For the second time in less than a year, a scheduled fight between YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and Tommy Fury has fallen apart just weeks before they were scheduled to meet in the ring.
Paul took to Twitter Wednesday afternoon to say that Fury’s team had been sent a termination notice to officially cease their involvement in the fight. This comes after Fury was refused entry to the United States just over a week ago to attend a scheduled press conference.
Paul subsequently said that his promotional team, Most Valuable Promotions, determined that Fury would be granted access to the country if he visited the U.S. Embassy in the U.K., but as of Tuesday it is understood that this had not yet happened — apparently prompting Paul to pull the plug.
Fury’s received a termination notice. MVP did everything it could 2 help him & team. He wasn’t interested & he literally went into hiding.
2nd time in a row he has pulled out.
2nd time in a row I’m going to step up & take on a new opponent on short notice. AUG 6. MSG.
📣 tmw
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 6, 2022
“Fury’s received a termination notice,” Paul wrote on Twitter.
“MVP did everything it could 2 help him & team. He wasn’t interested & he literally went into hiding. 2nd time in a row he has pulled out. 2nd time in a row I’m going to step up & take on a new opponent on short notice. AUG 6. MSG.”
It remains to be seen who the late replacement fighter might be but speculation suggests that Hasim Rahman Jr., son of former heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman, is on a three-man shortlist of potential contenders.
