LOGAN PAUL said Tommy Fury “made the right decision” not to fight his brother Jake and avoid a potentially embarrassing knockout loss.
Fury has twice withdrawn from facing Jake, firstly after suffering a broken rib in training and most recently amid a US visa issue.
But the Paul brothers cast doubt over the fight cancellations while discussing it on the Impaulsive podcast.
Logan, 27, said: “I told you, and I told you so, before you took the fight with Tommy, I recognise flake behaviour.
“And the first time he pulled out from your guys’ fight, that to me smelt like flake behaviour, not like on some serious s***.
“And the second time when you said you wanted to fight him, I like it, I like the fight, but the man just doesn’t have it in him.
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“He doesn’t have that fire that his older brother has.”
Jake, 25, responded: “I think it hits him when the pressure starts to build and the fight’s actually confirmed, then he’s like, ‘Wow, I have to go up against this kid’.
“And he’s fought all easy people that are put in there to lose. So when there’s a real killer against you, I think that pressure sets in.”
Logan said: “Regardless of whether or not it’s an excuse, and the fact that it did happen and it’s extremely embarrassing and he is kind of tainting the Fury name, I think he made the right decision.
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“Because, he can pull out and everyone can tell him he’s scared and, ‘You’re a p****, you’re living in your brother’s shadow’. Whatever.
“But that’s not as bad as being cold-clocked, knocked out on the canvas by you. Think about that.
“That lasts forever, dude. This is just going to be a window of time, for like a year people are going to be like, ‘Tommy, you backed out’ or whatever.”
Jake added: “It’s bad for him, man. He’s a clown, but it is smart, if we would fight, he’d be knocked out.”
Fury’s first withdrawal came last December, leaving Paul to KO Tyron Woodley, 40, in a rematch having beaten him on points four months prior.
It added to wins over YouTuber “AnEsonGib”, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 38, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 38.
Fury, 23, was due to be Paul’s first opponent with a recognised boxing record until their latest grudge match axe.
Hasim Rahman Jr, 31, was drafted in as a replacement to fight on August 6 at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden.
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But a weight disagreement between the two forced the event to be scrapped on just one week notice.
As revealed by SunSport, Paul is now eyeing a boxing return in October.
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