Tyson Fury has told his brother Tommy to trash talk more ahead of his fight with Jake Paul - and "spice up" the bout by headbutting his rival.
The world heavyweight champion is now stranger to promoting major pay-per-view events, but this will be his brother's first effort at headlining a big show. And he wants to see Tommy take the reins from a talking standpoint and put more pressure on Paul as the build-up continues.
Paul has tended to carry the build-up for his fights, but with the Fury family involved in his next one it is expected that he will have some worth adversaries on the microphone, as well as a tough challenge in the ring from Tommy Fury. Even dad John has become a key player in the build-up, but Tyson wants his brother to step more into the limelight for his big main event debut.
Ahead of the February 26 bout in Saudi Arabia, Tyson told BT Sport : "Who do you think's got more needle, Tommy with him or the other way? I don't know, it's a good fight and they're good dance partners. I think Tommy needs to do a bit more talking, actually. Spice it up a little bit, get in his face a bit more and ruffle his feathers. Grab him by the blonde hair and nut him, maybe. I don't know."
The pair did share an heated face-off in the ring on Saturday night just before the light-heavyweight title fight between Artur Beterbiev and Anthony Yarde, with Fury going topless for the occasion. And he even managed some solid verbal shots on the mic before the pair were separated and he left the arena.
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"He's fought taxi drivers, he has no chin, it's all joke," Paul told Fury as the duo had to be separated by security in the ring. "I'm ending you February 26 and you already know it. You're going to crack under this moment, you're not built for this moment."
Fury, the brother of heavyweight champion Tyson, fired back by saying: "I was beating better people than you when I was 14 in the amateurs., whilst you were messing around on Disney channel so don't come here pretending you're about it when you're not. I am not an MMA fighter, I will school you."
However, Fury opted not to show up for the pair's press conference after the fight, nor a face-to-face segment that they were due to film with Josh Denzel. And after previously pulling out of two fights with Paul, it remains to be seen how much more promotion the Brit will do for the bout.
