[Boxing] Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury - February 26 in Saudi Arabia

[AverageGlabella]

Tommy Fury went low claiming family issues and then saying he was busy training a few days later. How can you ignore the media and not turn up when you knew that you had to do these talks to the media? I thought this was a contractual obligation and they have to do certain things how did he get away with it? I wanted Tommy Fury to knock out Jake Paul and expose him but I think from avoiding Jake Paul leading up to the fight I think Jake Paul might be in his head and I think Jake Paul could be the winner because Tommy Fury is a boxer and he has done these things before. He has never avoided the media or confrontation with his opposite fighter until now. I am wondering if he has not been training seriously or has left himself go while he was on reality tv shows and now that he has gone into camp he is worried about his fitness levels.

Jake Paul is in peak condition and if Fury is not at his peak I think Jake Paul knocks him out. It was only a week or two ago I thought Jake would be the one getting knocked out but I am not liking the look of Tommy Avoiding Jake Paul it sends the wrong message imo.

[robelneo]

Tommy Fury went low claiming family issues and then saying he was busy training a few days later. How can you ignore the media and not turn up when you knew that you had to do these talks to the media? I thought this was a contractual obligation and they have to do certain things how did he get away with it? I wanted Tommy Fury to knock out Jake Paul and expose him but I think from avoiding Jake Paul leading up to the fight I think Jake Paul might be in his head and I think Jake Paul could be the winner because Tommy Fury is a boxer and he has done these things before. He has never avoided the media or confrontation with his opposite fighter until now. I am wondering if he has not been training seriously or has left himself go while he was on reality tv shows and now that he has gone into camp he is worried about his fitness levels.

Jake Paul is in peak condition and if Fury is not at his peak I think Jake Paul knocks him out. It was only a week or two ago I thought Jake would be the one getting knocked out but I am not liking the look of Tommy Avoiding Jake Paul it sends the wrong message imo.

Tommy Fury's actions and behavior are questionable we have never seen a fighter not attend Press conferences I think he is losing confidence Press conference face-off is very important and this is where the Press promoted the fight and gives insight into both fighters' condition.
There's no history of Fury not attending conferences but on a very important fight of his career, here he is avoiding the very important part before the fight, he'll have to attend the weigh-in its a must, and the boxing community will not accept another excuse for the fight not to continue.
Tommy is not like his brother, Tyson who loves and thrives on Press conferences and face off.

[joeperry]

I just check Tommy Fury's record as I am not really that familiar to him and previous opponents most of them are on a lose streak or new professional boxers with an exemption of Daniel Bocianski with 10 wins and 1 lose when they fight though he win that via points. Even Jake Paul's matches were exhibition matches, his opponents were not some usual mediocore most of them are MMA fighters with an actual combat experience though that was not their specialty and might have a training that last a couple of months I really think Jake Paul would dominate this fight with a knock out in the end.

[hilariousetc]

Tommy Fury went low claiming family issues and then saying he was busy training a few days later. How can you ignore the media and not turn up when you knew that you had to do these talks to the media? I thought this was a contractual obligation and they have to do certain things how did he get away with it? I wanted Tommy Fury to knock out Jake Paul and expose him but I think from avoiding Jake Paul leading up to the fight I think Jake Paul might be in his head and I think Jake Paul could be the winner because Tommy Fury is a boxer and he has done these things before. He has never avoided the media or confrontation with his opposite fighter until now. I am wondering if he has not been training seriously or has left himself go while he was on reality tv shows and now that he has gone into camp he is worried about his fitness levels.

Jake Paul is in peak condition and if Fury is not at his peak I think Jake Paul knocks him out. It was only a week or two ago I thought Jake would be the one getting knocked out but I am not liking the look of Tommy Avoiding Jake Paul it sends the wrong message imo.

Tommy Fury's actions and behavior are questionable we have never seen a fighter not attend Press conferences I think he is losing confidence Press conference face-off is very important and this is where the Press promoted the fight and gives insight into both fighters' condition.
There's no history of Fury not attending conferences but on a very important fight of his career, here he is avoiding the very important part before the fight, he'll have to attend the weigh-in its a must, and the boxing community will not accept another excuse for the fight not to continue.
Tommy is not like his brother, Tyson who loves and thrives on Press conferences and face off.

