Jake Paul heading to London for face off with Tommy Fury as boxing rivals CONFIRM February 26 fight in Saudi Arabia
JAKE PAUL is set to head to London to face off with Tommy Fury – after they CONFIRMED their grudge match.
The celebrity boxing rivals have announced the latest rescheduling of their pay-per-view bout, on Sunday, February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
And they will use this Saturday’s unified light-heavyweight title fight between Artur Beterbiev, 38, and Anthony Yarde, 31, to help promote it.
SunSport was the first to reveal Paul will be at Wembley Arena to square up and face off against Fury in the ring.
He tweeted: “I’m coming to London to look at all 3 Fury’s in the eye & shake on that promise.”
A fight announcement came today and marks the third time the two will attempt to put bragging rights and reputations on the line.
It will be televised on BT Box Office in the UK and ESPN PPV in America.
Fury, 23, was forced to pull out in December 2021 due to a rib injury and then last August amid a US visa issue.
The travel woe still persists today, which left the UK and Saudi as frontrunners to host the bitter bout.
Paul, 26, even offered to travel to Manchester on February 18 and fight Fury in enemy territory.
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But a more lucrative deal in Saudi Arabia a week later was proposed and won the race.
Paul posted: “Tommy has no excuses now… Baby’s born. Money’s massive. Immigration no issue.
“Tyson promises he & Papa will make Tommy retire from boxing & change his last name if he can’t beat the YouTuber.”
Fury hit back: “Jake Paul’s boxing career ends on February 26th and I can finally move on with mine.
“Every time I go out right now, everybody asks me about the Jake Paul fight.
“After this fight is done, everybody will be asking me how it felt to knock Jake Paul out.
“The world is about to see what happens when a proper boxer faces a YouTuber.
Jake Paul’s boxing career ends on February 26th and I can finally move on with mine.
Tommy Fury
“I am a professional boxer, I have had eight undefeated bouts, soon to be nine!
“Jake Paul will regret ever thinking he could take me on. I will put him in his place, the canvas.”
Paul and Fury become the latest prizefighters to have been convinced over to the desert.
Anthony Joshua, 33, has twice boxed in Saudi, most recently in defeat in August against Oleksandr Usyk, 36.
And now Usyk is in talks for the heavyweight division’s first ever four belt undisputed title decider in the Middle East with Tommy’s brother Tyson, 34.
The younger Fury last boxed in Dubai in November in a last-minute exhibition against Rolly Lambert, 33.
Paul was a special guest commentator that night and slammed the six-rounder from ringside.
It came a month after the American beat UFC legend Anderson Silva, 47, over eight rounds to go 6-0.
And it has kept the unbeaten pair on track to finally settle their drawn out score in the ring once and for all.
