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EPISODE: Episode 1
To begin, we offer a quote from Tommy Fury in anticipation of his clash against Jake Paul, and the reaction from the Jake Paul with respect to his own opinion as to who will emerge victorious, before providing additional commentary regarding the fight in Saudi Arabia from Eddie Hearn, and former champ Shane Mosley, as well as a few betting odds to consider.
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I don’t know welcome back boxing fans to another episode on talk and fight of boxing news headlines and we have got headlines from around the world featuring an upcoming clash between YouTube sensation, Jake Paul and love Island, star, Tommy, Fury and what a clash it will be.
According to the headlines, let’s start off with a headline emanating out of uh a town located uh in the midst of a province called British Columbia on the west coast of Canada.
Out of Kelowna screams, the headline Tommy Fury has vowed to end Jake Paul’s boxing career.
He said I’m ready to deal with this man.
This is a public service announcement going out to everybody.
This man won’t box again.
This will be the last time you see Jake Paul in the ring against a true professional anyway.
Well, there you have it so Jake Paul has this to respond uh in an interview with BT Sport.
He said basically, all of Tommy’s opponents to this point have been put in there to lose and that Fury is delusional as a result quote.
I think he’s a bit delusional with his confidence, which can be a good weapon for you, if you’re so overly confident that you’re just going to beat everybody.
That’S worked for him thus far, but when he gets in there with me, it’s going to be a different story.
I’M faster, better defense, better head, moving, better body, shots, more power, better footwork, better chin, more heart, more cardio, he hasn’t even been eight rounds.
I’Ve been eight rounds with two different people who are both world champions.
He went on to claim that all the Furious opponents at this point have been plucked off.
The street he’s never fought anybody.
Jake Paul finished this combined uh.
The combined record of his opponents is like 25 wins and 200, something losses they’ve all been put in there to lose.
I’M going to be a rude awakening for him when he’s in there with someone who has a killer mindset and is willing to die to win the fight so how’s that for a warm-up to Today’s show, but it doesn’t end there.
The headlines are even screaming this fight on CBS uh CBS, the network out of America, the on that boxing page quite frankly, and Jake, Paul and Tommy Fury are making the headlines all right.
So they’re gon na they’re gon na comment on what the WBC had to say last week with their own headline grabbing uh comment by Mauricio Suleiman their president when he said uh Jake Paul to earn a WBC ranking with a win over Tommy Fury, which certainly raised A lot of eyebrows and a lot of discussion following it, but there needs to be some clarification.
Obviously, but CBS at this moment is going on to report in this story.
Uh that it’s not such a not such a bad thing to have Jake Paul ranked in the cruiserweight division, and, I might say World ranked by the way.
Okay.
So one of the main factors, driving negative reactions to the idea of Paul earning a ranking, is a misunderstanding of exactly how the WBC rankings work.
Even men who live in the boxing space, such as mushrooms, Eddie Hearn, have made mistakes when it comes to this.
Okay, because he had made a comment: um is it right not really quoting Eddie earn here, because there’s Fighters that deserve to be in the top 15 Much More Than Jake Paul, but it’s the world.
We live in okay, but the issue is that the WBC never said Jake Paul would earn a spot in the top 15 simply that the winner of the fight would enter the rankings and the WBZ Cruiserweight rankings are 40 deep.
There’S no indication that Paul would be bumping any established, career’s weight from the WBC top 15.
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It’S important to note that, as a fighter must be ranked in that top 15 to be eligible to earn a shot at the WBC World Championship which is set to be defended on Sunday’s undercard when Champion lunga macubo faces Badu Jack and we’ve also commented on a Talking fight about the prospect of body jack in that fight and why you’d even be there to begin with, but anyway, it’s also worth noting that the cruiserweight division is almost certainly division with the least depth in boxing outside of the recently created Bridgeway division.
While everybody currently in wbc’s top 40 has clearly more established themselves as boxers, there are also plenty of men on that list who very recently have fought opponents with records such as one of four or 17 7 and 1.
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The current number 40 ranked fighter is assertor afki, who holds the spot because he won the WBC International Silver title, which is a secondary version of the already secondary WBC international title, which is a second round with a second round uh injury TKO in his most recent Outing um, we won’t go on to discuss their their respective records with all that considered.
Uh do Fury or Paul legitimately deserve a spot ahead of the number 40 ranked afki or any of the other men currently ranked.
No, but no one should spend too much energy preaching the sanctity of rankings.
That means very little ones.
You get in that number 30 to 40 range.
Ultimately, the idea of a ranking being up for grabs when Fury and Paul Face-Off is a transparent publicity stunt.
It’S just not quite as bad as the gut reaction one might have had when the headlines first started, hitting the social media timelines.
This ranking stunt changes nothing in the boxing landscape for anyone other than the unfortunate soul who gets bumped from the bottom spot of the rankings.
Let’S, let’s fly over to uh boxing scene.
com and see what that Eddie, Eddie Hearn had to say he said uh.
He does not agree with the wbc’s decision to put Paul uh in line for a world ranking, but he understands why the sanctioning body made the move he said.
