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    ‘I will put him to sleep’ – Juggling Jake Paul vows to ‘EMBARRASS’ Tommy Fury and says ‘I’m the best boxer in the world’

    JAKE PAUL vowed to “put Tommy Fury to sleep” as he showed off his juggling skills in training. The celebrity boxing rivals are preparing for the latest rescheduling of their grudge match, on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
    Jake Paul juggling in training for his fight with Tommy Fury
    Tommy Fury ahead of his fight with Jake PaulCredit: Reuters
    I will knock him out. And then they will still say I’m not a real boxer.You have to believe in yourself. Don’t let anyone detract you from your goals. 3 years in and I am just getting started.22 days to The Truth. pic.twitter.com/5CSrsOHUSv— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) February 3, 2023

    Paul is preparing for the pay-per-view bout in Dubai, just 700 miles away from the scene of their Riyadh bout.
    And the YouTuber-turned boxer gave a glimpse into his hand eye coordination drills, juggling three tennis balls.
    Paul, 26, appears full of confidence as he vowed to KO Fury, 23, when they finally meet and claimed to be “the best boxer in the world”.
    He said: “I will knock him out. I will embarrass him. I will put him to sleep. I’m the best in the world.
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    “I’m the best boxer in the world, baby. I Jake Paul, will knock out, defeat and embarrass Tommy Fury, February 26th, live in Saudi Arabia.”
    Paul has beaten ex-UFC champions Ben Askren, 38, Tyron Woodley, 40, and Anderson Silva, 47, in the last two years.
    But he faces his first opponent with a recognised boxing record in Fury who twice pulled out of the grudge match before.
    The Brit withdrew after a rib injury in December 2021 and then amid US visa issues last August.
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    But the two look finally set to put bragging rights, reputations and unbeaten records on the line in the Middle East.
    Paul tweeted: “I will knock him out. And then they will still say I’m not a real boxer. You have to believe in yourself.
    ‘Don’t let anyone detract you from your goals. 3 years in and I am just getting started. 22 days to The Truth.”
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    Jake Paul compared to Floyd Mayweather by Mike Tyson’s ex-coach but says YouTuber will never be a ‘world-class fighter’

    JAKE PAUL has been compared to Floyd Mayweather – despite being told he will never be a “world-class fighter”. The YouTuber-turned pay-per-view boxer is 6-0 since making his debut just three years ago.
    Jake Paul has been compared to Floyd MayweatherCredit: Reuters
    Floyd Mayweather after his last pro fight in 2017Credit: AP:Associated Press
    And in 2022, he celebrated being named the sixth highest-paid athlete under 25.
    Paul’s ability to sell tickets and PPVs has seen Hall of Famer trainer Teddy Atlas liken him to an all-new “Money” Mayweather.
    Atlas said on his YouTube channel: “He’s almost been an understudy of the great Floyd Mayweather, really, and that’s a positive thing.
    “We’re not talking about as a fighter. We’re talking about in this business, as a businessman, as a matchmaker, as a manager, just as a smart calculated man.
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    “Jake Paul has been every bit of Floyd Mayweather.”
    Paul has beaten ex-UFC champions Ben Askren, 38, Tyron Woodley, 40, and Anderson Silva, 47, in the last two years.
    But he faces his first opponent with a recognised boxing record in Tommy Fury, 23, who twice pulled out of the grudge match before.
    Atlas, Mike Tyson’s first coach alongside Cus D’Amato, credited Paul, 26, for upping his class of opposition but claimed the American’s boxing potential is limited.
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    He said: “He’s still trying to get better. He’s never gonna be a world-class fighter.
    “We understand that, but he’s gonna be the best he can be, and he’s trying to be the best he can be.
    “He respected the sport enough to go about it the right way. Yeah, he’s careful picking [his opponents], but there’s still risk.
    “There’s still risk. He deserves respect. There’s still a risk when he gets into that freakin’ ring.
    “He’s getting in there with real people that throw real punches.”
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    ‘I don’t know who the f*** you are’ – Watch Jake Paul fume after being asked what he would do if Tommy Fury wins fight

    JAKE PAUL was left fuming after being asked what he would do if Tommy Fury was to beat him in their fight. The celebrity boxing rivals are finally due to settle their score on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
    HBO’s Bomani Jones clashing in an interview with Jake Paul
    Paul comes into the box office bout at 6-0, but faces his first opponent with a recognised boxing record in Fury.
    And the YouTuber-turned prizefighter did not take it well when probed on the prospect of losing the grudge match.
    HBO’s Bomani Jones asks: “After Tommy Fury, where do you go from there? Like, what happens if you lose one of these fights?”
    Paul responds: “I don’t plan on losing, I don’t train to lose. I feel like that’s probably like your mindset.
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    “A lot of people try to project their mindsets on me.”
    Jones hit back: “There ain’t no projecting of a mindset, my question is, this is work because we’re all surprised you keep on winning these fights.
    “But if someones does beat you, how much interest stays in this?”
    Paul, evidently annoyed, replied: “They won’t and I’m going to be honest bro, I don’t know who the f*** you are.
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    “My PR team set up this interview…”
    Cutting Paul off, Jones said: “Dude, all I know about you is that people don’t like you.”
    Paul, 26, is finally set to get his hands on Fury, 23, after a pair of cancelled fights in the past.
    Fury suffered a rib injury in December 2021 and then US visa issues last August, which has taken the two to the Middle East.
    The pair officially came face to face at Wembley Arena last weekend, staring each other down for the first time.
    And Paul posted online: “I saw the fear and insecurity in this boy’s eyes. The truth awaits. Sunday February 26th.”
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    Jake Paul ‘made a mistake’ by having Mike Perry as backup for Tommy Fury fight with ex-UFC star backed to KO YouTuber