Are you new to boxing? There's been quite a few no shows to press conferences in the past few months alone. Fighters will try get out of them in any way they can if they know there's no advantage to them being there and they're not the ones getting paid on the back end. Dillon Danis and Dillian Whyte, have all skipped out on them recently. If you're not a confident trash talker and you're not getting any of the PPV money there's no real motive to showing up.

I just check Tommy Fury's record as I am not really that familiar to him and previous opponents most of them are on a lose streak or new professional boxers with an exemption of Daniel Bocianski with 10 wins and 1 lose when they fight though he win that via points. Even Jake Paul's matches were exhibition matches, his opponents were not some usual mediocore most of them are MMA fighters with an actual combat experience though that was not their specialty and might have a training that last a couple of months I really think Jake Paul would dominate this fight with a knock out in the end.

They're just journeymen to pad his record. It's pretty much standard practice these days and Jake has been selective with his opponents in the start too which is a wise decision, but I certainly think this is going to be Tommy's first real test with something actually on the line. One thing that has surprised me is Tommy's confidence. He seems 100% sure he's going to comfortably beat Jake even going as far to say himself that he will quit boxing if he loses. I'm not sure whether he will stick to his word or not but if he does lose he'll never live it down as a pro boxer so quitting might be his best bet and just pivot into being a model or social media star or something. Personally I still see this as 50/50 fight and I can't pick a winner. I'm not sure I can see Jake knocking Tommy out and I don't think Jake will outbox him either so I think it's more likely to go the distance. If it does I'd probably back Tommy on points and that's why Jake is going to need the KO. I guess if he can ko Woodley and knock down Silva he can do the same to Tommy but Tommy has youth on his side and hasn't been KOd yet, at least not publicly.

[coin-investor]

I just check Tommy Fury's record as I am not really that familiar to him and previous opponents most of them are on a lose streak or new professional boxers with an exemption of Daniel Bocianski with 10 wins and 1 lose when they fight though he win that via points. Even Jake Paul's matches were exhibition matches, his opponents were not some usual mediocore most of them are MMA fighters with an actual combat experience though that was not their specialty and might have a training that last a couple of months I really think Jake Paul would dominate this fight with a knock out in the end.

Between the two Jake Paul's opponents are more battle-tested than Tommy Fury's opponents they may be old and almost wash up, but do check out their names they are once considered elite and top fighters in the UFC, and check both Fury's and Jake's knockouts how they deliver it, Jake's delivers great knockouts and he faced opponents who can punch and receives punches compared to Tommy's.
The hate between the two is real so I'm 100% sure that it will end in knockout and probably Tommy will get knocked out here, but of I doubt if the Fury family will disown Tommy because they also know that Tommy is no match against Jake, and they did it to motivate Tommy, he needs all the motivation that he can get, it's only more than a week before the biggest fight of their respective careers.

[bittraffic]

I just check Tommy Fury's record as I am not really that familiar to him and previous opponents most of them are on a lose streak or new professional boxers with an exemption of Daniel Bocianski with 10 wins and 1 lose when they fight though he win that via points. Even Jake Paul's matches were exhibition matches, his opponents were not some usual mediocore most of them are MMA fighters with an actual combat experience though that was not their specialty and might have a training that last a couple of months I really think Jake Paul would dominate this fight with a knock out in the end.

Between the two Jake Paul's opponents are more battle-tested than Tommy Fury's opponents they may be old and almost wash up, but do check out their names they are once considered elite and top fighters in the UFC, and check both Fury's and Jake's knockouts how they deliver it, Jake's delivers great knockouts and he faced opponents who can punch and receives punches compared to Tommy's.
The hate between the two is real so I'm 100% sure that it will end in knockout and probably Tommy will get knocked out here, but of I doubt if the Fury family will disown Tommy because they also know that Tommy is no match against Jake, and they did it to motivate Tommy, he needs all the motivation that he can get, it's only more than a week before the biggest fight of their respective careers.

