Jake Paul receives a lot of criticism for his fighting career but perhaps the biggest argument used against his legitimacy is that he hasn’t fought anyone with actual boxing credentials.
That all changes on Sunday when the social influencer turned undefeated boxer faces Tommy Fury, who boasts a perfect 8-0 record in his own career while coming up under his father John Fury and famed half-brother Tyson Fury. While much of the attention will center around Paul facing a true boxer for the first time, UFC welterweight Matt Brown is quick to point out that a deep dive on Fury’s record doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in his legitimacy either.
“We say that he has fought boxers, and he did fight one decent boxer,” Brown stated on The Fighter. The Writer. “The guys that he boxed, one guy he fought was like 2-100. He was f ****** terrible.
“The one guy that he beat that had a decent winning record was 10-1. All of his opponents were 3-36 or 4-10, terrible guys. They are terrible men. How can they get again sanctioned? At some point the commission’s got to say find a new job motherf******.”
Fury’s eight opponents currently boast an abysmal 24-176-5 record overall with only his most recent opponent, Daniel Bocianski, possessing a real winning record of his own at 10-1.
Meanwhile, Paul hasn’t faced anybody with past boxing experience but Brown says at least the 26-year-old Ohio native has taken on real challenges against better, more experienced fighters.
“He hasn’t fought a legit boxer but what he has fought, as opposed to Tommy Fury, is world class athletes,” Brown explained. Tyron Woodley, a world-class athlete. He’s still an elite athlete, regardless of whether he was in peak physical condition, motivated, or trained hard. He’s an athlete that is better than Tommy Fury.
” I would argue Jake Paul’s record right now is better than Tommy Fury, particularly with the Anderson Silva win. I think Anderson Silva would go 8-0 against all those guys also.”
Brown acknowledges it is quite common for boxers during their early careers — it’s simply a standard practice in the sport. But it makes it difficult to determine if Fury really has that much talent or just looks good beating up on overmatched rivals.
” The difference is that Tommy Fury has been fighting taxi drivers. Just useless opponents,” Brown said. “Sheep brought in for slaughter. Jake Paul has fought fights. These guys are not fighters, but they can be boxers. These guys they have the heart of fighters. We know that. We’ve seen it.
” I have difficulty believing that Tommy Fury’s fighters were truly fighters. They’re not warriors.”
Brown viewed tapes of Fury before the actual fight. He found that Fury was more remarkable than he had expected.
” I can tell Tommy that he likes a long fight, but he prefers it to be at a distance. He also enjoys working his way slowly,” Brown stated. He likes to use his jab very much. “He likes to continue his jab and basic boxing basics.
“Jake likes a little closer, he likes to clinch a little bit more, bully you around a little bit. I think it’s really going to come down to who’s going to be able to implement their game plan. It’s hard to find a good pick here
While Brown isn’t ready to crown Paul as a serious threat to anybody near the top of the rankings across any division in boxing, he will give him credit as a decent boxer with real knockout power in his hands.
That might be the difference in the fight with Paul’s ability to crack Fury with harder shots over eight rounds to secure the win and remain undefeated in his career.
“I think if there’s going to be a difference maker, I’m like 55-percent over to Jake because he does have the power to hurt Tommy Fury and I’m not sure Tommy Fury has the power to hurt Jake,” Brown said. I think Jake will be able get close to Tommy Fury and hit some big shots, and Tommy might feel a little bit tired. Jake is able to get a bit messy.
” I believe it will go to a verdict and it won’t be a great fight. The judges will probably lean toward Jake Paul. It is not likely to be a great fight. This is where my research .”
has ended.
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/2/26/23612092/matt-brown-jake-paul-fought-world-class-athletes-tommy-fury-beat-up-taxi-drivers-useless-opponents?rand=96749
