Jake Paul has said he is going to ‘shut you all the f— up’ when he takes in Tommy Fury this August.
Earlier in the week the YouTuber, fighter and promoted goaded Fury in what appeared to be a fairly transparent stunt for attention, before the pair agreed an August 6 date and a press conference next week.
The duo had been expected to fight back in December but the Briton pulled out with a broken rib and a bacterial chest infection, leading Paul to rematch, and duly knockout, former UFC champion Tyron Woodley.
After promoting the Katie Taylor v.s Amanda Serrano extravaganza in April, he is now ready to step back in the ring.
Both fighters will be putting their nascent unbeaten records on the line in a catchweight 192lbs even.
“I’m the people’s champ. I’m giving the people what they want,” Paul explained, reported BoxingScene.com. “What they wanted was, ‘Fight a real boxer.’ That’s what they kept telling me. I fought a five-time UFC champion in my fourth fight, but ‘fight a real boxer.’
“So here is a young kid, same age, same height, same reach and with a better record than me. He’s been boxing his entire life, his brother is the heavyweight champion of the world. He has the name, he has the following. He has star power. It’s the perfect fight.”
He continued: “When I win by knockout over Tommy Fury, people will have nothing left to say.
“All the people, all the media who have doubted me and had things to say about me years ago, ‘Oh Jake Paul is bad for boxing,’ I’m going to shut you all the f— up. You will put respect on my name. You wanted a real boxer? No f—- problem.”