Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is none too pleased with Jake Paul’s plan to box Tommy Fury. Paul vs Fury is set for February 25, and Luke Rockhold simply does not believe that Tommy Fury has any boxing acumen whatsoever. Rockhold discussed his issue with the fight, and Jake Paul’s self-proclaimed aim to compete in mixed martial arts, in a recent appearance on The MMA Hour.
“He says he wants to fight MMA, which is bulls***. Now, he’s fighting Tommy Fury? Come the f*** on. Tommy Fury, he’s about as much of a boxer as I am a cricket player. F****** bulls***. This kid wants to legitimize himself and fights Anderson Silva, his old ass, a senior citizen? I don’t know who won that fight. Do you? Could you really say he actually won that fight?
Rockhold Rips Jake Paul Over “Bullsh**” Tommy Fury Fight
I’d put Tommy Fury to sleep in one round. I’ve boxed Andrew Tabiti back in the day when I was barefoot going into Floyd [Mayweather]’s gym. Barefoot and I could barely box at all. I know what I’m capable of. I’ve been in with a lot of people who can throw hands.” Rockhold continued, claiming that he just doesn’t buy that Jake Paul wants to be a real fighter.
“I just don’t think he really wants it. It’s all a spectacle. You want to go be a boxer, then you want to go box Tommy Fury? Graduate up. You’re fighting welterweights. You’re fighting smaller guys. It’s a show. If you want to put on a show, I’ll fight both of those kids in the same night. I’ll fight them round to round, whatever you want to do.
But I want to do everything else. I want to fight in some leagues and some guys that get me going. Where I was in the UFC, who was going to get me excited? The only guy that really gets me excited in the UFC would have been like an Israel [Adesanya], a Robert Whittaker, or [Alex] Pereira, and I have to work my way back through that again, and for what it’s worth, it’s not really worth my time.
I need something new. I need to be interested. I like freedom, just like Francis [Ngannou], just like Nate [Diaz].” On that note, he’s open to facing Paul himself.
“Jake fights a welterweight with no hands, and he barely gets through that. Then he fights Tyron Woodley, a welterweight with one hand, and Tyron’s my boy, but with all due respect, he doesn’t pull the trigger any more. And I’ll pull the trigger, and I’ll hit my f****** mark. I’m a middleweight. I’m a real f****** man, at your weight, straight up. And Logan [Paul], too.”
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