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Donagh Corby

Boxing fans contradict Jake Paul in calling for Tommy Fury fight to be rescheduled

Jake Paul fans appear to be clamouring for a rescheduling of his fight with Tommy Fury when he returns to the ring later this year.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer, who has stopped every one of his opponents to date in his 5-0 fighting career, was supposed to face 7-0 Fury back in December.

But when the Love Island star picked up a broken rib in training while battling a chest infection, the fight was cancelled and Paul instead rematched former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.

After the second fight with Woodley failed to catch steam on pay-per-view, despite a vicious knockout from Paul, the YouTuber decided to take a break from the ring to focus on his promotional company.

And it was Most Valuable Promotions who posed the question to Paul's fans as to who he should fight next, with the overwhelming response coming in favour of another Fury fight.

"Put’em up… Who is next for Jake Paul?" The promotion asked their 67,000 followers. "Tell us who Jake should fight next…"

Tommy Fury and Jake Paul could fight later this year (BT Sport Boxing/YouTube)

The Brit looks set to fight next on the undercard of his brother Tyson's world heavyweight title fight against Dillian Whyte on April 23 at Wembley Stadium.

But after that fight takes place, fans want him to be the man that Paul takes on in his first big test as a professional boxer.

As expected, some supporters wanted to see Paul finally settle his long-time rivalry with YouTuber and rapper KSI, whose real name is JJ Olatunji.

But the vast majority of comments on the post seemed to indicate that Fury is the No.1 opponent that Paul's fans want for his first fight since December, which is expected over the summer.

Fury has been angling for the rematch, but Paul appears to believe that interest has fizzled, and is less than keen on giving his rival another big money fight.

But the Brit believes that Paul is afraid of the fight, given his penchant for facing people with little to no boxing experience.

Would you like to see Jake Paul and Tommy Fury fight this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

"I really don't want to keep talking about this but I just can't stay silent after comments Jake Paul has made in a recent interview," said Fury, who has been boxing for a lot longer than his rival.

"I'm absolutely sick of Jake Paul saying that I was 'scared' to fight.

"I had a broken rib and a bacterial chest infection which left me completely medically unfit to box - as stated by multiple medical professionals.

"I'm now fit and healthy and have very clearly stated that I am ready to fight on a rescheduled date... but where is he?

"Me having to pull out the fight was the best thing that ever happened to him and he well knows my injury was legitimate.

"This man never wanted to fight me, if he did we'd have a rescheduled date for you all and the fight would be back on which is exactly what I want... The easiest fight of my career."

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