Jake Paul is ‘not a boxer' and Tommy Fury ‘can't fight' says legendary promoter Bob Arum is sensational double blast
Arum was not a fan of Paul's recent points win against Mike Tyson, who controversially came out of retirement aged 58.
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Over 100 MILLION tuned in to watch on Netflix, but now Paul returns on June 28 against ex-middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Chavez - son of the legendary Julio Cesar Sr - has suffered problems outside the ring with substance abuse and lack of commitment.
And Arum told FightHype: 'That's not even boxing. Chavez Jr, I thought he had hung up the gloves a long time ago.
"Jake Paul is not a boxer. It's spectacle. The Tyson event was sort of demeaning for the sport of boxing. Tyson was an old man.
"What are we talking about? But again, if Netflix or somebody else wants to pay for that event, that's fine. I have no interest in it.
"I have absolutely no interest in a Jake Paul-Chavez Jr fight, because it's not boxing.'
Paul's only defeat in his 12 bouts came in 2023 against Fury losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia.
ESPN - who have a TV deal with Arum's Top Rank company - aired the celebrity grudge match on pay-per-view in America.
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So Arum was part of the promotion - but refused to hold back on either Paul, 28, or Fury, 26.
He said: 'Jake Paul is not fighting a real fighter. He's smarter than you and me combined.
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"It's not a scam because people know what they're getting, but he's not interested in fighting somebody that can really give him a whooping.
"I mean, I remember when Jake Paul, before he caught onto this stuff, and I was in England and he was fighting Tyson Fury's half-brother Tommy Fury, who can't fight.
"Tommy Fury won every round, won a decision and there's very few heavyweights that you can name that Tommy Fury would last more than one or two rounds."
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