‘Everyone sees through it’ – Jake Paul hits out after John Fury deletes videos demanding winner-take-all bet be honoured
JAKE PAUL has hit out after John Fury deleted videos demanding a winner-take-all bet be honoured.
The drama started just days before John’s son Tommy was due to fight Paul in Saudi Arabia.
A double-or-nothing bet was proposed and a contract was even drafted up to make the wager official.
But Paul, 26, later said Tommy, 23, refused to put pen to paper on the bet for the fight the American later lost via split-decision.
Tommy and his dad John both spoke out to ask the YouTuber-turned boxer to honour the deal, believing they had a handshake agreement.
But John was forced to delete social media videos after Paul and his manager pointed out that they refused to officially sign on the bet.
Speaking on his brother Logan’s podcast, Paul said: “Everyone sees through it and is calling them out on it, so much so that John Fury deleted the tweets.”
Footage on the night also showed John being confronted over the bet – with Tommy’s dad refusing to acknowledge it.
Logan said: “John Fury was watching you [Jake] getting your hands wrapped and Brandon [cameraman] was f***ing antagonising him and he goes ‘Hey, about that contract, about the purse, why didn’t you guys sign it? Why didn’t you guys return it?
“And John Fury just cowers into a little ball and goes, ‘Let’s talk about boxing, mate. We’ll focus on boxing now.’
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“And I’m just in the background like stunned because I’ve just seen this dude, in real time, show his hand. They weren’t willing to actually sign the contract.
“And then, after the fight when they won, now they’re talking about being gypsies, how they can’t read and write, and expect you to pay up on something that they 1000 per cent wouldn’t have if you had won the fight.”
John claimed that a handshake between his son, himself and Paul was enough to have the bet honoured after the fight.
He said: “Jake Paul, moment of truth, again I say it.
“You lost the fight, we had a deal in front of millions of people worldwide, I expect you to honour that deal. You owe us some money.
“Don’t come back to us with contracts and all that bullc***. I’m a gypsy, I can’t read and write properly and I don’t understand that.
“We were over to do a job, we did it and I’m sure you’ll be a great guy and honour what you’ve done.”