Tommy Fury was jeered as he struggled against late-replacement opponent Rolly Lambert on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's bout against Deji.
Fury had been due to take on Paul Bamba in Dubai but the fight was scrapped after the Love Island runner-up weighed in seven pounds heavier than his opponent. Bamba refused to accept the bout and Fury was instead matched with Lambert who had won 15 of his 17 fights.
The fight was also changed from a professional bout to an exhibition fight, meaning no winner or score was recorded. And neither fighter appeared interested in impressing as they coasted through the six two-minute rounds.
Fury looked to work his jab in the opening stages but with two-minute rounds there was little time for either man to impose himself on the fight. And Lambert was able to land his own jab during an uneventful first session but Fury upped the ante at the start of the second round, albeit his punches lacked power.
Indeed, Fury appeared to be pulling his punches in keeping with the exhibition nature of the fight while Lambert was content to showboat, swinging his right arm without ever delivering a shot. And as the fight reached the halfway point, Fury was more interested in shouting to Jake Paul at ringside than landing punches, branding his rival "a b****".
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And the lack of action riled the crowd as fans started booing during the fourth round as neither man showed much interested in pushing the pace. The jeering failed to rally either fighter as the penultimate round came and went without any action. Fury and Lambert did attempt to engage during the final two minutes but the bout petered out.
The best of the action was saved for after the fight when Fury's dad John ripped off his shirt and confronted Jake Paul who has twice been scheduled to face his son. He was joined by Tommy as both parties refused to join the other on either side of the ropes.
