Tyson Fury confirmed to be in Tommy Fury\u2019s corner for Jake Paul boxing match Instagram: JakePaul \/ Karen Priestley for SplashNews.comJake Paul\u2019s upcoming clash with British star Tommy Fury just got a little more interesting as The Gypsy King Tyson Fury himself is confirmed to be in the corner of his younger brother. After months of back and forth, public negotiations, and ridiculous wagers, Paul and Fury finally have a date. The two rising boxing stars are set to clash in Florida on Saturday, December 18. For Paul, this marks his fifth time stepping between the ropes as a professional while Fury comes in with seven victories to his name. Although the former comes from a background in entertainment, the latter comes from an iconic boxing family. With Fury\u2019s dad already claiming his boxing career is \u201cover\u201d if he loses to Paul, the stakes are clearly high. As a result, the 22-year-old has called in some backup. The 33-0 heavyweight champ, his older brother Tyson Fury, has been locked in as a cornerman for the fight. View this post on Instagram \u201cAll it is with Tommy\u2026 he\u2019s young, can he handle a big occasion on the night?\u201d John Fury asked himself in a recent interview with BTSport. In order to help when the lights are shining brightest, Tommy will \u201chave the King in his corner,\u201d his dad confirmed. \u201cTyson is gonna be in his corner that night.\u201d Therefore, assuming the fight makes it out of the first round, Tommy will have one of the most accomplished boxers in history to ask for advice. Not only that, but the up-and-coming boxing star will also have some extra help from The Gypsy King. \u201cTyson is flying out in a few weeks to help him out,\u201d their dad said. Read More: Will Jake & Logan Paul move to MMA? – \u201cWhatever desire he\u2019s missing, Tyson will put there. I\u2019m sure of that. Tyson will sort his head out. I\u2019m looking for a Tommy win in explosive fashion.\u201d \u201cTyson will sort his head out. I\u2019m looking for a Tommy win in explosive fashion.\u201d John Fury reacts to @tommytntfury v @jakepaul being made for December 18 \ud83c\udf7f#PaulFury pic.twitter.com\/ozyQKCDnkp \u2014 Boxing on BT Sport \ud83e\udd4a (@BTSportBoxing) October 30, 2021 While Tyson should be a huge help for his younger brother on the night, that hasn\u2019t stopped many from picking against him. Even former UFC champ Michael Bisping is confident Paul will come away with the win. We\u2019ll just have to wait and see how the action unfolds when these two finally clash on December 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tyson Fury confirmed to be in Tommy Fury\u2019s corner for Jake Paul boxing match Instagram: JakePaul \/ Karen Priestley for SplashNews.comJake Paul\u2019s upcoming clash with British star Tommy Fury just got a little more interesting as The Gypsy King Tyson Fury himself is confirmed to be in the corner of his younger brother. After months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}