue flashes, you’re going to wake up and realise what boxing is.
“It’s not to fight old men, you’ve got a proper, proper fight in here who is coming to take your head off.”