Jake is also the one who keeps pushing for this fight which kind of really speaks how confident he is with his boxing already. Jake is bigger and also influential to the boxing promoters. He fought several fighters who are stronger in thier prime which is sort of training for him.

Disowning a family member because he lost in a boxing match is adding insult to injury. Thats not cool. I don't think that would be the case. But it will encourage Tommy to win.

[Welsh]

They're just journeymen to pad his record. It's pretty much standard practice these days and Jake has been selective with his opponents in the start too which is a wise decision, but I certainly think this is going to be Tommy's first real test with something actually on the line. One thing that has surprised me is Tommy's confidence. He seems 100% sure he's going to comfortably beat Jake even going as far to say himself that he will quit boxing if he loses. I'm not sure whether he will stick to his word or not but if he does lose he'll never live it down as a pro boxer so quitting might be his best bet and just pivot into being a model or social media star or something. Personally I still see this as 50/50 fight and I can't pick a winner. I'm not sure I can see Jake knocking Tommy out and I don't think Jake will outbox him either so I think it's more likely to go the distance. If it does I'd probably back Tommy on points and that's why Jake is going to need the KO. I guess if he can ko Woodley and knock down Silva he can do the same to Tommy but Tommy has youth on his side and hasn't been KOd yet, at least not publicly.

Tyson Fury has been known to make a mockery of them, I remember the bat suit in particular. However, he's said multiple times he thinks they're a load of rubbish. Obviously, that's where he makes his money, but ultimately Tommy Fury is completely different to that of his brother. He doesn't have that wit about him, and while he might have charisma, it's in a different way compared to Tyson.

It's pretty 50/50 I'd say. I don't think there's going to be domination from either side, think it might be a close fight. Tommy Fury might get dragged through the mud because of his social media stardom, and the fact he's fought largely nobodies, but that doesn't mean he's not a good boxer. I've seen him perform poorly in boxing, but I've never not thought he wasn't talented.

[robelneo]

This one just comes out

Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, has confirmed that Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul will receive a world ranking if he defeats unbeaten Tommy Fury.

https://www.boxingscene.com/jake-paul-receive-wbc-world-ranking-if-he-defeats-tommy-fury--172503

Jake Paul will be motivated to have impressive wins now that WBC, probably the most prestigious boxing body guaranteed a ranking, and it will come at the expense of Tommy Fury.
This will be a huge step for Jake Paul a ranking in WBC will put him on the radar of ranking boxers people will take him seriously now and possibly more money coming in for Jake.

[hilariousetc]

They're just journeymen to pad his record. It's pretty much standard practice these days and Jake has been selective with his opponents in the start too which is a wise decision, but I certainly think this is going to be Tommy's first real test with something actually on the line. One thing that has surprised me is Tommy's confidence. He seems 100% sure he's going to comfortably beat Jake even going as far to say himself that he will quit boxing if he loses. I'm not sure whether he will stick to his word or not but if he does lose he'll never live it down as a pro boxer so quitting might be his best bet and just pivot into being a model or social media star or something. Personally I still see this as 50/50 fight and I can't pick a winner. I'm not sure I can see Jake knocking Tommy out and I don't think Jake will outbox him either so I think it's more likely to go the distance. If it does I'd probably back Tommy on points and that's why Jake is going to need the KO. I guess if he can ko Woodley and knock down Silva he can do the same to Tommy but Tommy has youth on his side and hasn't been KOd yet, at least not publicly.

Tyson Fury has been known to make a mockery of them, I remember the bat suit in particular. However, he's said multiple times he thinks they're a load of rubbish. Obviously, that's where he makes his money, but ultimately Tommy Fury is completely different to that of his brother. He doesn't have that wit about him, and while he might have charisma, it's in a different way compared to Tyson.

The press conferences? I wouldn't say the batsuit was a mockery. In fact, it's those sort of stunts you should be doing as press conferences are there to try sell the fight. You don't have to do something outrageous but you need to grab some headlines or at the very least try use it to get in the other fighters head. Like you say, Tommy doesn't have the gift of the gab like Tyson or Jake so they're not going to be good for him. There's very few people who can dominate them like McGregor and it's clear Jake is trying to emulate him in that regard.

