19 February 2024 , 10:54
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Jake Paul has offered Tommy Fury $20million for a two-fight deal that would see the bitter rivals fight in MMA.
YouTube-turned-boxer Paul suffered his first and only boxing loss when he was beaten by Love Island star Fury last year. Paul has since been pushing for a rematch but claims that Fury is pricing himself out of a second fight. The social media star, who is signed to MMA promotion PFL, wants to avenge his loss to Fury in the ring and then fight him for a third time in the cage.
"We all know everyone tries to price themselves out if they don't really want to fight and hide behind that. I'm on a different mission to become world champion. All doors for Tommy lead to me. I can do whatever I want. You think there's more money? Cool, bring it to the table. Oh, you can't? You haven't brought anything to the table, please shut the f*** up then," Paul told ESPN.
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Paul's business partner Nakisa Bidarain then added: "He's willing to fight him in boxing and if Jake wins, he's willing to enter the SmartCage in the PFL with Tommy. There's a path there where it's $20million in guaranteed money." The offer is $5million more than what Paul put on the table for an MMA rematch against UFC legend Nate Diaz following their boxing fight last August.
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Paul, who fights unknown professional boxer Ryan Bourland in less than two weeks, has accused Fury of being unreasonable in his financial demands. "I think he is not very serious about the fight and actually making it happen and too unrealistic in terms of offers and finances. He thinks he's his brother and his dad is delusional in terms of what he's actually worth," he added.
"It's hard to get that across these hard-headed people who aren't very good at business. I think there's a massive fear of, not only losing, but they're just trying to be unrealistic about the numbers, which again, maybe, those two go hand in hand." Paul is fighting for free in his upcoming bout against Bourland as he will donate his entire purse to charity.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer has made a conscious decision to move away from big fights since his loss to Fury in a bid to face lesser-known opponents and build up his record. Paul has been sporadically training MMA between his boxing fights and is hoping to debut at a PFL pay-per-view event at the end of this year.