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Jake Paul wears ‘this could have been you’ T-shirt in dig at Tommy Fury as YouTuber poses next to stand-in Tyron Woodley
JAKE PAUL goaded Tommy Fury with a 'this could have been you' T-shirt.
The American weighed in yesterday ahead of his rematch with Tyron Woodley.
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As his shirt pointed out, however, it could have been Fury appearing in the lucrative bout.
The rivals had agreed to fight tonight, in what would have been the climax to a war of words that has gotten personal.
But with Fury, 22, picking up an injury, he was forced to pull out.
Appearing next to Woodley at the weigh-in, Paul smugly wore a T-shirt featuring the message: "Tommy this could have been you."
Beneath the slogan was an arrow pointing toward Woodley.
The purse would have been significant for Fury.
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For their first bout in August, Paul and Woodley both earned £1,453,610 even before PPV numbers had even come in.
For his fight with Anthony Taylor on the same card, Fury pocketed a comparatively measly £10,900.
In addition to mocking him with his shirt, Paul also appeared to steal one of his rival's taunts in the press conference.
Fury had likened fighting a YouTuber like the Problem Child to 'robbing a bank'.
Talking about rematching Woodley, a fighter that he beat in the summer, Paul said: "I just thought to myself… it's funny how these 'professionals', like Tommy Fury who's considered a professional boxer, get sick and don't want to fight.
"I've fought sick, I've fought hurt - you've got to go in there and get the job done.
"And then they're like 'oh, you got Tyron Woodley now', no problem - that's why I've got the ski mask on.
"They're going to give me a big bag to go and beat the guy I already beat? It's a bank robbery."
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