JAKE PAUL will mentally pummel Tommy Fury into defeat before they collide in their Saudi showdown, according to Eddie Hearn.
The social media sensations will meet in a Diriyah dust-up nearly two years in the making at the end of the month.
Problem Child Paul has played plenty of mind games with the youngest Fury brother – including revealing the birth of his child.
Fury cut a frustrated and angry figure when the pair faced off in London last week, so much so that Hearn reckons Paul may strike a telling blow before they trade heavy leather.
During an appearance on The MMA Hour, the Matchroom Boxing chief said: “The way that Jake talks about, personally, about stuff like the Tommy Fury fight, you’ve got to be careful.
“Not necessarily with Tommy Fury, but there’s a fine line in that world between something going badly wrong.
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“But I think he’ll mess with Tommy mentally.
“And I just think by the time they get in the ring — if they do get in the ring — I think Tommy will be defeated.”
Fury – the 23-year-old brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson – is a perfect 8-0 in his professional career but has, so far, failed to impress boxing purists.
Hearn said of the Love Island star: “Tommy Fury’s unbelievably limited, but he is a fighter, he is a boxer.
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“All the criticism about Jake is ‘you’ve never fought a boxer’ — he’s about to.
“Not a very good one, but still a boxer.
“For Tommy Fury, it’s just a bit embarrassing if he was to lose.
“It’s embarrassing full-stop to lose to Jake, that’s the reality — for a boxer.
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“I mean, I’d be embarrassed to lose to Jake Paul, and I would.
‘”He’s still not very good.”
Paul has vowed to end Fury’s career with a viral knockout, something Hearn believes will come to fruition.
He said: “I think Jake Paul will win by knockout.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
