Tag: Paul vs. Fury

[autotag]Tommy Fury[/autotag] won’t be satisfied to simply knock out [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] in their pay-per-view fight Sunday night in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. He wants to end his rival’s athletic career.

The entertainers-turned-professional boxers will meet in a scheduled eight-round bout at a catch weight of 185 pounds.

“When I’m done, this guy will never box ever again,” Fury said.

Fury, the half brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, evidently is bursting with confidence in part because of recent sparring sessions.

Sky Sports reported that John Fury, Tommy’s father and trainer, said his son has sent more than one sparring partner to the hospital, broke the jaw of one and has knocked out heavyweights in the gym.

“I’ve never been a man to speak about sparring sessions, but I can quietly confirm that sparring has been brutal,” the younger Fury told the British outlet. “I’m dealing with people in the gym on a regular basis that would knock Jake Paul into next week.”

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Fury (8-0, 4 KOs) is the closest thing to an actual boxer Paul (6-0, 4 KOs) will have faced in his professional career, although his opponents have been journeymen.

The 23-year-old Englishman’s mission is to expose his American counterpart as an imposter.

Fury told Sky Sports that he will “stop him from thinking that he can transfer over to the professional boxing.”

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Legendary boxing coach and analyst Teddy Atlas thinks [autotag]Jake Paul[/autotag] will beat [autotag]Tommy Fury[/autotag].

Paul (6-0) meets Fury (8-0) in a 185-pound, eight-round boxing match Feb. 26. The event takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and airs on ESPN+ pay-per-view.

Fury, an undefeated boxer and half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, marks Paul’s first opponent who actually has boxing experience, but Atlas questions the former reality star’s killer instinct.

“Fury, he’s a guy who’s obviously been fighting longer. He comes from the Fury family. He’s obviously had more experience. He’s been around boxing most of his life,” Atlas said on his podcast “THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas.” “He knows how to look like a fighter. I don’t know if he knows how to fight like a fighter.”

He continued, “Jake Paul is learning how to behave like a fighter. I don’t know that Tommy Fury completely knows that yet. I’m gonna put it in context. Tommy Fury is 8-0, and he’s got four knockouts. The combined records of all of his eight opponents is 24 wins, 176 losses, and five draws.”

Atlas agreed with Paul’s snipe at Fury’s past opposition and even went a little further.

“He (Paul) says to Tommy Fury, ‘You’ve fought nothing but taxi drivers,'” Atlas continued. “I would add something to that: They’re very bad taxi drivers. They don’t even have a license.”

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Fury wasn’t able to finish his past three opponents, which Atlas critiqued considering their records. Paul, on the other hand, has finished four of his six opponents – and was able to knock down Anderson Silva late in a decision win.

While Paul’s opposition isn’t exactly credentialed in the boxing world, Atlas thinks Paul was very tactical when targeting Fury as his next opponent.

“He’s not a puncher,” Atlas said of Fury. “He’s not physical. He’s not physically strong. He’s not a banger at all. … Jake Paul is physically strong. Fury’s not physically strong. I think that’s why he picked him. He’s not stupid. I think he thinks he can use his physicality, and I think he thinks he’s mentally tougher. And he might be right. Right now, with the little bit I have to work on, I would say maybe he is, that he’s more determined, he’s a little tougher mentally. So I’m gonna go with what I’ve seen, what I know so far.

“So, I don’t care what people think. I’m gonna pick Jake Paul.”

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