‘We had a deal mate, a handshake’: Angry John Fury demands Jake Paul honors his ‘All-or-Nothing’ bet with Tommy Fury after split-decision defeat… after the American boasted about earning $30MILLION from the fight
- Jake Paul challenged Tommy Fury to an ‘All-or-Nothing’ bet ahead of their fight
- The American lost to his British rival by split decision in the eight-round bout
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John Fury has appeared to call on Jake Paul to honor his ‘All-or-Nothing’ bet with Tommy Fury, after the American boasted about banking $30million from his defeat.
The online-sensation lost by split decision Sunday to Tommy Fury, who handed Paul the first defeat of his professional boxing career.
During a fiery pre-fight press conference last week, Paul had challenged a confident Fury to a deal that would see the winner take all the money.
Fury’s dad, John initially agreed to the bet, before his son met Paul at the middle of the stage to shake hands on it.
Although he emerged from the ring victorious, Fury reportedly did not sign an official contract on the double-or-nothing bet. However, John Fury believes Paul should still honor the deal.
Tommy Fury and Jake Paul agreed a ‘winner-takes-all’ deal in a fiery pre-fight press conference
The American online-sensation lost to Fury by split decision in their eight-round bout Sunday
Taking to his Instagram story, John addressed ‘Jake Paul and family,’ saying he was ‘back on business’ after returning home from the bout.
‘Good morning world, Jake Paul and family,’ the 58-year-old began. ‘Back home, well rested, hence back on business.
‘Jake, you know what I’m gonna do. We had a deal mate, we had a handshake. We said we’d box for free if we got defeated…’
The video cut off midway through John’s sentence but it seemed he expected Paul to also hold up his end of the bargain, despite Tommy’s failure to put a signature on the contract.
On Instagram following the fight, Paul boasted of banking $30m from his clash with Fury, despite his loss to the British reality TV star.
Despite Fury inflicting the first career defeat on Paul’s record, the former YouTuber claimed he will still pocket an eight-figure check for his efforts.
He took to Instagram to post a video of himself pretending to cry before bursting into a smile with the caption: ‘When you lost but made $30m’.
Meanwhile, Fury is expected to make around a third of Paul’s purse – without the double-or-nothing payday – having been the underdog heading into the fight.
During several heated exchanges at last week’s press conference, an extremely self-assured Tommy had maintained he would emerge victorious over Paul, leading the American to issue his challenge.
He had said: ‘Look at my eyes. You’re getting put to sleep inside four rounds. I’m a fresh young fighter. You had two lucky escapes at this fight. You should have taken escape, you’ve blown your ticket – I’m coming to take your head off.’
Fury’s dad, John, took to Instagram to seemingly call on Paul to pay up after his defeat
Paul and Fury shook on the deal at a fiery press conference ahead of the fight in Saudi Arabia
Paul then replied: ‘I think we make a deal. If you win – I’ll pay you double what I’m paying you already – but if I win I take everything I’m paying you since you’re so confident. Deal or no deal?’
Fury then responded: ‘Why you standing up? Sit back down. I’m putting you away inside the first round – you’re a s***house’.
The pair then faced off and looked to go head-to-head before they firmly shook on the proposed deal.
Paul then outed John and claimed ‘your dad is more confident than you’ after a deal had been agreed.
John then simply added: ‘If Jake Paul beats Tommy Fury he doesn’t deserve paying.’
The pair then faced off and looked to go head-to-head before they firmly shook on the proposed deal.
Paul went on to lose to Fury on Sunday in a split decision win after their eight-round battle.
Heavyweight veteran, Derek Chisora, who was also on stage at the press conference, also believed it is now Paul’s duty to pay his debts after having been beaten.
‘When we were on stage in Saudi for this fight, Tommy and Jake shook on the bet and they shook hands,’ Chisora said on his Instagram story.
‘I got the contract, so I think Tommy should get money off Jake Paul or else I’m going to leak the contract out, I got it.
‘A bet is a bet, they shook hands on it, you don’t need the contract and you don’t need anything.
Derek Chisora (right), who was present at the press conference, urged Paul to pay his debts
‘Man to man if you shake hands, you pay the man you shook hands with, so I think Jake Paul should wire money to Tommy, that’s fair.’
However, it was reported the contract – which would have seen Fury double his $4.8m purse for the fight – was never signed by him despite Chisora posting a video of himself delivering it the Brit after Paul had done so.
This would legally mean Fury is not entitled to any extra money from Paul. A clip has also since emerged of John Fury hitting out at a reporter in the build-up to the fight when asked whether Tommy had signed the contract.
In a video on the Betr TikTok page, John – who was watching Paul get his hands wrapped – was pressed on the matter and replied: ‘Let’s talk about boxing, that’s what we’re here to do, box,’ before he added: ‘I’m concentrating.’
He was then questioned again before he hit out and fumed: ‘Why don’t you shut up. Listen, video boy, just shut up video boy, little nobody.’
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