Home

Boxing

‘That’s a Lot of Money for an Amateur Fight’: Jake Paul Sends the Internet Into Meltdown as He Reportedly Offered a Huge Sum to Box Tommy Fury

Published 12/04/2022, 7:14 AM EST

Follow Us

via Getty

After the win against Anderson Silva on October 29, Jake Paul is making arrangements to finally face his rival, Tommy Fury. Despite the fight being already cancelled twice, the score must be settled for both Fury and ‘The Problem Child’. In a recent update, Paul has offered Tommy Fury a sum of $2 Million for their developing fight.

While Paul defeated Anderson Silva recently, Fury, after missing his weight for the Paul Bamba fight, battled Rolly Lambert on the undercard of Mayweather vs. Deji. Despite his face-off with Andrew Tate, a controversial entity, Paul cleared the air by selecting Tommy Fury for his upcoming fight.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Watch This Story – When the Body Snatcher ruled the ring

The duo earlier announced that they were working behind the scene. Now that the figure Paul offered Fury became public, fans reacted heavily to it. Earlier, Jake had challenged Tyson Fury to bet $2 Million on his brother Tommy Fury. well, here’s how fans reacted to the news of Paul offering Fury a sum of $2 Million for their fight.

Twitter can’t believe that Jake Paul is offering  $2 Million to Tommy Fury

Some of the fans couldn’t believe that Paul would offer such a huge amount to Fury. One user labelled it as an “amateur fight” and expressed their disapproval of Paul handing $2 Million to Tommy.

Considering the amount of money, one user said Tommy now had to accept it.

Trending

Get instantly notified of the hottest Boxing stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.

Follow Us

However, one spoke about the existence of a “can’t knock Jake out” clause in the contract for the bout.

via Getty

Swarmz, who was recently knocked out by KSI, similarly said Fury would not pull out this time in 2023.

Meanwhile, one reminded that Fury wanted to fight Paul with no training.

Finally, one said Tommy would lose, but for $2 Million he would take the fight.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Meanwhile, after his recent victory over Derek Chisora in their trilogy, Tyson Fury offered his opinion on Paul vs. Fury.

Tyson Fury believes Paul vs. Fury is something casual boxing fans would like to see

On being requested for his opinions regarding Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, ‘The Gypsy King‘ said the following: “I think they should fight. It’s a fight that the general, everyday casual boxing fans would like to see. That’s the fight Tommy wants and Jake wants, so yeah. That should happen in 23.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

What are your thoughts on Tommy Fury likely to receive $2 Million from his fight with ‘The Problem Child’? Let us know in the comments below.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :

Written by:

Samrat Sardar

1,801Articles

One take at a time

Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Show More>

Edited by:

Ajinkya Aswale