Tommy rage and Jake Paul agreed a winner-takes-all deal in a fiery pre-fight press conference ahead of their clash on Sunday.
The bitter rivals will finally face each other in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday with ring walks starting around 9.30pm UK timeafter seeing two previous scheduled periods fail.
Shortly before, the longtime enemies came face to face at Wembley Arena Anthony Yarde was stopped by Artur Beterbiev in January this year, but Fury opted to skip their announcement press conference earlier in February as bad blood continued between the pair.
And the pair came face to face again on Thursday night at their pre-fight press conference, where Mike TysonDerek Chisora and Tyson Fury even attended.
During several heated arguments, Fury insisted that he was confident that he would emerge victorious, which led to Jake Paul challenging him to a deal that the winner would take all the money on Sunday.
Tommy Fury and Jake Paul reached a winner-takes-all deal in a fiery pre-fight press conference ahead of their clash
The pair were held back as tempers flared ahead of Saturday’s fight in Saudi Arabia
The pair faced off before Paul Fury presented a deal that the winner of the fight would get all the money
Fury had said, ‘Look at my eyes. You will be put to sleep within four rounds. I am a fresh young fighter. You had two lucky escapes in this fight. You should have fled, you messed up your ticket – I’ve come to behead you.’
Paul then replied, “I think we’ll make a deal. If you win, I’ll pay you double what I’m already paying you, but if I win, I’ll take everything I pay you because you’re so confident. Deal or no deal?’
Fury then replied, “Why are you getting up?” Sit down again. I’ll put you in the first round – you’re an asshole’.
The pair then faced each other and appeared to be going head-to-head before firmly shaking the proposed deal.
Paul then challenged Tommy’s father John, claiming that “your father is more confident than you” after a deal was struck.
John then simply added, “If Jake Paul beats Tommy Fury, he doesn’t deserve to pay.”
Paul and Fury faced each other again minutes later and continued to attack each other as they exchanged words as the atmosphere heated up before the press conference ended.
It was a culmination of several tense moments in the press conference, with both fighters in an extremely optimistic mood.
Paul (6-0) looks to maintain his undefeated record in the ring and enters the fray after a win over MMA legend Anderson Silva. However, Fury will be the first professional boxer he faces.
Nevertheless, the American described Sunday’s confrontation as a ‘cake walk’ and claimed to have given Fury the ‘biggest chance of his life’.
He said, “I take every fight seriously. If Tommy says he’s been doing it all his life, it means nothing. This is the greatest opportunity of his life.
‘Compared to this he got paid peanuts. He’s never been on a stage like this, been given an opportunity like this, been paid like this, and he couldn’t even knock out the taxi drivers he was fighting.
‘He’s a good boxer, he has inflatable arms. He’s top-heavy like the Michelin man. His opponents have a combined record of 20 wins and 250 losses.
“He was never put there with someone who wasn’t there to lose. He’s never been eight rounds. He will get into the deep water and drown.
‘This is what I do. For me, this is a speed bump and a pie walk.”
Fury had responded belligerently, highlighting how Paul might have had success in his early forays into boxing, but the American had never encountered anyone quite like himself.
He said: “It is disrespectful even to mention my name in the same sentence to me, who has been boxing all my life. I’m going to clinically knock this man out.
His opponents were between 40 and 50 years old. Everyone knows that MMA fighters are not boxers. They are not boxers and he couldn’t handle them.
“He still went eight rounds with him [Anderson Silva] and looked like he was going through the trenches.
“He will realize what boxing is. You have a real fighter here and someone who will take your head off.”
Mike Tyson (left), Derek Chisora (right) and Tommy’s brother Tyson all attended Diriyah
The pair exchanged various nonsense and both talked about their chances of winning the fight
John Fury was in entertaining form and praised Paul, but claimed that Tommy would knock him out
John Fury was previously in typically entertaining form at the press conference, explaining how he admired Paul, but was confident that his son would live up to it.
He said, “We came here to do one thing, knock Jake Paul. There will be defeat for Jake but good luck to him, he’s a nice guy and intelligent and we wouldn’t be here without him, so Jake Paul thank you so much.
“We only trained for a knockout. People want to see clean, solid power punches from the start. Who has the best chin and the biggest ‘you know what’ and I know my son packs both.
“Come Monday, Tyson (Fury) will be the proudest brother in the world. Tommy will give Jake Paul a beating that even crazy Tyson would be proud of.’