    JAKE PAUL has been warned he has “made a mistake” by having Mike Perry as the backup replacement for his fight with Tommy Fury. Celebrity boxing rivals Paul and Fury announced the latest rescheduling of their grudge match, on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
    Jake Paul and Tommy Fury ahead of their fightCredit: Reuters
    Mike Perry with Karate Combat star Samuel EricssonCredit: Karate Combat
    But it is the THIRD time the pair will attempt settle their score in the ring following a pair of previous pullouts.
    Fury was forced to withdraw due to a rib injury in December 2021 and then amid a US visa issue last August.
    So Paul has come prepared this time by placing ex-UFC welterweight-turned bare-knuckle boxer Perry on standby.
    And Perry’s sparring partner – karate combat star Samuel Ericsson – says the YouTuber better hope Fury makes it this time.
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    Ericsson said: “I think Jake Paul has made a mistake putting Mike Perry on standby for if Tommy Fury drops out.
    “Because I am positive Mike will knock him out. He doesn’t care about anyone’s hype and he’s just too tough.
    “He’s also got a really intelligent fighting mind. Look at his BKFC fight with Michael Venom Page.
    “Everyone was predicting that Page would pick him apart and be too clever for him, plus Mike was the smaller guy in the fight.
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    “But in the fight Mike not only overwhelmed him with aggression but was also the one setting traps and tricks.
    “Look what Page has done to people and then look at how Mike outboxed him.
    “So I think Jake Paul is biting off more than he can chew here, but I do respect Jake’s willingness to step up and take challenges like this.”
    Swede Ericsson, who knocked out Tarek Khelifi in the karate combat pit in December, has been sparring with Perry recently.
    The American was considered as an alternative for Paul, 26, when talks with Fury, 23, dragged on.
    But Perry, 31, will instead be patiently waiting after it was confirmed he was the substitute opponent.
    Paul said: “We have Mike Perry on standby. Let’s go Mike Perry. He’s ready to jump in if Tommy pulls out.”
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    KSI urged to fight winner of Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury by pal Derek Chisora who hails ‘delicious’ Saudi grudge match

    DEREK CHISORA has called on his friend KSI to fight the winner between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury’s “delicious” grudge match. Paul and Fury are set to at last meet in the ring after again rescheduling their bout, set for February 26 in Riyadh.
    Jake Paul and Tommy Fury ahead of their fightCredit: PA
    KSI wants to fight the winner of Jake Paul vs Tommy FuryCredit: Rex
    Chisora is helping promote the pay-per-view fight in the Saudi desert and wants his training partner KSI to face the victor.
    He told BT Sport: “This will be a good fight, (Paul) and KSI. Be a good fight.
    “Because you know, Jake Paul is winning because he fought bigger guys, he basically – to put it into the right words of fighting talk – he f***ed them up properly!
    “Tommy, he’s got longer arms than any fighter in the world, the reach is unbelievable. But this kid is going to come and look for him, I’m excited.”
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    KSI, 29, has talked up an end of year blockbuster against Paul, 26, to finally settle their drawn out feud.
    But he warned the fight faces collapse if Fury, 23, returns home as the first man to beat his American rival.
    KSI said on Instagram: “If Tommy wins, I’m going to be fighting Tommy, simple as that.”
    Fury is finally set to get Paul in the ring having pulled out twice before amid injury and US visa issues.
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    And they pair came face to face for the first time last weekend at Wembley Arena, as tempers boiled over.
    Heavyweight Chisora, 38, had the task of getting in between the two and talked up the celebrity boxing clash.
    He said: “It’s a delicious fight. I call it delicious.
    “You know when you eat something and you go, ‘Wow, this is so delicious.’ This fight is going to be so delicious.”
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    Tyson Fury wants TAG-TEAM boxing match with brother Tommy against Jake and Logan Paul

