Cruiserweights Jake “The Problem Child” Paul and Tommy “TNT” Fury are supposed to be hosting a kickoff press conference on Wednesday in New York City. However, Fury was prevented from getting on the plane in London after being denied clearance by U.S. Homeland Security.
“I can stand here and say I have done nothing wrong and I have no clue why I’m not allowed to travel to the USA,” stated Tommy on social media. “I’ve been training for a fight this whole time and that’s all I’ve been doing. I have no clue why I’m not allowed to travel and neither does my team or my lawyers.”
Fury’s brother, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was also reportedly recently denied entry to the U.S. allegedly due to his association with suspected mob boss Daniel Kinahan, who was sanctioned by the U.S. government earlier this year. So it’s not unlikely that this situation is related.
Stay tuned…
That’s a problem for Tyson if he was thinking of having any more fights in the USA. Fighting AJ in England would be a massive gate, but if he wants to continue fighting beyond that, the lack of access to Las Vegas.
Maybe the Supreme Court will over rule it, too bad that might take 50 years.
He doesn’t have a uterus so the Supreme Court isn’t interested in telling him what he can and can’t do.
Unfortunately the words Tyson Fury and abortion are not in the Constitution which is what the justices rule on. Do some reading.
Abortions don’t kill babies, people do.
I’m sure they have a replacement in case this didn’t come off, the question is who is it? Is it Tyron Woodley again? Anderson Silva? Junior???
Or mickey mouse, or maybe bad bunny,even Johnny Depp
I’d rather see Silva or Junior against Jake. Tommy Fury is terrible, which of course is why they chose him to begin with.
I agree with you Packy. They’re both novices but Jake Paul has looked MUCH better than Fury has in my opinion.
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More likely the guy that Julius Francis just knocked out.
Why they don’t talk to don Vito? He might give them an offer they can’t refuse
Wrong country.
Not too knowledgeable about Daniel Kinahan but I’m sure he couldn’t have done anything worse than the United States government.
Killing innocent women and children in foreign countries, disguising it as “war”, pillaging and plundering everywhere they go!
Poisoning the so called food.
Polluting the water.
Chem trails in the sky.
Mass brainwashing through media by way of the television.
Turning an eye to the importation of drugs, guns and flooding poor urban neighborhoods with them.
I can go on and on!
Politicians are the devilish scum of the earth.
How hypocritical. Smh
100. There is no more tyrannical force on this planet than the U.S. federal government.
Perhaps Paul should travel to UK and fight. Just for the press conference him to keep the ball moving
Somebody didn’t get their payoff huh? Sounds like the movie Casablanca…We are shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out there is an organized crime connection to boxing!
Just a theory: What if they are dressed like angels ?
the drama builds
Don King will represent Fury as Ray Charles says he can see this is all BS. In a related story Mr. Charles will be one of the judges for GGG Canelo 3
I knew Fury would find a way to pull out again. If I were Jake Paul. I’d write him off.
Are you stupid? He was denied entry to the US. It’s your government that’s a joke, you nobody.
How ridiculous. Third World leaders are emptying out their prisons & sending the inmates to cross our open Southern border, yet this govt is worried about a boxer with no criminal record!
Well that’s not good. Hopefully they can resolve this asap and make the fight!
“As of 2019, [crime boss] Daniel Kinahan and his brother Christopher Jr. live in Dubai”
Well that explains why suddenly we are getting big boxing matches in the mid east.
This ‘justice’ department is the worst we have ever had in history. Idealogues should never have power, and this is proof positive why. I’m afraid the United States is officially a communist country.
Immigration and Customs is under Homeland Security, not DOJ. We don’t know precisely why they were denied entry.
America the bullying, warmongering utterly corrupt, gun toting double standards country that it is, now not allowing a boxer with no criminal record to enter it’s shores to earn a living. Genius.
They could fight on Dana White’s Fight Island!…Then they could leave them both stranded there, they could fall in love with each other, adopt native children, and raise a beautiful family!
Bullshit change the venue of the fight then.
Sounds like some sort of Customs Rico act being enforced here. As of right now, I’ll take this with a grain of salt. We’re living in some very strange times.
Due to our current political climate in the US where the Biden administration and the DOJ have politicized our government agencies to harass and falsely accuse anyone who supported Trump in any way, are most likely behind the Fury’s ban, as Tyson’s father, John, supported Trump, and Tyson himself spoke favorable of Trump on a recent Fox News Piers Morgan Show. It’s all petty childish spite politics from the US government.
Odd seeing this Jake Paul experiment go from the freak side show melded by melenials to something boxing fans start discussing as real boxing news. The fact these kids can have not near the talent or discipline our amateur boxers possess, and still draw their ” influencer” followers millions. And young men and women toil in gyms year in and year out. Sacrificing so much more for a chance at that elusive pit of boxing gold. Is really quite sad. I get their YouTube followers flick to watch these train wrecks. It is us as boxing fans that need to pump the brakes on paying this any mind. It has become spectical, a far cry from the sport we love.
I’ve yet to see Jake Paul or any of these exhibitions except for Mayweather vs McGregor (someone else paid and invited me). At least this match seems like it’s moving toward the real fight realm. Does it deserve big coverage? Not in my mind, but it’s worth noting that self promotion has always been a means to an end (especially since Ali). Jake Paul not only gets that, but apparently is making bags of money doing that. Our amateurs and up and comers need to work on the promotion aspect as well as there skills.
Btw, did Rolly Romero deserve to be on a PPV platform against Tank Davis? For that matter, did Tank deserve it? Who has he beat that was his size? Obviously, I knew Rolly was a joke and didn’t pay and until Tank fights a real threat I’ll catch the highlight knockouts without shelling my money.