Jake Paul branded Tommy Fury as ‘unprofessional’ after he failed to turn up to a scheduled pre-fight press conference in Saudi Arabia.
Paul was instead left carrying out the traditional face-off with a poster of the former Love Island contestant and 8-0 pro. The pair are due to settle their differences in a winner-takes-all fight on February 26 following months of negotiations and bickering.
Asked if he was annoyed by Fury’s no-show, Paul ripped into his latest opponent. He said: “I’m used to his behaviour at this point. He’s unprofessional, he’s a flake, he’s not a serious businessman, he’s not a serious fighter. And I’m going to prove that.
“That’s why this fight is called the truth because the truth is going to come out, and he’s going to have to pay for all the times he pulled out, all the businesspeople he screwed over. It’s disrespectful.”
Fury has since broken his silence to clear up why he didn’t attend the event. The Brit said he didn’t want to ‘break camp’ so close to the fight and denies that it has any bearing on whether he will show up to the fight.
“I can clear that up in two seconds,” Fury told MMA Fighting. “Basically, Jake Paul signed up into the world of professional boxing and I am a professional athlete, a professional boxer. I always have been and [ask] any professional boxer and they’ll tell you this – no one breaks camp, mid to the end [of training camp] to fly all the way to Saudi Arabia, have a 10-minute press conference, fly all the way back to Manchester, complete my camp then fly all the way back to Saudi Arabia again the following week.
“Now why the press conference couldn’t wait until a week later on fight week is beyond me. For most big fights, they schedule press conferences on fight week. I don’t know what is going on there.”
“I don’t know if he’s trying to play mind games or anything but that’s definitely not how it works,” Fury added. “One man’s flying all over the globe, trying to get in the glitz and glamour, press conferences, whatever else, and one man’s in the gym training to annihilate this man.”
