TYSON FURY revealed he text Jake Paul in a bid to set up a rematch for his brother Tommy.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul was beaten via split-decision by 2019 Love Island star Fury in February 2023.
Tyson Fury text Jake Paul over a rematch with brother Tommy[/caption]
It remains his first and so far only loss in 13 fights with a rematch still on the cards between the celebrity boxing rivals.
Tommy’s older brother Tyson watched the fight from ringside in Saudi Arabia and has tried to arrange the second bout.
He said at the IBA event in Turkey: “I hoped they would.
“I’ve even texted Jake Paul to say ‘what’s going on do you want to get it on with Tommy and make the fight happen?’
“I just think there’s a lot of egos involved in boxing. It’s a lot of ‘he said this, she said that, I want this, I want that’.
“When things like that happen, it’s difficult to make fights as you’ve seen over the years.”
Fury, 26, has boxed only twice since the points victory including a controversial win over Paul’s arch rival KSI, 32, in October 2023.
He returned in May – after hand surgery – in a low-profile fight in Hungary beating unknown Bosnian Kenan Hanjalic on points.
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Paul, 26, meanwhile has won six on the spin since his sole loss, most recently cruising past ex-middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39.
He called out Fury after the ten-round points victory – and his promotional partner Nakisa Bidarian confirmed the messages with Tyson.
Bidarian posted: “I can confirm he did text Jake and say you and Tommy need the rematch.
“I can also confirm Jake responded that said he offered Tommy $5 million (£3.6m) and he’s not getting that money from anyone else.”
Bidarian claimed Fury turned down an offer of up to $8m (£6m) to rematch Paul on Netflix last year.
Instead, Mike Tyson accepted the deal and controversially returned to the ring aged 58 with over 100 MILLION watching on the streaming service.
Paul’s victory over Chavez saw him ranked at 14 in the WBA as he plots a shot at the cruiserweight world title.
But he also wants to avenge his loss to Fury after admitting: “I don’t even think I was a fighter then.
“I was like two years, two and a half years into the sport and I didn’t really know what I was doing.
“I didn’t have the proper team around me, the proper conditioning.
My lifestyle outside of the ring was still that of like a YouTuber, celebrity actor, whatever I was at that point. So I wasn’t fully focused on boxing.
“Like I said, this feels like chapter one’s done tonight. Now we’re moving into chapter two and I’m just getting warmed up in this sport.
“But people hold the Tommy Fury thing against me, but what now? I just beat a former world champion and I’m coming to avenge that loss as well with Tommy.”
Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul in 2023[/caption]
