JAKE PAUL revealed Tyson Fury has been DMing him behind the scenes to try and arrange a rematch for his brother Tommy.
YouTuber-turned-boxer suffered his first and so far only defeat to in a 2023 split-decision loss in Saudi Arabia.
Since then, the American has won five on the spin and most recently against heavyweight legend Mike Tyson in November.
The bout was marred in controversy due to Tyson coming out of retirement aged 58 but still
Paul’s camp say Fury turned down a before Tyson accepted the deal.
Fury meanwhile returned after nearly two years out with victory in Hungary
But Paul told Ariel Helwani: “I think the Fury fight will happen in the next 12 months, yeah. He just has to be realistic about what’s he’s worth, right?
“He just had a free fight on DAZN that tanked, couldn’t sell the tickets in wherever he was like a 1,000 person venue and he’s just negotiating like he’s God.
“Again, I have ten names waiting to fight me in multiple different sports, MMA, boxing, all this stuff.
“These people just have to be realistic about what they’re wanting to get paid and Tommy Fury isn’t.
“But I DM’d Tyson Fury because Tyson was like, ‘You guys need to make this happen now.’
“I was like, ‘Tyson, you’ve got to put your brother in check here. He’s not going to get this money or this offer anywhere else.’
“He already missed out on the massive opportunity on Netflix, his dad, who is his manager has no idea what the f*** he’s doing and you can’t let your dad run your career.
“Tommy’s not his own boss, he’s an airhead as well so I just feel bad for him because he thinks he’s worth more than what he’s worth.”;;
Fury, 26, beat KSI, 31, in October 2023 but had to have hand surgery in the aftermath before his comeback fight.
Paul, 28, returns on June 28 against former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39,
And he has a rematch with Fury in his sights, saying: “I just can’t wait to get back in there with this guy because in the past three years, I fought him two years into being a pro boxer now it’s been three years since then.
“It’s just night and day and he hasn’t got any better, right? He’s been boxing since he was six years old, it’s going to be the same stuff, same coach, his dumbass dad.
“He hasn’t got any better so I just can’t wait, seriously I can’t wait to get in there with him and whenever we can make that happen it’s going to be Christmas Day for me.”;;
