Jake Paul wants to make Tommy Fury the first fighter on his list of knockouts to be stopped by his left hand, naming a left hook as the particular punch he is looking for.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer has knocked out all but one of his rival's throughout his young boxing career, with Anderson Silva the sole survivor after being knocked down in the eighth round of their October meeting. And he believes that he will show off his vicious power against Love Island star and 8-0 boxer Fury next month when the pair finally square off in Saudi Arabia.
After two years of build-up and multiple fight cancellations, Fury and Paul have finally inked a deal to step in the ring together on February 26. And both men, despite being young in their careers at 23 and 26 respectively, want to end the fighting career of their opponent in the heated grudge fight.
"Me and Tommy will be around three rounds max," Paul assured IFL TV. "He's just not going to be prepared for the moment or what I'm bringing to the table. I'm trying to knock him out with a hook actually, I want him to be the first person I knock out with my left hand so we've been working on that... I think the first round will be chill and then I'll start to figure him out after 30-45 seconds.
"Then the second round I'll turn it up and it shouldn't take much more than that. Tommy should get a good wealth manager, I can recommend you a few, take the money and ride off into the sunset but this is going to set your life in the direction that you should have been on before and you're going to hate this f***ing sport after February 26."
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The pair announced their bout officially on Friday, leaving just a month to promote the show, which will be available on BT Sport Box Office in the UK and ESPN pay-per-view stateside. Reports had been swirling of a deal being done for weeks prior to the official announcement, but Paul blames his opponent for the delay.
"Tommy's a b****," he replied when asked about the reason it took so long to announce the fight. "It's as simple as that and I think he was afraid until the money was good enough but who knows? I've been waiting for this fight, I'm ready and this kid's going to get knocked out."
