Tommy Fury to put ‘conventional boxing on the backburner’ after Jake Paul win as dad John calls out TWO YouTube stars
TOMMY FURY could put conventional boxing on the backburner with his dad John calling out a pair of YouTube boxing stars instead.
John cornered and coached his son to victory over social media sensation-turned prizefighter Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia.
Tommy had vowed to bury his bitter feud with Paul in the Diriyah desert before continuing to build up his boxing record the hard way.
But after getting a taste of a mega-money payday, John wants his boy to cash in while he can.
John told The Express, via Free Bets: “I think at this moment in time conventional boxing will have to go on the backburner because boxing is a business, and you have to go where the money is.
“Whoever is a big name, who brings stuff to the table we’re interested in. Yep, we’re interested in KSI, he can have it next if he wants.
“We’re interested in the Salt Papi’s of the world, everybody with a name who thinks they can have a go, can have a go. Even with conventional boxing.
“If they want to pay the same sort of money as these guys are paying, we’ll do the conventional boxing as well, but, after where we’ve been you can’t really box at York Hall, can you?”
KSI, 29, has had six bouts with no defeats and one draw while Salt Papi, 29, is 3-0 with two knockouts.
John said: “I think that Salt Papi is quite good. I’ve only seen bits of him, but he brings a lot to the table.
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“So, if he wants it call me. If KSI wants it call me. Whoever wants it, call me. As long as the money is right and it makes business sense we are there.”
Tommy, 23, is linked with a summer rematch against Paul, 26, but John admitted no official talks have yet taken place.
He said: “It depends on what they want to do, but at the moment, Tommy’s put a hard training camp in.
“We spent 10 weeks in camps, one, two months ready. So, you know, it’s probably going to be later on in the year.
“I’ve not spoke to people connected to either, you know, so I think Jake Paul’s having a rest, just like we are, and his team and his people, we’ll be on it in due course.
“We’ve not spoken about anything yet.”