Rumble in the social media jungle: The rise and rise of superstar influencers Jake Paul and Tommy Fury as they are set for £10M prize fight TONIGHT
- Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will finally square-off inside the ring on Sunday
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury will finally go head-to-head when they meet on Sunday in what promises to be a mouthwatering encounter.
The clash is as much for celebrity watchers as sports fans, with both stars having amassed huge social media followings on YouTube and Instagram.
Fury made his professional boxing debut in 2018, but is best known for appearing on Love Island a year later – where hooked up with his girlfriend Mollie-Mae Hague, also 23.
Meanwhile, Paul is a former Disney star with more than 20million subscribers on YouTube. He made his boxing debut in 2018 – beating Deji Olatunji via fifth-round TKO.
The American would turn professional in 2020 and has gone on to do incredible numbers. In 2021 alone, it was reported by Forbes that he earned over £33million for his fights with Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.
As for Fury, the 23-year-old has been fighting professionally his whole life and is yet to earn a massive payday compared to Sunday’s opponent.
Here, Sportsmail breaks down how much both Paul and Fury have made inside the ring, takes a look at their glitzy lifestyles, and analyses their net worth.
Jake Paul and his girlfriend Julia Rose, a fellow YouTuber and Instagram model
Fury with his girlfriend, love island star Molly Mae Hague. They met on the series in 2019
What is their net worth?
Before competing in boxing, Paul enjoyed a lot of success on social media.
‘The Problem Child’ proved to be a big hit on Vine in 2013 – where he would amass 5.3million followers and two billion views on the app – before creating his YouTube channel in 2014.
Currently, Paul’s channel has over 20million subscribers, and he continues to be a big hit on the platform.
According to Forbes, Paul’s current net worth is £31.4m ($38m).
Paul sold his Calabasas mansion for just over $6,000,000 last year
The star used to be the proud owner of a massive mansion in Calabasas, a celebrity enclave in California which is also home to Kourtney Kardashian and Drake live.
He recently sold the house for $6.15m – somewhat shy of its $7m asking price.
Paul is also the proud owner of a stellar supercar collection, including a £165,000 blue Lamborghini Huracan, and £80,000 Tesla Model X and a £360,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Paul is also the proud owner of a stellar supercar collection, including a £165,000 blue Lamborghini Huracan
The wealthy YouTuber also owns a £80,000 Tesla Model X. The car has its own custom wrapping
Paul posing in the reflection of a shiny silver Rolls-Royce
As for Fury, the Briton has been competing in boxing his whole life – making his professional debut in 2018 against Jevgenijs Andrejevs.
He would go on to feature on the popular TV series Love Island in 2019 – finishing second with current partner, Molly-Mae Hague.
The 23-year-old has mainly earned a lot of his success outside the ring, and it has been reported he’s worth around £1m in cash.
He is expected to earn his biggest payday yet in the ring on Sunday against the American.
Fury and Molly-Mae Hague live together in a six-bedroom £3.5million Cheshire mansion
A giant walk-in wardrobe that Fury and Hague had fitted at this house in Cheshire
Fury enjoys flaunting the fruits of his fortune on social media and is now the proud owner of a £130,000 Mercedes G-Class, while Hague has taken to Instagram to show off a £70,000 watch.
The Love Island duo now live together in a six-bedroom £3.5million mansion in Cheshire.
Fury’s older half brother, Tyson, lives in Morecambe with his growing family.
What are Jake Paul’s career earnings?
The American made his amateur debut in 2018 against Deji – with Paul winning via knockout. He would walk away from the fight earning around £2.4m ($3m).
‘The Problem Child’ would earn over £3.3m in 2020 following his fights with AnEsonGib and Nate Robinson.
In 2021, it was reported that the American earned around £33m ($40m). Paul fought three times that year – defeating Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley twice.
His last fight came against former UFC legend Anderson Silva in October of 2022 – with the 26-year-old winning via decision. It was reported that he earned in the region of £5.4m ($6.5m) for the fight.
In total, it is estimated that he has earned around £44m ($54m) inside the boxing ring.
The YouTube sensation has impressed many since making his professional debut in 2020
In Fury’s eight professional fights, it is reported that he has earned less than £825,000
What are Tommy Fury’s career earnings?
Fury made his professional debut in 2018 against Andrejevs. Since his first bout, the Englishman has only gone on to fight seven times.
