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Jake Paul expected Tyson Fury to 'f***ing punch me' after interview interruption

Jake Paul came face to face with Tyson Fury on Saturday night, with the WBC heavyweight champion of the world barging into an interview being given by the YouTube star.

The American admitted he feared the worst during the encounter, with Fury arriving to meet Paul ahead of his meeting with his younger brother Tommy Fury. Paul was being interviewed backstage before the 6"9" heavyweight arrived with two of his sons for what turned out to be an amicable meeting between the pair.

Afterwards, Paul entered the ring to exchange words with Tommy after their fight was finally confirmed to be taking place on February 26 in Saudi Arabia. The meeting took place before Artur Beterbiev's stunning knockout win against Anthony Yarde in their light-heavyweight world championship fight at Wembley Arena.

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Prior to entering the ring, Paul was giving an interview to Joe UK and was talking about the Fury family, in particular father John, saying: "Everybody seems to forget that Tyson Fury's trainer is SugarHill and not the dad," said Paul. "The dad doesn't know s*** about boxing."

It was at this point that Fury entered the room to stop Paul in his tracks alongside two of his sons, saying "lets go boys" as he aimed air punches towards Paul. This appeared to be in jest, however, and an amicable meeting followed between the famous pair.

Following this, Paul revealed his fear during the meeting, saying: "I really thought he was going to f***ing punch me when he came in.".

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