It's pretty 50/50 I'd say. I don't think there's going to be domination from either side, think it might be a close fight. Tommy Fury might get dragged through the mud because of his social media stardom, and the fact he's fought largely nobodies, but that doesn't mean he's not a good boxer. I've seen him perform poorly in boxing, but I've never not thought he wasn't talented.

From what I've seen I haven't seen him display anything special but he's not as bad as people make out. The trouble is it's hard to gauge because he's only fought journeymen  who haven't really challenged him so this is the fight we're going to see what he's made of. The pressure is certainly on Tommy though.  A win for either of them is huge but a loss for Jake won't end his career.

This one just comes out

Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, has confirmed that Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul will receive a world ranking if he defeats unbeaten Tommy Fury.

https://www.boxingscene.com/jake-paul-receive-wbc-world-ranking-if-he-defeats-tommy-fury--172503

Jake Paul will be motivated to have impressive wins now that WBC, probably the most prestigious boxing body guaranteed a ranking, and it will come at the expense of Tommy Fury.
This will be a huge step for Jake Paul a ranking in WBC will put him on the radar of ranking boxers people will take him seriously now and possibly more money coming in for Jake.

Not sure how I feel about this but it's an obvious publicity stunt from the boxing board. Jake could get there eventually but fighting some MMA fighters and Tommy Fury shouldn't get him there now.

[TopTort777]

This one just comes out

Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, has confirmed that Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul will receive a world ranking if he defeats unbeaten Tommy Fury.

https://www.boxingscene.com/jake-paul-receive-wbc-world-ranking-if-he-defeats-tommy-fury--172503

Jake Paul will be motivated to have impressive wins now that WBC, probably the most prestigious boxing body guaranteed a ranking, and it will come at the expense of Tommy Fury.
This will be a huge step for Jake Paul a ranking in WBC will put him on the radar of ranking boxers people will take him seriously now and possibly more money coming in for Jake.

Indeed a huge step and chance for Jake, but he is not going to make it. He does not have a dream, what every boxer has - to become a champion. Boxing for him is a bit more than passion, it is more like a work. I think that with first opportunity, he would follow his brothers path - creates a brand and starts its promotion. YouTube and boxing would be his first audience-clients.

Frankly, I did not understand how and why he would get a ranking. To get a rank you need to beat someone who rank. Does Tommy has a worlds rank? According to boxrec, they both already have ranks.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854141 - Tommy
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/912383 - Jake

[hilariousetc]

Indeed a huge step and chance for Jake, but he is not going to make it. He does not have a dream, what every boxer has - to become a champion. Boxing for him is a bit more than passion, it is more like a work. I think that with first opportunity, he would follow his brothers path - creates a brand and starts its promotion. YouTube and boxing would be his first audience-clients.

He's already said it's his dream to win a title. A bit of a lofty one but I guess you have to set your sights high. If he keeps performing as he has and getting better with every fight who knows where he can go though. If Jake has goals of becoming one of the biggest combat sports athletes on the planet ie someone like McGregor you don't really need to do anything else, though I'm sure he will continue to cross promote things and get involved in overlapping ventures as well.

Frankly, I did not understand how and why he would get a ranking. To get a rank you need to beat someone who rank. Does Tommy has a worlds rank? According to boxrec, they both already have ranks.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854141 - Tommy
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/912383 - Jake

Where does it say they're ranked?

[TopTort777]

Frankly, I did not understand how and why he would get a ranking. To get a rank you need to beat someone who rank. Does Tommy has a worlds rank? According to boxrec, they both already have ranks.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854141 - Tommy
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/912383 - Jake

Where does it say they're ranked?

It is said that Jake is on worlds place #379 / 1,162 place and  on #52 / 188 in USA. Tommy is #363 and #45 in UK. Dont know what kind of rating it is, but somehow they are rated.

Did not know that Jakes aims to become a champion. Like he really said he dreams to get one of WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC and Rings belts ? The guys there are doing professional boxing for 10+ years and had years of amateur career. Jake is "a little bit" late to become a champion imho.