The former Love Island star has had a lot of success outside the sport of boxing with various sponsorship deals and global brands.
Inside the ring, it is evident that he hasn’t made as much as his American rival.
Fury – pictured with Hague – has had a lot of success outside the sport of boxing with various sponsorship deals and global brands
Growing fortune: Hague has taken to Instagram to show off a £70,000 watch
Hague’s other wrist contained another £58,000 of designer jewellery
In Fury’s eight professional fights, it is reported that he has earned less than £825,000 ($1m) in total through boxing.
Against Anthony Taylor back in 2021, Fury earned £12,300 ($15,000) for the bout – which was the lowest purse distributed from the event.
And there’s a lot riding on the fight itself? Pair agree to an ‘ALL OR NOTHING’ deal over money for their long awaited bout
By Will Pickworth for MailOnline
Tommy Fury 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 are finally set to go head-to-head in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, with ringwalks set to begin at around 9.30PM UK time, after seeing previously scheduled bouts fall through on two occasions.
The long-term enemies came face-to-face at Wembley Arena shortly before 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 to linger between the pair.
And the pair came faced up again in their pre-fight press conference on Thursday evening, where Mike Tyson, Derek Chisora and Tyson Fury were even present.
During several heated exchanges, Fury maintained he was supremely confident he would emerge victorious, leading to Jake Paul challenging him to a deal that the winner would take all the money on Sunday.
Tommy Fury and Jake Paul agreed a ‘winner-takes-all’ deal in a fiery pre-fight press conference ahead of their clash
The pair were held back as tempers flared in the build up to Saturday’s fight in Saudi Arabia
Fury 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.’
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 Tommy’s father 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.’
Paul and Fury again faced off minutes later and kept going at each other as they exchanged words as the atmosphere ramped up before the press-conference concluded.
It was a culmination of several tense moments in the press conference, with both fighters in an extremely bullish mood.
The pair faced off, before Paul posed Fury a deal that the fight’s winner would get all the money
Paul (6-0) is looking to maintain his unbeaten record inside the ring and comes into the bout on the back of a decision win over MMA legend Anderson Silva. Fury will be the first professional boxer he has faced, however.
Nevertheless, the American described Sunday’s showdown as a ‘cake walk’ and claimed he had given Fury the ‘biggest opportunity of his life’.
He said: ‘I take every fight seriously. When Tommy says he has been doing it his whole life, it means nothing. This is the biggest opportunity of his life.
‘He was getting paid peanuts compared to this. He’s never been on a stage like this, got an opportunity like this, been paid anything like this and he couldn’t’ even knock out the taxi drivers he fought.
‘He is a good boxer, he has inflatable arms. He is top heavy like the Michelin man. His opponents have a combined record of 20 wins and 250 losses.
‘He has never been put in there with someone who wasn’t there to lose. He has never been eight rounds. He will get into the deep water and drown.
‘This is what I do. To me, this is a speed bump and a cake walk.’
Mike Tyson (left), Derek Chisora (right) and Tommy’s brother Tyson were all present in Diriyah
The pair exchanged various trash talk and both talked up their chances of winning the bout
Fury had responded belligerently and highlighted how Paul might have had success in his initial forays into boxing, but the American had never come across anyone like himself.
He said: ‘To even mention my name in the same sentence is disrespectful to me who’s been boxing my whole life. I’m going to clinically knock this guy out.
‘His opponents have been in their 40s and 50s. Everyone knows MMA fighters are not boxers. They aren’t boxers and he couldn’t deal with them.
‘He still went eight rounds with him [Anderson Silva] and looked like he went through the trenches.
‘He will realise what boxing is. You have a proper fighter here and one who will take your head off.’
John Fury was in entertaining form and praised Paul but claimed Tommy would knock him out
John Fury had earlier been in typically entertaining form at the press conference and explained how he had admiration for Paul, but was fully confident in his son to deliver.
He said: ‘We’ve come here to do one thing, knock Jake Paul. There is going to be defeat for Jake but good luck to him, he’s a nice kid and intelligent and without him we wouldn’t be here so Jake Paul thank you very much.
‘We’ve only been training for a knockout. People want to see clean, solid power punches from the off. Who’s got the best chin and the biggest ‘you know whats’ and I know my son is packing both.
‘Come Monday, Tyson (Fury) will be the most proud brother in world. Tommy will give Jake Paul a beating even mad Tyson would be proud of.’
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