Tommy Fury has refused to sign the contract for his double-or-nothing bet with Jake Paul ahead of their grudge fight.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul and Love Island star Fury are scheduled to meet over eight rounds in Saudi Arabia tomorrow after two previous bookings between them have fallen apart. At their press conference on Thursday, Paul issued a pre-fight bet that would see Fury walk away with double his prize money if he wins whilst Paul would take all of his rival's purse if he were to triumph.
Fury's dad John accepted the bet on his son's behalf and gave Paul his word that the contract would be signed before the fight. After weighing in at his career-lowest weight on Saturday afternoon, Paul claimed that Fury has "gone silent as a mouse" and is refusing to sign his half of their pre-fight bet.
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"Alright get this, so as you guys saw the bet yesterday on stage, Tommy agreed to it, shook my hand on stage. His dad said that they would agree to it, so I signed the contract right in front of them. We sent it over to their lawyers and just as I thought, they have gone silent as a mouse for the last 24 hours," Paul said.
"They do not want to sign the contract and it just goes to show that they have this false confidence. Put your money where your mouth is, you shook on it like a man and now you guys haven't signed the actual contract to make it official. Soft."
Paul is no stranger to making pre-fight bets with his opponents, as he issued a two-fight challenge to UFC legend Anderson Silva last October that would have seen them rematch in MMA if Paul lost. The American also offered Fury $500,000 to fight him in the UK after their rescheduled fight was cancelled last August.
Fury was joined by heavyweight champion brother Tyson at the weigh-in and he stepped on the scale slightly heavier than Paul. The Love Island star has promised that he will live up to the Fury name and Paul's boxing career will be over after Sunday night. "His time is up. Tomorrow night his time is up. Jake Paul will no longer be boxing, I'm going to put this man away inside four rounds. You're going to see why our last name is Fury because we're the best at fighting to ever live, that's the reason why," Fury said.
