Jake Paul has given Tommy Fury seven days to sign a contract for their fight.
The rivals have been due to clash on two separate occasions - last December and three months ago - but Fury was forced to pull out of both bouts. Fury and Paul clashed in Dubai last weekend as the former fought in an exhibition bout on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's fight with Deji.
And Paul has now agreed to fight in the UK after Fury was banned from travelling to America - but only if the Love Island star agrees terms within a week. Addressing his rival's promoter on social media, Paul wrote: "Dear Frank Warren, I agree to fight Tommy in Manchester or London in February. I’ll come to his country, no more running. His baby is due then and you’ve said it’s no issue. Since John (Fury's dad) is adamant we’ve agreed, I am giving you seven days to present a signed contract by Tommy or I’m moving on."
Paul was referring to Fury's dad John claiming a verbal agreement was reached at ringside in Dubai. “Can I tell you one thing here, though,” Fury Sr said. “I walked him down, backed him in a corner and checkmated him. He’s agreed to a February bout, he shook my hand and he gave me his word of honour, his manager, that it’s happening in February.
“I said, ‘Listen, if you renege or back out, you’ll never live it down in your life’ and you can’t break a man’s handshake. Contracts mean nothing to me, but a handshake does and my word, you can build a tower block on it. He’s given his word, his manager, we fight in February.”
Paul and Fury have a chequered history having signed to fight in Florida last December before Fury broke his rib in training. They rescheduled their fight for August this year but Fury was banned from travelling to New York for a press conference.
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Paul instead went on to fight UFC legend Anderson Silva, dropping the former middleweight champion en-route to a points win. Fury, meanwhile, has had only one professional fight this year, failing to impress on the undercard of his brother Tyson's KO win over Dillian Whyte in April.
He had been due to take on Paul Bamba last weekend but the fight was scrapped when Fury weighed in heavy. He instead took on Rolly Lambert in a six-round exhibition bout which was booed throughout by fans.
