Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury, billed as ''The Truth'', was a cruiserweight professional crossover boxing match contested between American

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and English professional boxer Tommy Fury. The bout took place at Diriyah Arena in

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on 26 February 2023. Fury won by

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. The fight sold over 800,000

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buys.

Background

Originally, Paul was scheduled to fight Tommy Fury on 18 December 2021. However, due to an injury, Fury pulled from the fight and was replaced by former

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instead in a rematch billed as '' Leave No Doubt''. Paul was scheduled to fight Fury again on 6 August 2022. However, Fury pulled out of the bout due to travel issues. It was announced on 7 July 2022, that Hasim Rahman Jr. would replace Fury in the fight. This bout was also cancelled due to "weight-issues" (Rahman Jr. coming in overweight), and that all sales towards that fight would be refunded.

Fight summary

On February 26, 2023,

fought British Boxer Tommy Fury in an eight-round cruiserweight fight. The fight took place in

and resulted in a split decision victory in favor of Tommy Fury. Fury threw nearly double the amount of Paul's thrown punches (302 to 157) and landed a higher percentage (88 to 49), whilst Paul scored a knockdown, after Fury got dropped & sat down receiving a solid jab counter (this was argued by Fury and his team to actually be a slip). Two judges scored the bout 76–73 for Fury, while a third favored Paul by 75–74.

Fight card

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Broadcasting

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