Two-time world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury claims that he will lose £100,000 if half-brother Tommy Fury does not stop Jake Paul in this weekend's eight-round boxing bout.
The pair will finally face each other at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, over 14 months after they were first scheduled to meet in the ring in December 2021. Tommy pulled out of that first fight due to injury and withdrew from a second rescheduled date last summer after encountering visa issues.
Tyson believes that his half-brother will maintain a perfect professional record and add Paul to the list of four fighters that the Manchester-born boxer has knocked out. His American opponent has yet to lose in six professional fights and one amateur contest, but that hasn't dissuaded Tyson from backing his half-brother.
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"Tommy knocks out 90 per cent of people that he spars with, or drops them at least, so he's a very hard puncher, and Jake Paul will find that out tomorrow," Tyson told British boxing YouTube channel iFL TV. "I've got 100 racks on it for an inside-the-distance stoppage, so if he loses, then I'll lose 100 bags as well. I've got him at 3-1.
"I know Tommy is going to knock him out. What is a little bit stupid is I see all these experts and professional boxers picking Jake Paul over Tommy. I'm like - 'What the hell are these guys watching?' - because Tommy will absolutely deck him.
"I think Tommy can get him out of there whenever really. It'll definitely be inside the distance, and it won't be a points job, for sure. Tommy wins by knockout."
Tyson has previously claimed during the build-up to this bout that he would “leave [Tommy] in Saudi Arabia” were the 23-year-old to lose against Paul, suggesting "he can become Cristiano Ronaldo’s best pal, and he can become a PT for Ronaldo in Saudi."
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