TOMMY FURY revealed girlfriend Molly-Mae and baby Bambi are the reason he accepted his grudge fight with Jake Paul.
Fury and Paul are finally braced to settle their score in the ring on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
The pay-per-view bout will come just a month after the 2019 Love Islander welcomed his baby daughter Bambi into the world with Molly-Mae.
And in an interview with Rob Moore, before his baby’s birth, Fury admitted the mega-money fight with Paul was too good to turn down.
He said: “I was earning my stripes. But if you want to slap millions of pounds in front of my face to fight Jake Paul, why am I not going to do that?
“I’ve got a family to feed now any day – the reason I’ve taken the Jake Paul fight is it’s financially good.”
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Fury, 23, is finally set to get his hands on Paul, 26, after twice being forced to pull out against the American before.
He suffered a rib injury in December 2021 and then US visa issues last August, which has taken the two to the Middle East.
Both are set to pick up life-changing cheques for their duel in the desert, but Fury recognises there is more than just money on the line.
Fury added: “He can’t get underneath my skin because I know what he’s doing.
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“He’s a whizz on social media, he’s made a living off being an idiot, arrogant and calling people out. It is what it is, but he can’t get underneath my skin.
“All I see with Jake Paul is a business and if you want me to beat a man who can’t fight and throw millions of pounds in my face, not a problem, sign me up and that’s purely what this is.
“I’ve described it all the time as being on Route 66 and I need to stop off in my campervan, fill it up and get back on the road.
“I am on a straight and narrow road to world titles. But you want me to take a slight detour for an awful lot of fuel, pick that up and then jump back on the road?
“That’s exactly what I’m doing here at the end of the day. This is a business; you’ve got to use your head and every fighter in my position would take that fight if it got offered to them.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