[lionheart78]

I just check Tommy Fury's record as I am not really that familiar to him and previous opponents most of them are on a lose streak or new professional boxers with an exemption of Daniel Bocianski with 10 wins and 1 lose when they fight though he win that via points. Even Jake Paul's matches were exhibition matches, his opponents were not some usual mediocore most of them are MMA fighters with an actual combat experience though that was not their specialty and might have a training that last a couple of months I really think Jake Paul would dominate this fight with a knock out in the end.

But the thing is MMA fighter is different than a boxer.  They have different disciplines and practices.  A new professional boxer or boxer that have lots of losses are still a boxers unlike MMA.  With Tommy Fury's fight, he is matched with a legit boxer while in Jake Paul's resume, those aren't boxers, Paul is fighting aged fighter that is not a boxer in a boxing rule.  I think, Paul's opponent records are way worst than Tommy Fury.

But of course at the end, we have to witness which one of them is a better boxer, I have no idea who has the advantage since both of these guys fought non-quality boxing opponent, except for the last fight of Tommy Fury but I am still in doubt of the result on that fight though.

Did not know that Jakes aims to become a champion. Like he really said he dreams to get one of WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC and Rings belts ? The guys there are doing professional boxing for 10+ years and had years of amateur career. Jake is "a little bit" late to become a champion imho.

But the way he is going with his career, it looks like he will just keep on dreaming.  Well, with his earned money from exhibition fights probably he can buy one. 

[coin-investor]

Frankly, I did not understand how and why he would get a ranking. To get a rank you need to beat someone who rank. Does Tommy has a worlds rank? According to boxrec, they both already have ranks.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854141 - Tommy
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/912383 - Jake

Where does it say they're ranked?

It is said that Jake is on worlds place #379 / 1,162 place and  on #52 / 188 in USA. Tommy is #363 and #45 in UK. Dont know what kind of rating it is, but somehow they are rated.

Did not know that Jakes aims to become a champion. Like he really said he dreams to get one of WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC and Rings belts ? The guys there are doing professional boxing for 10+ years and had years of amateur career. Jake is "a little bit" late to become a champion imho.

When you wear a globe and go inside the right and fight, one of your motivations is to become a champion, all boxers dreamed of becoming a champion and a World title is their ultimate goal, there are fighters who are called journeymen but they too dream and have it in their mind to fight for the title.
And I don't think he is too late to become a champion George Foreman won his second title at 46 years and 169 days old, with the right team, training, and motivation Jake Paul could become a champion and he will have the last laugh.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

If Jake Paul wins it seems he will soon receive a world ranking and he will become eligible for a Boxing World Title fight. This has to be a big motivation & driver after his recent break up with Julia Rose.

https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/12811838/jake-paul-to-receive-world-ranking-if-he-beats-tommy-fury-he-deserves-the-opportunities

[robelneo]

Indeed a huge step and chance for Jake, but he is not going to make it. He does not have a dream, what every boxer has - to become a champion. Boxing for him is a bit more than passion, it is more like a work. I think that with first opportunity, he would follow his brothers path - creates a brand and starts its promotion. YouTube and boxing would be his first audience-clients.

He's already said it's his dream to win a title. A bit of a lofty one but I guess you have to set your sights high. If he keeps performing as he has and getting better with every fight who knows where he can go though. If Jake has goals of becoming one of the biggest combat sports athletes on the planet ie someone like McGregor you don't really need to do anything else, though I'm sure he will continue to cross promote things and get involved in overlapping ventures as well.

I'm one of those who believes that he is doing great and better in every fight, his last fight although on an aging Silva still, he shows a dangerous form, he knows the fundamentals and basics but getting hit by a bigger puncher is one of the things that we all want to see, he got hurt on some of his fights and he managed to stay on, now Tommy can be considered a hard puncher but not skilled than Jake Paul.
I hope to see Tommy landing big punches to see if Jake can take big punchers from real boxers with good knockout records, win or lose I'll closely watch how he reacts to big punches, I believe win or lose he'll continue to fight, both of them.

