Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE: Stream, results and latest fight updates
Follow reaction after YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul was beaten by Tyson Fury’s half-brother Tommy in Saudi Arabia
Follow live reaction after Jake Paul lost to rival Tommy Fury in an exhibition boxing match in Saudi Arabia this evening.
A close contest over eight rounds went to the judges’ scorecards and Fury won two of the three, with Paul taking the other verdict, giving the Briton a split decision victory.
The build-up to this bout was heated, with Paul leaking the news of the birth of Fury’s baby Bambi before the 23-year-old and his partner Molly-Mae Hague could make an announcement, while both fighters promised a knockout win. It all came to a head this week when Fury shoved Paul at a tense weigh-in, and the men settled their rivalry in Diriyah tonight.
Paul vowed to enact his rematch clause after the fight, and Fury said he was ready to do it all again too.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 8
Both fighters look exhausted with 30 seconds to go...
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 8
Fury is taking this final round to Jake Paul, who's hanging on...
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 8
Fury with a good right hand, and another!
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 8
Fury staggers after a wild swing by Paul, he doesn't fall but it will count as going down!!!
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 7
Penultimate round! Fury lands a jab as Paul misses the mark.
Fury with heavy right hands to the head and body. More holding. Paul looks very tired.
The American times a left hook and a jab, but there’s not much power on his punches right now.
Fury works well behind his jab late in the round.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 6
Three rounds left.
Clean left hand lands for Paul, who likely needs a knockout after his point deduction and Fury’s strong start.
Short right hand connects for Fury as Paul steps in. The fighters clinch.
Lovely right uppercut from Fury! Lots of holding follows. Fury is warned by the referee.
Paul steps in with a lunging jab to the body but eats a right cross from above.
Now Fury has a point deducted for holding Paul! That’s one point taken each.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 5
At the midway point of this fight, we have Fury up three rounds to one.
The fighters trade jabs. Paul is on the front foot, but Fury then forces the American to retreat.
Overhand right from Paul, right hook from Fury! Both men absorb the shots well.
The referee now takes a point from Paul after the American catches Fury on the back of the head! That’s a huge moment, and means Paul surely needs a knockout now...
Paul catches Fury with a spearing jab. Fury responds with a one-two to the tiring Paul.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 4
Logan Paul is interviewed between rounds, and he calls the entire Fury family “b*****s”...
Fury lands a right cross then follows up with a flurry of fast shots! He throws a heavy left hook as Paul covers up.
The pair clinch briefly. They separate, and Fury lands a short right hook, then a one-two! Good stuff from the Briton!
Nice footwork from Fury, too, to evade a lunging move from Paul. Now Paul lands a left hook, before missing with a wild overhand right.
Paul turns away from Fury and receives a hard, hard cross to the back of the head. Ouch.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 3
Paul windmills a left hook off target. He does catch Fury with his next left hook, however.
The fighters clinch before being separated. Paul gets through with a right cross up top, then a body shot.
Jab on point for Fury, who eats a left hook at the same time. The same sequence follows again.
Paul grazes Fury with yet another left hook up top. They then clinch again.
An overhand right lands for Paul as Fury steps in to close range!
That might just be Paul’s round, after Fury likely took the first two.
Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury LIVE
Round 2
Paul gets on the front foot early in this round. His face is already reddened.
Fury with another stinging jab. Still Paul comes forward.
Paul lunges in with hooks, and he catches Fury with a left hand! The Briton absorbs it well, however.
Another stun-gun jab from Fury. The 23-year-old throws a combination, connecting with a right hand on the end of it.
His face is a bit red, too, though. Paul jabs to the body. A left hook comes back from Fury.
Paul misses with a winging overhand and eats a hook in return! Fury misses with a right hook.
Paul again misses the target with an overhand, and the response is a hook from Fury.
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