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    ‘Round two’ – Logan Paul vows to KNOCK OUT Tyson Fury after brother Jake’s fight with Tommy

    LOGAN PAUL has vowed to spark out Tyson Fury after his brother Jake dusts up Tommy.YouTuber turned boxer Jake will throw down with Love Island hunk Tommy in a lucrative Saudi showdown TONIGHT.
    Jake Paul will throw down with Tommy Fry in Saudi Arabia tonightCredit: AFP
    Brother Logan Paul will be in Saudi to cheer on his little brotherCredit: Instagram / @jakepaul
    Logan has set his sights on a showdown with Tyson FuryCredit: GETTY
    Former Disney star Jake plans to shock the world with a brutal knockout of Tommy in their Diriyah dust-up, something Logan wants to replicate against Tyson.
    In a pre-fight video on his YouTube channel, Jake said: “Tomorrow I prove that the Pauls are greater than the Furys.
    “The debate is over. Tune in, ladies and gentlemen.”
    Brother Logan, who has been competing in WWE, added: “Then Tyson, round two I’m knocking your a** out.”
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    Logan hasn’t set foot in the boxing ring since his draw with Floyd Mayweather in June 2021.
    WBC heavyweight champion Tyson has yet to respond to Logan’s surprise trash talk.
    But he hasn’t shied away from trolling Jake ahead of his grudge match with Tommy.
    He told BT Sport: “I can smell the fear, he’s s***ing himself.
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    “He knows it’s real now and he’s getting knocked out tomorrow and I can’t wait to see it!”
    After Saturday’s weigh-ins, a fired-up Tommy, 23, said: “Tomorrow night, his time is up.

    “Jake Paul will no longer be boxing.
    “I’m gonna put this guy away in four rounds.”

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    Paul, 26, said: “He’s acting on stage, getting all hyped up, trying to act like his brother.
    “This professional boxer is going down; it’s easy, it’s simple.
    “I’m ready, calm, cool, collected. This is what I do.
    “He’s shaking up on stage; you can see the nerves running through his system. I’m chill.” More

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    Inside the purpose-built 8,000-seat Diriyah Arena made in just TWO WEEKS for Jake Paul’s fight with Tommy Fury

    JAKE PAUL and Tommy Fury will settle their score inside the 8,000-seat purpose-built Diriyah Arena made in just TWO WEEKS. Over two years of bitter feuding will be buried in the Saudi Arabia desert in tonight’s main event.
    Inside the 8,000-seat purpose-built Diriyah AreaCredit: Jack Figg
    The Arena was built in just two weeksCredit: Jack Figg
    Jake Paul will fight Tommy Fury in the arenaCredit: Jack Figg
    Jake Paul and Tommy Fury settle their score in SaudiCredit: Jack Figg
    Fury twice pulled out of the grudge match in the past, due to rib injury in December 2021 and US visa issues last August.
    The Stateside travel woes still persists, which has taken the bitter pay-per-view bout to the Middle East.
    Their fight was announced with only a month to go, and the arena built in even less time.
    Most Valuable Promotions’ Paul Cambria revealed the site was a parking lot just days before fight week.
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    Cambria said: “The actual venue itself, considering that just a week ago or two weeks ago it was a parking lot, now they’re putting in enough seats for 5,000-8,000 people.”
    The pair of celebrity boxing rivals faced off for the final time at their weigh in and BOTH promised knockouts.
    Fury, 23, roared: “His time is up. Tomorrow night his time is up.
    “Jake Paul will no longer be boxing, I’m going to put this man away inside four rounds.
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    “You’re going to see why our last name is Fury, because we’re the best at fighting to ever live, that’s the reason why.”
    Paul, 26, said: “He’s acting up on stage. All you booing, you’re dumb as f*** too.
    “This professional boxer is going down, man. It’s easy, it’s simple. I’m ready, calm, cool and collected.
    “This is what I do, he’s never been in a moment like that. He’s shaking, you can see the nerves running through his system. He can’t stop moving.
    “I’m chill, I’m a real killer, I don’t have to do all that acting s***, I’m a real f*****g dog, this is how I do it.”
    Don’t miss the True Test on Sunday as Jake Paul takes on Tommy Fury, exclusively on talkSPORT for FREE. Download the app.
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    Tommy Fury’s incredible family dynasty revealed with NINE pro boxers as surname on the line in Jake Paul grudge match