[TopTort777]

I'm one of those who believes that he is doing great and better in every fight, his last fight although on an aging Silva still, he shows a dangerous form, he knows the fundamentals and basics but getting hit by a bigger puncher is one of the things that we all want to see, he got hurt on some of his fights and he managed to stay on, now Tommy can be considered a hard puncher but not skilled than Jake Paul.
I hope to see Tommy landing big punches to see if Jake can take big punchers from real boxers with good knockout records, win or lose I'll closely watch how he reacts to big punches, I believe win or lose he'll continue to fight, both of them.

Indeed Jake Paul gained boxing skills. Looked like a decent fighter now that can best most of amateurs. Just think about it, he had his first boxing fight in 2018. 5 years has passed already. In 5 years, if you train more or less regularly, and just go to gym to punch bag, you could perform really well. He has created a role of a joker, careless kid. People follow that and forgot that he is training for 5 years already. Of course there are people who can train for ages and still wont be able to throw a simple combo, die after minutes of working on a bag, and be afraid to spar.

Right now I dont cheer for Tommy or Jake to be KOed. I would prefer fight to go almost full distance, to let them test themselves fully, and in late rounds those who is less prepared gets knocked down. I think that would be fair.

[hilariousetc]

I'm one of those who believes that he is doing great and better in every fight, his last fight although on an aging Silva still, he shows a dangerous form, he knows the fundamentals and basics but getting hit by a bigger puncher is one of the things that we all want to see, he got hurt on some of his fights and he managed to stay on, now Tommy can be considered a hard puncher but not skilled than Jake Paul.
I hope to see Tommy landing big punches to see if Jake can take big punchers from real boxers with good knockout records, win or lose I'll closely watch how he reacts to big punches, I believe win or lose he'll continue to fight, both of them.

Jake seems to be a more dangerous puncher than Fury so Tommy just needs to have a solid defence, which he should have or a much better one given how long he's been boxing compared to Jake. I think this is the realest test for both of them on so many levels. If Jake gets a KO then that will shut a lot of doubters up, and if he beats Jake then that's another step on to bigger things for Tommy. There's so much more for Tommy to lose though so all this extra pressure adds up. I wonder if there's gonna be any press conferences soon when Tommy flies over. That will be another opportunity for Jake to apply some pressure and get in his head.

Frankly, I did not understand how and why he would get a ranking. To get a rank you need to beat someone who rank. Does Tommy has a worlds rank? According to boxrec, they both already have ranks.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854141 - Tommy
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/912383 - Jake

Where does it say they're ranked?

It is said that Jake is on worlds place #379 / 1,162 place and  on #52 / 188 in USA. Tommy is #363 and #45 in UK. Dont know what kind of rating it is, but somehow they are rated.

Did not know that Jakes aims to become a champion. Like he really said he dreams to get one of WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC and Rings belts ? The guys there are doing professional boxing for 10+ years and had years of amateur career. Jake is "a little bit" late to become a champion imho.

Where? Are you sure that's not just some userbase rank of that particular website?

[TopTort777]

Where? Are you sure that's not just some userbase rank of that particular website?

Then it turns out I have confused userbase rank with official ranking... Where can I find official boxing ranking then? Because their #300+ ranking position seems legit

[hilariousetc]

Where? Are you sure that's not just some userbase rank of that particular website?

Then it turns out I have confused userbase rank with official ranking... Where can I find official boxing ranking then? Because their #300+ ranking position seems legit

I'm sure there's some site that collects them all or groups them into overall categories but there's lots of different governing bodies so it's best to check their individual pages. WBC is the board that have offered the ranking for this fight: https://box.live/world-rankings/wbc/

When they say he will be ranked I'm not sure exactly what that means or what the criteria is for getting on the ranked list. Maybe he will go into the top 100 or 50 or something. Hopefully they don't mean the top 15 which is usually the best of the best and those are the ones that can challenge for titles. Jake is a Cruiserweight I think and the lowest amount of fights I can see in the top 15 fights total. Someone just dropped out of the top 15 with only 11 fights so Jake has a long way to go but he could probably get there eventually.