Pucker up Timmy, it’s time to kiss ur last
name and ur family’s boxing legacy goodbye. DEC 18th Im changing
this wankers name to Tommy Fumbles and celebrating with Tom Brady.
Tickets on sale November 10th!#PaulFury
One Will Fall. @MostVpromotions
@showtimeboxing
@amaliearena
pic.twitter.com/IFStMpJul5— Jake Paul (@jakepaul)
October 29, 2021
Jake
Paul has his next challenge, in the form of the younger
half-brother of the heavyweight champion, Tommy Fury.
Showtime announced on Friday that Paul (4-0, 3 KOs) and Fury (7-0,
4 KOs) will cross swords on Dec. 18. Officially a 192-pound
catchweight contest, Paul and Fury will battle for eight rounds in
the main event of this pay-per-view card on Showtime. The two
challenged one another after competing on the same card in August,
when Fury won a decision over Anthony Taylor on the undercard to
Paul vs. Tyron
Woodley. The fight will go down in the Amalie Arena in Tampa,
Fla.
“I started my professional boxing career less than two years ago on
January 30th, 2020,” said Paul in a statement. “Four fights, three
pay-per-views, two as the headliner, and one sold-out arena, I’m
looking forward to my toughest challenge yet and continuing to
prove the critics wrong. Fight a real boxer they’ve said, and that
is exactly what I’m doing. An undefeated boxer from the legendary
Fury bloodline. However, this one is more than just boxing for me.
It’s for America and showing the world there is no other country
that gives you the opportunity to achieve whatever you set your
mind to. It’s for every young person who has a dream and dedicates
their life to achieving it. On December 18th I’m continuing to
fulfill my dreams and turning a Fury into a Fumbles.”
Paul, who gained fame from YouTube doing pranks and rapping, while
first stepping over to the boxing sphere in 2020. His first
appearance saw him knock out fellow YouTuber Ali Loui Al-Fakhri,
also known as AnEsonGib, that January. Coming back that November,
his second outing led to a crushing knockout of former basketball
player Nate Robinson. At 2-0 as a pro, he challenged retired MMA
fighter Ben Askren to
a boxing match, and he knocked out Askren in the first round in
April. Keeping to his path of aging MMA fighters, he faced Woodley
in August, and he captured a split decision over the ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight
king. Each of his four wins came against men making their pro
boxing debuts.
Fury is relatively more experienced as a pro boxer, with seven wins
since participating in the sweet science in 2018. Although the
22-year-old Brit nicknamed “TNT” celebrates more wins, his level of
competition can be questioned. Amassing a 7-0 record to date, his
foes have combined for a record of 14-175-3. Three of those
victories came against men that were 0-26-2, 0-11 and 0-9 at the
time he fought them. Fury knocked out all three within two rounds.
This will be Fury’s first eight-round bout, while Paul has had his
last two booked for eight rounds.
It was discussed that a rematch with Woodley would be Paul’s next
fight, on the condition that Woodley get Paul’s name tattooed on
him. Woodley did
allegedly get the tattoo on his middle finger, but that was not
enough for Paul to take the rematch.