Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE: Stream, results and latest fight updates
Follow reaction after YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul was beaten by Tyson Fury’s half-brother Tommy in Saudi Arabia
Follow live reaction after Jake Paul lost to rival Tommy Fury in an exhibition boxing match in Saudi Arabia this evening.
A close contest over eight rounds went to the judges’ scorecards and Fury won two of the three, with Paul taking the other verdict, giving the Briton a split decision victory.
The build-up to this bout was heated, with Paul leaking the news of the birth of Fury’s baby Bambi before the 23-year-old and his partner Molly-Mae Hague could make an announcement, while both fighters promised a knockout win. It all came to a head this week when Fury shoved Paul at a tense weigh-in, and the men settled their rivalry in Diriyah tonight.
Paul vowed to enact his rematch clause after the fight, and Fury said he was ready to do it all again too.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Tommy Fury insisted yesterday that he is not prepared to “play games”, claiming he shoved Jake Paul at the weigh-in to prove to the American that “this is my show.”
The pair came head-to-head in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after successfully weighing in for their highly-anticipated fight tonight.
The tension was broken when Paul appeared to grab at Fury’s chest, leading to the brother of Tyson Fury shoving the YouTube star-turned-boxer and forcing him off balance.
“You see fear in the man’s eyes,” Fury told iFL TV. “He didn’t know what to say or do, this is my show. He’s talked a lot, he’s got to back him up. He’s going to sleep early. [I pushed him] just so he can see that this is my show, he’s not getting away from here. It’s me. I saw fear in his eyes.”
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Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
“Are we doing video?” Jake Paul asks, half-aiming the question at me and half-directing it towards his representative on the Zoom call. “Err, yeah?” I reply. “I don’t usually upload the video from these sorts of chats, but...”
But it would seem strange to interview one of the biggest screen presences of the last decade and not have him appear, well, on screen.
When I start off by asking what the biggest misconception about Jake Paul is, he takes a moment to think, before laughing: “I think people... they don’t think I’m a real person. And I think they judge me from my past a lot, versus looking at who I am today. I think, as humans, we naturally do that, so I get it. But yeah, I think that’s it...
“And they compare me to my brother,” he quickly adds, referring to Logan, 27, who has followed a similar path to his younger sibling. “Whenever he does something wrong, I get in trouble for it. I would probably say that’s the biggest thing.”
Read our exclusive interview with Paul, in full below:
Jake Paul on Tommy Fury fight and how boxing ‘saved’ him
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Tonight’s main event has already evoked a vast range of opinions in boxing fans; some credit Paul and Fury with doing a better job at hyping and promoting a fight than many world champions, while others think this is a total joke.
Here’s what Steve Bunce has to say:
Why Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury is boxing’s best rivalry
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Follow live as Jake Paul and Tommy Fury go head to head in an exhibition boxing match in Saudi Arabia this evening.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul is 6-0 as a professional with four knockout wins, including stoppages of former mixed martial arts champions Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren. The American, 26, most recently boxed in October, beating UFC legend Anderson Silva on points. Meanwhile, 23-year-old Fury – half-brother of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury – is 8-0 (4 KOs) as a pro. The Briton, best known as a former contestant on reality TV show Love Island, last fought in April on the undercard of his brother’s bout with Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium.
Tonight marks the third attempt at staging Paul vs Fury. The fight fell through in December 2021 when Fury withdrew while citing injury and illness, and it collapsed again last August when travel issues prevented the Briton from reaching the US.
The build-up to this bout has been heated, with Paul leaking the news of the birth of Fury’s baby Bambi before the 23-year-old and his partner Molly-Mae Hague could make an announcement, while both fighters have promised a knockout win. It all came to a head this week when Fury shoved Paul at a tense weigh-in, and the men will look to settle their rivalry in Diriyah tonight.
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