    TOMMY FURY will look to defend his family’s honour in his eagerly-anticipated grudge match with Jake Paul.The Love Island hunk will finally get his hands on the YouTuber turned boxer TONIGHT in a Saudi showdown nearly two years in the making.
    Tommy Fury will look to defend his family’s name in a grudge match with Jake PaulCredit: AP
    Tommy was thrown into boxing by dad and current trainer JohnCredit: REX
    John, 58, was a former fighter himself
    Tommy is the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson FuryCredit: Instagram @gypsyking101
    Boxing is in the DNA of Tommy and his entire familyCredit: Instagram @tommytntfury
    Fury, 23, will look to settle his social media score with the Problem Child with a brutal knockout victory in the Diriyah dust-up.
    And doing so will see him avoid embarrassing his boxing family – which has had a whopping NINE members take part in the Sweet Science.
    The leader of the Fury tribe is the rough and ready John, the father of Tommy, recent debutant Roman and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson.
    Cousins Hughie, Nathan Gorman, Horsea Burton and Andy Lee make up the rest of the professional fighters in the Fury family.
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    The boxing bug also bit Tommy’s uncle Peter, who used to be the trainer of Tyson and currently coaches Hughie and former WBO middleweight champion Savannah Marshall.
    Boxing is well and truly in the blood of Tommy and his entire family, a fact which has put a tremendous amount of pressure on his shoulders ahead of his with Paul.
    Dad John and brother Tyson haven’t helped matters by vowing to disown and retire Tommy if he loses to the social media sensation.
    John recently told talkSPORT: “There is no more boxing for him if he loses.
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    “But, I am 100 per cent confident he will knock him out.
    “It’s a big ask for Jake Paul, because Tommy is much better than what he’s faced before, so fair do’s to him.
    “It’s a foregone conclusion that Tommy will win.
    “We are not leaving a stone unturned and are training as if this were against a world-class fighter. He’s working really well.
    “Tommy will be very famous on the 26th of February.”
    Tyson said: “If he can’t beat Jake Paul, I’ll have to change his name.
    The Fury family name is something Paul has repeatedly used in his pre-fight trash talk.
    Tommy’s cousin Hughie is also a professional boxer
    Tommy’s brother Roman also recently made his professional debutCredit: INSTAGRAM@ROMANFURY
    Tommy’s uncle Peter is also in the fight game as a coachCredit: SPORTSFILE
    Cousin Nathan Gorman is also a professional heavyweightCredit: INSTAGRAM@NATHANGORMAN96
    And he’s stunningly claimed Tommy only adopted it to boost his profile before he went on Love Island.
    He said: “His image is all based off of his family name.
    “And the funny thing is – a little BS exclusive as I haven’t talked about this before
    “He actually, before the show Love Island, he had his mum’s last name.
    “Because he is the half brother to Tyson, they have a different mum, and Tommy was going by his mum’s last name his whole entire life.
    “And before he went on the show he asked Tyson and John to change his last name to Fury.
    “And so he changed it before he went on the show.

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    “But the name is a lease, he is renting his name, he is not the actual Fury.
    “He only did it for the clout.
    “It is just a metaphor for exactly who he is.
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    “He’s a fraud and February 26 just days from now the f lease is up Tommy.
    “I am taking the name from you and you are going back to your mum’s maiden name and this is it for you.” More

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    ‘He reminds me of myself’ – OnlyFans boxer Ebanie Bridges reveals her prediction for Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury

    ONLYFANS model and IBF bantamweight champion, Ebanie Bridges, says herself and Jake Paul share similarities, and has backed the American to beat rival Tommy Fury.Paul, 26, is taking on Fury, 23, in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, with both set to rake in MILLIONS.
    Ebanie Bridges has given her fight prediction for Jake Paul vs Tommy FuryCredit: AFP
    Bridges has backed Paul to BEAT FuryCredit: AFP
    The Aussie says Jake Paul and herself share similaritiesCredit: Twitter @EbanieBridges
    Both Paul and Fury have their unbeaten professional records on the line.
    It has also been confirmed that the winner will earn a WBC cruiserweight ranking.
    Fury appears to be under more pressure than the Problem Child.
    He’s representing the Furys, a family with a rich history in boxing, with older brother Tyson currently holding the WBC heavyweight title.
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    Paul appears to have his fair share of big backers, with Drake tipping him to knock out his rival with hundreds of thousands on the line in a bet.
    And now IBF bantamweight champ, Bridges, has thrown her weight behind Paul.
    The Blonde Bomber, who stuns in and outside the ring, has tipped Paul to beat Fury.
    Bridges – an OnlyFans model – says Paul and herself share similarities.
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    Tweeting on Sunday morning, Bridges wrote: “Been watching all the fight build up this week, & @jakepaul is deeply manifesting this win.
    “His attitude & demeanour, reminds me of how I am toward my fights.
    “Confident & knowing you’ve done all the work & no matter how many doubters confident that winning is the only outcome.”
    The 36-year-old has already previously weighed in on the fight, questioning whether anyone has actually backed Fury to win.
    Speaking on Twitter earlier this week, she said: “Does anyone think Tommy Fury is going to beat Jake Paul?
    “I haven’t spoke to anyone backing Tommy yet… Lol.”
    Bridges won her first world title last yearCredit: @ebanie_bridges
    She has won nine of her 10 professional fights to dateCredit: Instagram @ebanie_bridges
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    Drake makes huge bet on result of Jake Paul v Tommy Fury and rapper stands to win whopping £1.2m

