Tommy Fury hoping for future showdown with Jake Paul: ‘If he wants to get it on, we can get it on’

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jake Paul is so assured he’ll knock out Tyron Woodley on Sunday that he predicted he would ship the previous UFC welterweight champion into early retirement from all fight sports activities disciplines. The YouTube star then stated he had no downside admitting it — he is already trying previous Woodley at what may be subsequent.   

Paul (3-0, 3 KOs), the 24-year-old social media influencer, was as brash as ever throughout Thursday’s final press conference when he sat shirtless underneath a pile of iced out chains and traded phrases with Woodley, 39, till safety and native police had been compelled to separate the opposing groups in a skirmish that threatened to show violent.  

Although Woodley (19-7-1 in MMA) represents the hardest problem — by far — to the younger boxing profession of Paul when the 2 meet inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in an 8-round bout agreed to at a catchweight of 190 kilos (Showtime PPV, 8 p.m. ET), Paul confirmed one thing he teased about only a day earlier on the outside public exercise.  

Unproven mild heavyweight Tommy Fury, the 22-year-old half brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was given a outstanding spot on Sunday’s PPV card as a little bit of a tryout. Ought to Fury (6-0, 4 KOs) defeat Paul’s sparring accomplice, former MMA fighter Anthony Taylor (0-1 in boxing) this weekend, he might be subsequent in line on Paul’s journey towards being thought of a respectable fighter. 

“[Fury] is nice trying, actually good trying. It is smart and that is an enormous combat,” Paul informed “Morning Kombat” on Wednesday. “It appears to be proper within the palm of each of our palms. We do need to exit and carry out on Sunday and I need to see how the U.S. crowd receives him. I need to see if he has that star energy the entire total week.” 

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Fury, along with his muscular body and matinee idol seems, rose to a degree of stardom on his personal in 2019 by ending because the runner-up in Season 5 of the British actuality tv present “Love Island.” Since then, given his ongoing relationship to his girlfriend and co-star Molly-Mae Hague alongside along with his preventing household final identify, Fury has solely seen his degree of stardom develop by changing into common fodder for the tabloids.  

“Jake Paul is a YouTuber and has solely been doing this a short time however the man is nice, you possibly can’t say he’s not,” Fury informed “Morning Kombat” on Wednesday. “He seems pretty much as good as he can after three fights, let’s not mistake this. However to suppose he can name out these names, it is ridiculous. He must cease. If he desires to be an actual fighter and get respect on this sport, cease speaking about Canelo [Alvarez] and [Floyd] Mayweather. Knuckle down and cease preventing MMA folks. Everyone knows the rationale why he is preventing them. Begin preventing actual fighters.  

“If he desires to get it on, we are able to get it on.” 

Though Paul was speaking up the potential of a Fury combat whereas jawing with Woodley on Thursday, his tune modified a bit the day earlier than when the potential of how huge a combat between him and Fury was mentioned. Paul stated that Fury would not have the identical observe document drawing numbers on PPV as others he has known as out — together with UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal — and stated there are severe situations Fury might want to first show with a view to be deemed worthy.  

“I nonetheless do not suppose [British fans] have really tuned in to observe his fights,” Paul stated. “Whenever you have a look at his pay-per-view numbers, it would not dwell as much as it. When you’re making a combat towards Jake Paul, it has to make sense for lots of issues from peak and weight to expertise, pay-per-view buys, notoriety, the power to promote a combat and the timing of it.” 

Fury stated he wasn’t keen to speak a lot about the way forward for a combat between them till he will get previous Taylor first. He did say a combat between them would produce huge box-office numbers. Requested if he and Paul might fill a 50,000-seat soccer stadium in his native England, Fury stated they might achieve this simply.  

“It is a huge, huge colossal combat and everyone is aware of that. Offered we get by way of our fights, let’s get it on,” Fury stated. “I’m not working from no person. God keen, we each come by way of on Sunday, there is no such thing as a extra excuses. I’m probably the most Instagram well-known, Jake is a world well-known phenomenon. It is a mega combat, do not get me fallacious. I am not right here to jinx something.” 

One factor Fury did need to clarify is that he is not in boxing or in search of a possible combat with Paul as a result of he is merely after the cash or superstar standing that might include it. Like his household identify — he and Tyson Fury share the identical father — he’s a fighter first, foremost and solely.  

“To be a Fury, you develop up preventing. You do not do anything. As a child, it is combat, combat, combat,” Fury stated. “That is all I’ve achieved my total life. I do not really feel one little bit of stress once you attempt to dwell as much as anyone. I’ve stated this time and time once more that there’ll by no means, ever be one other Tyson Fury. Nobody will ever come shut. I am solely making an attempt to be the most effective I can do.  

“I’ve been residing and coaching like a demon. I do not care about fame, I do not care about cash. All I’m in that is to be the champion. I’m on an extended highway and I’m stopping off to refill the automobile. That is simple cash. I’m not a part of this YouTube factor. I’ve been doing this sport my total life and I’ve come right here to point out these boys you possibly can’t simply choose this factor up. There’s the YouTube factor after which you’ve got the actual deal, and that is me. Do not put me in that YouTube class as a result of I’m not in that class.”