When Tommy Fury finally makes the walk for his fight with Jake Paul, the clock in Diriyah will have ticked past midnight, making the date February 27.
It may seem insignificant, but that date marks two years exactly since his routine bout with Scott Williams on a behind-closed-doors covid-era Frank Warren show. It was to be the last time that he managed to stop an opponent when he got rid of the winless journeyman in his second fight after the pandemic.
Little did he or the viewing public know that it would be the catalyst for a feud with one of boxing's most notorious rising stars, and a huge payday.
