{"id":1018,"date":"2023-02-27T01:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2023-02-27T01:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:20:07","slug":"tommy-fury-victory-over-jake-paul-by-split-decision-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/tommy-fury-victory-over-jake-paul-by-split-decision-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Fury victory over Jake Paul by split decision in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tommy Fury handed the YouTuber-turned-boxer the first loss of his career on Sunday night at Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury beat Paul via a split decision in the eight-round bout despite being knocked down in the final round.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JAKE PAUL DROPPED HIM \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd4a<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SportsCenter<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2fb1exDCfD\">pic.twitter.com\/2fb1exDCfD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; theScore (@theScore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theScore\/status\/1629981152697270272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The judges scored it 76-73 twice for Fury and 75-74 once for Paul.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Truth is revealed! Tommy Fury gets the decision win over Jake Paul! \ud83e\udd4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PaulFury?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PaulFury<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YZIiNqtB8P\">pic.twitter.com\/YZIiNqtB8P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boxing on BT Sport \ud83e\udd4a (@BTSportBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTSportBoxing\/status\/1629981935538675714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paul said after the fight that he didn\u2019t agree with the judges\u2019 decision, and that he both got sick twice in camp and injured his arm \u2014 statements that drew boos from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut I lost. I\u2019m not making excuses,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI\u2019m just saying it wasn\u2019t my best performance. I fell flat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.frba3-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/332876137_551739697052891_4412239816478063642_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=8bfeb9&amp;_nc_ohc=6z_lLbiwNEQAX9l7Yqs&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.frba3-2.fna&amp;oh=00_AfB3qkEREZfN2yaMtl8NH6eOVtKHS0PrXcoY0qEE5oWQ6A&amp;oe=6400994B\" alt=\"Peut \u00eatre une image de 2 personnes et int\u00e9rieur\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fury seemed to have a slight edge throughout most of the fight, but Paul was right in the mix and landed plenty of great punches of his own. Both fighters had a point deducted in the later rounds, too, for seemingly landing a punch to the back of the other\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Tommy Fury defeats YouTuber Jake Paul in boxing match.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZx1nogLpU\">pic.twitter.com\/lZx1nogLpU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Remarks (@Remarks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Remarks\/status\/1629982277412220928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supporters of the YouTube boxing phenomenon say it brings new, younger, fresher eyes to the sport. It can only be a good thing to grow boxing\u2019s appeal, they argue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYouTube boxing is an interesting one,\u201d Hearn says. \u201cI did Logan Paul against KSI, I saw the numbers first-hand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"river-2090716014\" class=\"river-ad-4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8906665770216756\" data-ad-slot=\"7862114705\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_4_host\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\">\u201cBut I struggle with it because I\u2019m probably a more old-fashioned, hardcore boxing fan and it wasn\u2019t for me.<\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t create interest. It\u2019s entertainment. But I don\u2019t even look at YouTube boxing as boxing, I just look at it as an entertainment format.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jon finished \u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommytntfury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TommyTNTFury<\/a> | \ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MostVpromotions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MostVPromotions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7Tg3h6XGi\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7Tg3h6XGi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trboxing\/status\/1629983901174181888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fury, 23, fought a handful of amateur bouts, but most of his fame comes from his stint on dating show Love Island. As a professional he has won all eight fights, albeit his opponents have a combined record of 24 wins, 176 losses and five draws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paul, 26, has won all six of his professional bouts, but his opponents include a fellow YouTuber, a former NBA basketballer and ex-MMA fighters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So is Fury-Paul entertainment or \u2018proper\u2019 boxing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJake Paul against Tommy Fury, I actually remove that from the YouTube boxing world,\u201d Hearn answers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey\u2019re two guys who are undefeated. They\u2019re not going to go on and challenge for world titles but they are better than some professional boxers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy Fury handed the YouTuber-turned-boxer the first loss of his career on Sunday night at Diriyah Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fury beat Paul via a split decision in the eight-round bout despite being knocked down in the final round. JAKE PAUL DROPPED HIM \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd4a (\ud83c\udfa5: @SportsCenter) pic.twitter.com\/2fb1exDCfD &mdash; theScore (@theScore) February 26, 2023 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}