The personal nature of the feud between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury seems to be reaching its peak just days before their pay-per-view fight.
Fury, the half brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, fired the first salvo of fight week when he boldly declared that Paul “will never box ever again” after he’s finished with him Sunday night in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
On Wednesday, Paul issued a scathing personal response in which he invoked Fury’s family – including girlfriend Molly-Mae and daughter Bambi – in a video captioned “Dear Tommy” on Instagram.
“Tommy, I hope you’ve enjoyed these last few moments of your career,” Paul said. “This is it. You’re gonna be retired from boxing after this. You’re gonna be disowned by your family. You’re gonna go back to your mother’s maiden name. There’s nothing else that can save you. It is just me and you, mano a mano. Your brother’s not in the ring anymore with you. Your dad’s not in the ring with you anymore. Molly’s not in the ring with you anymore. Bambi isn’t in the ring with you anymore, so all that little cute motivation about having a child and fighting for her, all that sh*t goes out the window when I’m coming to take your f*cking head off. Decapitate you.
“I’m a mean, angry person deep down. I’m gonna take out all of it on your f*cking face. There’s nothing you can do to f*cking beat me.”
Paul went on to say that beating Fury would be “for the higher benevolent good of the universe.” In closing, Paul said: “You have four rounds, and then you are f*cked. Tommy Fury, this is it for you.”
Sunday’s showdown has been a long time coming for the entertainers-turned-professional boxers, who will meet in a scheduled eight-round bout at a catchweight of 185 pounds. This after Fury withdrew from their originally scheduled bout last August at Madison Square Garden.
Paul, 26, is 6-0 with four knockouts in his career, although his biggest wins have come against MMA fighters in the form of former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley, as well as Ben Askren.
Fury, 23, is 8-0 with four knockouts in his career and represents the closest thing to an actual boxer that Paul has faced.
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