{"id":5240,"date":"2023-01-29T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T15:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jake-paul-v-tommy-fury-youtube-star-still-has-doubts-over-planned-fight-going-ahead\/"},"modified":"2023-01-29T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T15:08:23","slug":"jake-paul-v-tommy-fury-youtube-star-still-has-doubts-over-planned-fight-going-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/jake-paul-v-tommy-fury-youtube-star-still-has-doubts-over-planned-fight-going-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul v Tommy Fury: YouTube star still has ‘doubts’ over planned fight going ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jake Paul v Tommy Fury has been called off twice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YouTuber Jake Paul says he wants to make Tommy Fury pay for “wasting my time” – and still worries their fight in Saudi Arabia next month won’t happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A match-up between Britain’s Fury and the American has been postponed twice already.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last week it was announced the rescheduled fight would take place in <\/span>Riyadh on 26 February<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“A part of me definitely still doubts,” Paul, 26, admitted.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s scary and it’s annoying, and the kid’s not necessarily reliable but the money’s good, for him, so he would be just so dumb.”<\/span><\/p>\n

And referencing Fury’s relationship with social media influencer Molly-Mae Hague, Paul added: “I think he’s probably tired of Molly making all the money in the relationship.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A planned bout in New York in August was called off after Fury was <\/span>denied access to the United States.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fury, 23, also <\/span>withdrew from their fight<\/span><\/a> in December 2021 through injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul said American mixed martial artist Mike Perry was on standby: “He’s ready to jump in, in case Tommy pulls out.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul and Fury faced off in the ring before <\/span>Anthony Yarde’s light-heavyweight defeat by Artur Beterbiev<\/span><\/a> in London on Saturday. Speaking after the bout, the viral content star turned fighter explained why he was desperate to fight Fury: “I want to make him pay, he wasted my time multiple times. I want to take his career away from him,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fury is the younger brother of world heavyweight champion Tyson and Paul said Tommy was a “Fury family puppet” who “feels he has to live up to that” so was “saying things I don’t think he believes” about the outcome of their fight. “He’s in for a rude awakening,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, he did praise Fury’s credentials as a professional fighter – he will be the first professional boxer Paul has faced in his short, six-fight career to date.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m validated. I’ve done everything I needed to do in this sport for me personally, I’ve proved everything to myself but it will be nice to take on a professional boxer, one with a big name, a tonne of credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He’s been fighting since he was 10, 11 years old and I’ve only been doing this for three years.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s another stepping stone because I want to become world champion. I want to and I will. I’m capable of it and no one’s believed in me.<\/span><\/p>\n

“When I said that four fights ago people laughed, they don’t want to believe that’s possible because of my background, but I believe anything is possible if you set your mind to it and dedicate your whole entire life and have a little bit of natural talent, which I happen to have.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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