Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed that he has heard Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury is being rescheduled for August — this and much more on Saturday's social media roundup.
Eddie Hearn speculated that Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury is being rescheduled for this Summer
After Jake Paul defeated Tyron Woodley for the first time he was then scheduled to take on Tyson Fury's younger brother Tommy Fury, however the fight up to now has not happened.
Fury sustained an injury and had an illness just over a week before the scheduled fight date and had to pull out of the fight. This let to Woodley once again getting a chance to fight Paul, however the fight did not go his way and Woodley ended up being the victim of a vicious knockout.
The natural next step for Jake Paul will be to face an actual boxer and Fury would fit that bill perfectly and it would be a very good matchup.
Despite being undefeated so far in his professional career, Tommy Fury is still extremely inexperienced as he did not have much of an amateur career so you could say that Paul and Fury are very close to each other in terms of experience and skill set.
Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn has revealed that he has heard that the fight between Paul and Fury is being rescheduled for August 13th this Summer.
Eddie Hearn has said he's heard that Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury is being rescheduled for Aug 13th: "I don't represent them, but I hear that fight's happening Aug 13th, so you might see it." [@talkSPORT] pic.twitter.com/oOifh6SjD4
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 4, 2022
Of course Hearn does not manage either of Fury or Paul or have any day in the negotiations for the fight but he does have lots of contacts and relationships within the boxing world which may have revealed this detail to him.
Are you interested in this fight? If so who do you think will take the win?
On this day in 2016...
On this day in 2016 Michael Bisping shocked the world when he stepped up on two weeks notice and knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round to become the UFC middleweight champion and the first ever British UFC champion.
Take a look at the finish of the fight below.
#OnThisDay in 2016: It happened! @Bisping became UFC middleweight champ with THIS knockout! ----
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) June 4, 2022
-- Watch more on @UFCFightPass now! pic.twitter.com/JB1283mT7R
Former UFC bantamweight and flyweight contender John Dodson signs with BKFC
The latest former UFC fighter to sign with BKFC is the former UFC flyweight title contender John Dodson.
------------ @JohnDodsonMMA is taking off the gloves -- pic.twitter.com/ObsdYp7UFe
— Bare Knuckle FC (@bareknucklefc) June 3, 2022
The Korean Zombie reveals he has plans to continue his fighting career
After The Korean Zombie's incredibly tough loss at UFC 273 to Alexander Volkanovski, it was expected by many that Zombie would retire given his emotions after the fight and how badly he got dominated by Volkanovski.
However, in a recent interview, Zombie revealed that he has plans to continue fighting despite all of the speculation.
The Korean Zombie won’t retire after all --
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) May 31, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/892MFUd5pj pic.twitter.com/DhGPDOrhLI
Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik face off ahead of their heavyweight clash tonight at UFC Vegas 56
A big heavyweight bout will take place tonight between Alexander Volkov and Jairzinho Rozenstruik, check out the scenes from the weigh ins yesterday where the two faced off.
A clash of titans awaits --@AlexDragoVolkov vs @JairRozenstruik is set for tomorrow’s main event --
— UFC (@ufc) June 3, 2022
[ #UFCVegas56 TOMORROW Prelims 1 pm ET Main Card 4pm ET LIVE on @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/6XUowurovI
Kayla Harrison set to face Julia Budd in July
It has been announced that Kayla Harrison will face the former Bellator women's featherweight champion Julia Budd in July.
Kayla Harrison draws her most credentialed opponent to date in former Bellator champ Julia Budd at #2022PFL6.
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 1, 2022
Full fight card https://t.co/XNHn2Efao3 pic.twitter.com/NBvpYymJWe
This will be by far Harrison's toughest test of her career to date.
Bo Nickal wins in spectacular fashion in his pro MMA debut
Check out this incredible clip from last night where Bo Nickal secured a knock out win in under 30 seconds in his pro MMA debut.
The highly-touted Bo Nickal has won his pro debut pic.twitter.com/38ucgrt62c
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 4, 2022
UFC 275 weigh ins set to be conducted in the old school way
UFC 275 will take place in Singapore next weekend and the rules in terms of weigh ins are different to how they are in other areas of the world now.
The weigh ins next weekend will be conducted in the old way, the official weigh ins and ceremonial weigh ins will be conducted together exactly like they used to be before 2016.
#UFC275 weigh-ins next week in Singapore will be the old-school style where “official” and “ceremonial” weigh-ins are one in the same.
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) June 3, 2022
Fighters will line up to step on the scale and immediately face off in the order of the card. No 2-hour window.
Tony Ferguson wants to fight Dustin Poirier
Despite getting viciously knocked out by Michael Chandler in his last fight, Tony Ferguson wants to fight Dustin Poirier next.
No steps back: Tony Ferguson wants a piece of Dustin Poirier next. --
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) May 27, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/S0rAxNHLeA pic.twitter.com/u9yGMK1G9t