Sometimes governing bodies have to live in that commercial world as well.
Tommy Fury is a proper fighter and Jake Paul would make a statement if he won that fight, not a statement that he can challenge for a world title, but ultimately there’s a little bit publicity in there.
Is it right not really because there’s Fighters that deserve to be in the top 15 Much More Than Jake Paul it’s the world we live in? Well, we’ve commented on why he may be a little bit mistaken in that realm.
Well, he views the contest as being a near level.
Proposition Hearn has been leaning in the direction of Paul coming away with the win.
He said mentally he’ll break Tommy Fury, I think he’ll mess with Tommy mentally and I just think by the time they get in the ring.
If they do get in the ring, I think Tommy will be defeated before the fight he has even taken place and I think we’ll win by knockout.
That’S what Eddie Hearn had to say about the fight coming up.
I’M sure we’ll hear more from him now.
Just to clarify as to what Suleiman actually said, according to the WBC website, he said, and I quote: WBC president Mauricio Solomon confirms that if Jake Paul wins his upcoming fight against Tommy Fury, the WBC judging committee will place him in the Crusoe division.
Jake Paul has been close to the WBC for several years, starting with the first event promoted in the UK when his brother Logan fought KSI that night Jake won the WBC amateur belt for under in undercard bouts, uh Jake has dedication and respect for the sport.
The WBC will not tolerate discrimination, they deserve the opportunities that every other boxer has.
He shows punching power and improved skills and a solid chin.
Tommy Fury is a clear challenge for Paul in a match between two undefeated professional boxers Jake signed up for the Vada clean boxing testing program.
Another strong reason to support his dance, the boxer so in Saudi Arabia, Jake Paul will FaceTime me fury on a highly anticipated match and it will be promoted by skill challenge, entertainment in an event dubbed the truth, which we’ve mentioned previously on talk and fight.
So ever since he started boxing inside the undercard of Mike Tyson’s return against Roy Jones, Jr Jake Paul has improved his boxing skills exponentially.
First, he knocked NBA former player and Nate Robinson completely out, then came fights against former UFC Stars such as Tyrone Woodley and Ben asgren.
However, his most recent fight against legendary Anderson Silver is what gave him this new opportunity.
Beating Tommy Fury will break that barrier between boxing and the so-called celebrity boxing Jake Paul is making history in the sport whether we like it or not.
So, let’s move along now to what Shane Mosley had to say about this now, keep in mind.
Shane Mosley is a former Champion himself he’s a three-weight World Champ and he trained uh with Jake Paul in the room to his uh fight in 2020, and and that is why he has so much faith in the Jake Paul who made his name on social media And on YouTube, as we all know, Mosley defeated boxing Legend Oscar De La Hoya, twice during his career and was named fighter of the Year back in 1998, and he spoke about Paul during an interview with fighthype.
com.
He said it’s a possibility because he has the frame.
He has the speed he has the power, he might need to lose a little bit of weight, but he fights a Cruiserweight.
So maybe that goes down maybe goes down to light heavy weight in the future.
It’S going to be hard for him in any of the weights.
Once you get to that level, then he has to get to work with the right people, but like right now, it’ll probably take him two to three years.
Maybe even four in that section.
You cannot not there yet, but if he fights right people then maybe he can do it.
Finally, as a closing comment on this ongoing fantastic lead up to what is going to be uh, an interesting fight, uh, the Bettors, the betting companies are in on this as well.
Okay, so this to me comes uh via thezone.
com, and it’s it’s laughable.
It’S it’s funny.
Okay, they say the weekend bout between Rivals, Jake, Paul and Tom furries, highly anticipated, but far from your typical high profile, boxing Main Event, that’s an understatement for everyone’s one.
As a result, many are expecting the contest to deliver in terms of sheer spectacle and bookmakers are preparing themselves.
Accordingly, bettingsize.
co.
uk are offering some interesting side markets in addition to the traditional offerings, such as outright winner, which round the nature of the result, you can check out some of the peculiar happenings.
They believe could very well happen on this list below.
Let me just uh quote them here: Jake Paul to drink Prime drink in the ring two to one Jake Paul, to call out Carl froak three to one Jake Paul to call out KSI five to one Tommy, Fury to sing after the fight.
Sixth, one Tommy Fury to pull out or withdraw from the fight six to one Tommy, Fury to call out Logan Paul eight to one Jake Paul to call out Commerce, Conor McGregor, ten to one Tommy Fury to mention Molly May in post flight interview 12-1 Jake Paul To where Union Jack shorts 14-1 Tyson Fury to throw Tommy Fury’s towel in 16-1, Tyson Fury to stand ringside during the fight 20-1 Tommy Fury to retire from boxing 25-1 Tommy Fury to walk out to love Island theme tune 100-1.
So there you go uh.
It’S going to be, as I said yesterday, uh shown on in Canada and Brazil on the zone at pay-per-view, and American fans can sign up to watch it via ESPN Plus on their pay-per-view site.
So there you have it.
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