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Martin Domin

Jake Paul hits out at "unprofessional" Tommy Fury for missing weight

Jake Paul has branded Tommy Fury "unprofessional" after his rival missed weight for his fight with Paul Bamba.

Fury is due to take on Bamba tomorrow night on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's exhibition bout against YouTube star Deji. But the Brit, who is the brother of heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, weighed in seven pounds over the light-heavyweight limit on Saturday.

The fight looks set to go ahead in Dubai on Sunday night, but Paul was quick to criticise the 23-year-old. The rivals have been scheduled to clash twice in the last 12 months with Fury first pulling out with a broken rib last December before he was banned from flying to America for a press conference for their rearranged clash this August.

Jake Paul hit out at Tommy Fury (Getty Images)

And taking to Twitter, Paul wrote: " Tommy Fury... you're getting paid a lot of money to be a professional but time and time again you show that you are not. Missed a fight because of “broken ribs”, missed a fight because you “missed a flight” and now you miss weight by seven pounds! I feel sorry for [promoters] Frank and George Warren and the Fury name."

Paul will be ringside in Dubai as he attempts to drum up interest in a fight with Fury. The YouTuber initially ruled out rearranging the bout for a third date but has since softened his stance and could take on Fury early next year.

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But Paul, 25, also faced off with controversial ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate this week as speculation mounted that they would meet in the ring. Mirror Fighting understands negotiations have started for the bout, just weeks after Paul outpointed UFC legend Anderson Silva to record his sixth professional boxing victory.

Paul wasn't the only social media star to respond to Fury's weight miss, with KSI taking to Twitter to label is "embarrassing". Fury has since denied he even missed weight, telling Pro Boxing Fans: "He was going on about not making weight, but does it look like I missed weight? The man is coming up with any excuse because he doesn't want to fight."

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