    RAPPER Drake has put a huge bet on the result of the much-anticipated fight between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury. The American takes on the Brit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tonight.
    Jake Paul is undefeated but is yet to face a professional fighterCredit: AP
    Drake has put a huge bet on the result of Paul-FuryCredit: Instagram / @jakepaul via Twitter
    It will be the first time Paul faces a professional boxer in his career and Fury is seen as the narrow favourite by the bookmakers.
    Drake is hoping to make a huge profit on the fight, putting down a whopping £350,000 on the result of the bout.
    The musician believes Paul will beat Fury by a knockout.
    If the bet comes in, Drake is set to take home an incredible £1.2million.
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    This is not the first time the Canadian has put down a lump sum on a sporting result.
    And unfortunately he is not often lucky and a notorious ‘Drake curse’ has begun.
    He previously bet a huge amount on Barcelona to beat Real Madrid with him even sponsoring the Catalan giants’ shirt in the game.
    Carlo Ancelotti’s side ended up winning 3-1 and it cost Drake £500,000.
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    Barcelona are not the only victims of the ‘Drake curse’, he lost £820,000 on the World Cup.
    Most worryingly for Paul, the bad luck charm spreads into the ring.
    Drake was snapped alongside UFC star Conor McGregor soon before he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
    Fury will hope to continue the run of results and is under pressure with his older brother Tyson vowing to leave him in Saudi Arabia if he loses.
    Meanwhile, his father John has threatened to retire his son if he gets beaten.
    Drake could profit £1.2million if Jake Paul can knockout Tommy FuryCredit: Instagram / @champagnepapi

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    Jake Paul’s brutal win over UFC star Tyron Woodley meant he beat Tyson Fury to Knockout of the Year in 2021

    JAKE PAUL already has one win over the Fury family ahead of his grudge match with Tommy Fury. It came back in 2021, as YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul battled against former UFC Champion Tyron Woodley.
    Jake Paul brutally KOd Tyron Woodley in 2021Credit: AP
    And beat Tyson Fury’s knockout of Deontay Wilder to the Knockout of the Year awardCredit: AP
    Paul is facing Tommy Fury later todayCredit: AFP

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    Paul struggled in his first match against the ex-welterweight champ, before facing him in a rematch four months later and landing a thumping punch which KOd Woodley.
    This saw Paul win ESPN’s “Knockout of the Year” award.
    And it turns out he beat Tommy’s brother Tyson in the process.
    The “Gypsy King” landed his own brutal knockout punch that year in his fight with Deontay Wilder.
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    Fury was looking to put his rival down once and for all in the final instalment of their thrilling trilogy.
    A 2018 draw between the pair was followed by a Fury TKO victory in 2020 before Fury put an end to the trilogy in 2021.
    Despite dropping Fury to the floor a number of times in the early rounds, the “Bronze Bomber” was unable to capitalise and soon found himself on the ropes.
    Fury then landed the final blow with a right hook which left Wilder sleeping on the canvas.
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    Fury and Paul were subsequently both nominated for the fan-voted knockout of the year award.
    The result saw Paul win by a significant margin as he picked up 56 per cent of the vote.
    Meanwhile, Fury only received 37.3 per cent of the votes.
    The remaining votes saw 5.3 per cent go to Oscar Valdez’s 10th-round KO of Miguel Berchelt in the WBC super-featherweight title fight.
    While the other 1.5 per cent went to Gabe Rosado’s stunning punch and weave move on the previously unbeaten Bektemir Melikuziev.
    Paul will be once again hoping to land a KO over the Fury family, this time in a more direct fashion when he faces “TNT” later today.
    However, backup fighter Mike Perry posted a document claiming to be a so-called “script” for the fight.
    The baseless document, which promoters confirmed to SunSport is “fake”, suggests Paul will win the fight by TKO.
    Paul and Fury came face to face for the final time before their showdown in their weigh-in yesterday, with “The Problem Child” Paul antagonising Fury into pushing him. More