    TYSON FURY wants a TAG-TEAM boxing match with his brother Tommy against Jake and Logan Paul. Tyson’s younger sibling Tommy faces Jake on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
    Tyson Fury pictured with younger brother TommyCredit: Social Media – Refer to source
    Jake Paul next to older brother LoganCredit: Instagram @jakepaul
    But the WBC heavyweight world champion has struck up a surprise friendship with the 6-0 YouTuber-turned boxer.
    Although Tyson’s loyalty stands with Tommy and is ready to take on the Paul brothers together.
    He told Joe: “Obviously, I’m backing my own brother against Jake and I’m sure his brother will do.
    “But I’ve got an idea, we could do this as a little tag-team match. When he gets tired, tag his brother in, I’ll tag my brother in. Boom!”
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    Tyson, 34, has called to fight ex-UFC star Francis Ngannou, 36, in an unprecedented boxing match in a cage with 4oz gloves on.
    But his idea of tag-team boxing has already been taken by KSI’s Misfits boxing promotion, who will debut the move on March 4.
    Tommy, 23, is finally set to get Jake, 26, in the ring having pulled out twice before amid injury and US visa issues.
    And the pair of celebrity boxing rivals faced off for the first time last weekend at Wembley Arena.
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    Tyson was ringside at linked up with Jake beforehand – even taking a picture with the American – risking the wrath of Tommy.
    He joked: “I’m going to post that now and Tommy’s going to go mad!”
    And Jake claimed the pair are best friend for life after posing with Tyson and his two sons.
    He said: “I already said, we’re BFFLs.”
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    Jake Paul teases fight bet with Tommy Fury after vowing to make rival change his surname to ‘Fumbles’

    JAKE PAUL has hinted he’ll up the stakes of his grudge match with Tommy Fury with a cheeky wager.The pair, 26 and 23 respectively, will collide in a grudge match nearly two years in the making in Saudi Arabia three weeks on Sunday.
    Jake Paul and Tomm Fury will collide in a grudge match later this month
    The pair will end their two-year feud in a Saudi showdownCredit: GETTY
    Paul wants to up the ante by making a cheeky wager with FuryCredit: PA
    Both men vowed to end one another’s careers in a heated face-off in London last weekend.
    And Paul wants to up the ante with a forfeit for the loser of the desert dust-up, telling Joe: “I’m gonna make a bet with him.
    “I haven’t come up with it yet, but I’m definitely going to make a form of a bet. Maybe a tattoo is a good one.
    “But we’ll see what ends up happening there.”
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    Paul could once again look to try and get Fury to change his surname to ‘Fumbles’ as he did in the contract for their first proposed meeting in December 2021.
    Fury’s contract for his first scheduled meeting with Paul – which fell through due to injury and illness – stated that he wouldn’t receive his full purse unless he honoured the agreement to change his surname to “Fumbles”.
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    Both men had to be separated by security and members of their respective teams following their face-to-face at Wembley last month.
    A fired-up and furious Tommy said: “Come 26th of February, this s***’s been going on too long, he’ll never box again.
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    “I’m not 50, I ain’t 40, I ain’t an MMA guy.
    “I’ve been doing this my whole life and I swear to God you’re finished come 26th of February.”
    He added: “I’ve beaten better people than you when I was 14 in the amateurs. I will school you. I’m not an MMA guy.
    “I was beating people better than you when I was 14, when you was messing about on Disney Channel.

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    “So don’t come round here pretending you’re about it when you’re not.”
    A confident and cocky Paul replied: “He’s going to get knocked out by a Disney star, plain and simple, that’s it.
    “You’ll see, you’ll see who the real professional boxer is.
    “All these critics, all these people saying, ‘Fight a real boxer.’ Here we go.
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    “Tommy has so much to lose, his family is going to disown him when I knock him the f*** out, plain and simple, that’s it.
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    Jake Paul vows to become a ‘dominant world champion’ and says his boxing potential is ‘scary’ ahead of Tommy Fury fight

    JAKE PAUL has vowed to become a “dominant world champion” and claimed his boxing potential is “scary”. The YouTuber-turned prizefighter is 6-0 since making his professional debut just three years ago.
    Jake Paul has vowed to become a ‘dominant world champion’Credit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    He faces his first opponent with a recognised boxing record in Tommy Fury on February 26 in Saudi Arabia
    But the American feels the step up in pedigree is just the beginning, as he voiced lofty ambitions of reaching the pinacle of the sport.
    He told Sky Sports: “I want to become a world champion.
    “I’m going to become a world champion and these fights are all just stepping stones to get there. I’m slowly improving.
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    “I’ve sparred against world champions and done phenomenal against them, so who knows what can happen in two to three years from now when I go into my athletic prime?
    “I’m starting to really, really get this sport and all aspects of it. It’s really actually scary what could possibly happen.
    “I think not only will I become a world champion, I think I will be a dominant world champion and knock someone out for the belt.”
    Fury, 23, is finally set to get Paul, 26, in the ring having pulled out twice before amid injury and US visa issues.
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    And the brother of heavyweight star Tyson, 34, scoffed at his celebrity boxing rival’s world championship goals.
    Fury said: “That’s like saying a pig’s going to fly. I’m going to teach Jake Paul a lesson on February 26.
    “I’m going to show that he can’t just pick up a pair of gloves whenever you want and say, ‘Oh I’m going to be a world champion’.
    “World champions are destined and world champions are born and he is definitely not a world champion.
    “He’s not a champion or anything of the sort in boxing and he’s going to find that out on February 26.”

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