YouTuber Jake “The Problem Child” Paul (4-0, 3 KOs) will face undefeated professional boxer and U.K. reality TV star Tommy “TNT” Fury (7-0, 4 KOs) in a sanctioned eight-round cruiserweight bout after months of heated back-and-forth between the two men. Paul and Fury will headline a Showtime PPV event on Saturday, December 18 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The bout will be contested at a 192-pound catchweight.
Tickets for the live event will be available for purchase on Wednesday, November 10, at www.amaliearena.com.
Jake Paul: “I’m looking forward to my toughest challenge yet and continuing to prove the critics wrong, Fight a real boxer they’ve said, and that is exactly what I’m doing. An undefeated boxer from the legendary Fury bloodline.”
Tommy Fury: “Jake Paul is about to learn a serious life lesson. This is my world, and he doesn’t belong here. I’m not one of these MMA men or basketball players, I have been boxing my whole life. On December 18th I will show the world the difference between a YouTuber and a real fighting man. Thanks to my promoter Frank Warren, Most Valuable Promotions and Showtime for giving me the opportunity to shut this clown up once and for all.”
Tommy is not his brother. With that said, I still think Tommy can win this fight.
Tommy Fury looks more like a Gypsy, whereas Tyson looks more like a huge Englishman! Are they really related?
They’re half-brothers. Tommy’s mom is of African descent.
Yep, Mauritania to be exact.
Tommy’s mother is of Mauritian descent. Mauritius is a totally multiethnic nation, so to say he’s African mistakenly conflates race with geography.
That’s a constant now. For instance “African-American” is supposed to mean black, but Africa is not a race it’s a continent, a continent composed of four major races and many sub-races.
@Dipstick I stand corrected. It is Mauritius, not Mauritania.
No, it is Mauritania. Look it up on a map.
Tyson Fury is an Irish Traveler. They call themselves Gypsies but they aren’t.
Combined record of Fury’s opponents: 14-175-5.
Paul fought only debuters. How do they even decide where to start with the betting odds here?
Paul fought other Youtube celebrities. Fury’s opponents had bad records, but most of those opponent types are legitimate professional boxers.
Jakes done , he can’t box. See ya snowflake
Neither can Fury
It’s t wait to watch this the next day on YouTube
Amalie Arena is about 30 minutes from my house. Hopefully they can put a decent card together and make this worth attending. Somehow, I don’t see that happening though. I’m thinking there will be fellow YouTubers here…
Yup, a freebie to watch on Youtube when it’s over. I refuse to pay a dime for such antics. However, it’s cheap entertainment for some crowds.
Hopefully they can get an actual boxer who I’ve heard of on the card, or maybe something like one of the Uzbek prospects against a veteran, similar to Bek Bully-Rosado or Abreu-Kulakhmet.
As far as Paul-Fury, that alone isn’t reason enough to go for me, but I’m curious what that will look like. Based on the little I’ve seen of Fury, it should be an action fight. Best fight I’ve seen in person was between a couple of novices (Jack Cohen-John Pawlowski), so who knows, maybe Fury vs. Paul could be entertaining. Nice area. Nice arena. Might be worth it even though Jake Paul is headlining.
Keep us updated if you go. Feedback on the experience would be worth hearing.
Whenever I’m part of a group getting a big pay-per-view boxing event, I’m always watching the undercard by myself while the casual fans wait to see Tyson or whoever. They finally figured out that there’s no money in going after boxing fans, and the Jake Paul type nonsense attracts non-fans.
I heard Alec Baldwin will be squaring off with the husband of Halyna Hutchins. I’m predicting Mr. Hutchins by brutal KO.
crap… but ………
Wonder what Paul has planned after boxing. If he loses, his boxing career is over and I don’t see him winning this. Reminds me of the days of Kimbo Slice.
He’ll probably sit back and live pretty with his many millions – something most real boxers don’t get to do……
This may actually turn out to be a good fight, not because these are great fighters, but because neither one wants to lose! This fight won’t hurt boxing; what does hurt the fight game are bad judges & nonsense like putting Ronda Rousey (who couldn’t box her way out of a wet paper bag) on the cover of Ring Magazine!
i think Paul gets KOd and goes back to youtube lala land
jake’s resume is not bad for 4-0. Plus hes now used to fighting in front of thousands of people as the main event and although hes fought MMA fighters, they were pro ‘fighters’. What average 4-0 pro fighter has fought better opposition. Look at canelos first 4 fights. Look at chavez srs first 4 fights or most boxers first 4 fights. Its about the same tragectory of opposition.
Everybody hates on Jake Paul, yet loves to comment on him, myself included. This is exactly why he’s doing it and makes the money he makes. Even though he’s completely delusional about his abilities and place in the sport, I believe Jake Paul loves and respects boxing. Love him or hate him, his accomplishments are amazing for only boxing for 2 years! Fury himself seems like kinda of a farce, riding on the Fury name, but if Paul can beat Fury, I would consider him to be a legitimate professional boxer. A champion?-Hell no! A contender?-Hell no! A future star? Probably not, but someone who has earned the right to be called a pro fighter and show and prove his position in the sport against other pro fighters.
@Kris Agreed. Paul has done well with this so far. Probably not many fighters around today sitting at 4-0 who have made the money that Paul has made, which means there’s obviously a demand for his fights. I hear people at work who I haven’t heard discuss boxing before talking about his fights. Any article about him on this site always gets plenty of comments. There are plenty of things killing this sport right now. Jake Paul’s not one of them.
Fury probably wins but Paul definitely has a chance. Fury carries hands too low and has poor defense. Paul could possibly keep him off with the jab and land a big counter right.
Its funny how Tommy’s name is only known because of Tyson. Your family does not translate to you being a good boxer. I mean Chavez JR seemed good early on when he was facing C class fighters. I hope Tommy is taking this seriously because no matter how much we dislike Jake he does train. I see Tommy winning this one without issue, but both fighters are still pretty much unknown.