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    Tyson Fury reveals he has placed HUGE £100,000 bet on brother Tommy’s Saudi Arabia grudge match with Jake Paul

    TYSON FURY has made a MASSIVE £100,000 bet on Jake Paul’s fight against his brother, Tommy.The boxing icon has based his wager on Tommy’s record on sparing practice.
    Tyson Fury has bet £100,000 on Paul vs FuryCredit: PA
    He has backed his brother Tommy to win the fightCredit: AP
    Fury has been so impressed with his brother in training that he is confident that he will beat the American.
    The Gypsy King insisted that the 23-year-old almost knocks out all of his partners that he faces in sparing ahead of the grudge match.
    Fury told iFL TV: “Tommy knocks out 90 per cent of people that he spars with or drops them at least, so he’s a very hard puncher and Jake Paul will find that out tomorrow.
    “I’ve got 100 racks on it for an inside-the-distance stoppage, so if he loses, then I’ll lose 100 bags as well. I’ve got him at 3-1.
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    “I know Tommy is going to knock him out.
    “What is a little bit stupid is I see all these experts and professional boxers picking Jake Paul over Tommy.
    “I’m like, ‘What the hell are these guys watching?’, because Tommy will absolutely deck him.
    “I think Tommy can get him out of there whenever really.
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    “It’ll definitely be inside the distance and it won’t be a points job for sure. Tommy wins by knockout.”
    The celebrity boxing rivals bid to settle their bitter score in the ring tonight.
    In yesterday’s weigh-in, there was a fiery exchange on stage when Tommy shoved Paul, as they two said their final words before judgment day.
    Tommy roared: “His time is up. Tomorrow night his time is up.
    “Jake Paul will no longer be boxing, I’m going to put this man away inside four rounds.
    “You’re going to see why our last name is Fury, because we’re the best at fighting to ever live, that’s the reason why.”

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    Boxing could see its first billion-viewer bout after Jake Paul and Tommy Fury clash

    BOXING could see its first billion-viewer bout after US YouTuber Jake Paul fights reality telly star Tommy Fury tonight.Experts say we are entering a new sporting age in which young social media fans will pay record sums to see their idols battle it out in the ring.
    Jake Paul and Tommy Fury pose after a weigh-in, a day before their match, in RiyadhCredit: AP
    Boxer Tommy Fury was on the 2019 season of Love IslandCredit: AFP
    Tommy and Jake are set to split a huge £8million fight purseCredit: Reuters
    Boxer and former Love Islander Tommy, and Jake, who has more than 20million YouTube subscribers, are set to split a huge £8million fight purse.
    Millions will tune in, despite both fighters being novices with only 14 bouts between them.
    The previous record came when Floyd Mayweather Junior took on Manny Pacquiao in the “Fight Of The Century” in 2015.
    Pay-per-view subscriptions generated £333million, with 4.4million watching the fight in the United States alone.

    But if Jake beats Tommy, he will go on to fight 29-year-old London-born YouTube star KSI, who has 41million subscribers over two channels, and 10billion video views.
    Boxing promoter Kalle Sauerland said on talkSPORT: “The whole nation would watch it.
    “The potential audience, without a doubt, you’re talking well over a billion views.
    “A billion is probably conservative. The numbers are insane.”
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    Father-of-one Tommy, 23, says he feels like he has “won the Lottery” as he takes on 26-year-old Jake in front of a 15,000-strong crowd filled with A-listers at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia.
    The bout is expected to break UK pay- per-view records, with BT Sport charging £19.95 to see it live.
    Jake will be guaranteed £2.7million, plus 65 per cent of the pay-per-view receipts, giving him a potential £7.2million payday, including sponsorship.
    Tommy is getting £1.7million and 35 per cent of the PPV takings, giving him an estimated total of £3.8million.
    There is an additional £830,000 prize for the winner.
    Tommy’s reality TV partner Molly-Mae Hague will see the fight at home, having given birth to their daughter Bambi last month.
    Despite having had only six fights, Jake, from Cleveland, Ohio, is so sure of victory that he offered to change the terms to winner takes all, and added: “Tommy doesn’t know what he’s getting into, and after Sunday he’s going to hate the sport.”
    On the 5 Live Boxing With Steve Bunce podcast, Tommy hit back: “The guy can’t fight and I’m going to expose that on Sunday night.
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    “It’s a massive fight and we’ll have A-list celebrities ringside. What more could I ask for? And thank God I’ve got Jake Paul and not a Russian with 30 knockouts. I’ve won the Lottery, haven’t I?
    “My life’s changed in the blink of an eye. One day I had nothing, clothes with holes in them, and I open my eyes again and I’m here. I’m taking it all in my stride.” More