Frank Warren realizes Tommy Fury is in a singular place to form the form of profession he needs in boxing.
Recent off what some would possibly name a light upset over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul of their extremely publicized eight-round cruiserweight bout final weekend in Saudi Arabia, the beforehand unrecognized member of the Fury preventing clan now finds himself with the form of status and monetary success that not often involves fighters with solely 9 fights to their title.
The query is does Fury need to hold preventing e-celebrities for good-looking paydays? Or does he need to strive his hand at truly going by the trials of the game within the hopes of a world title shot sometime?
Warren, who promotes the 23-year-old Fury, believes his consumer should make a tough determination within the close to future about what sort of boxing profession he sees for himself. Warren, who additionally promotes Fury’s older brother, the WBC heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury, mentioned he wouldn’t begrudge Fury for selecting the extra profitable path.
“It’s not a foregone conclusion, like all people appears to assume, that that is the way forward for boxing,” Warren mentioned of movie star boxing matches in an interview with Boxing Social. “The way forward for boxing are good fights, aggressive fights, huge fights. That’s the best way ahead. And Tommy now, who’s the victor, he’s obtained to decide on what he needs to do and I’m certain he’ll go the place the cash is as a result of that’s what I might do if I used to be with him.
“These fights can completely make sure that his monetary future is safe, after which possibly he’ll step again and say proper, you understand what now, I need to get again to what I got down to be, which is to win a British, European, and world title. However you possibly can’t blame him, and I might do it if I used to be in his place, to go the place he can obtain and get probably the most cash for the time being. …On the finish of the day it’s about how a lot cash you possibly can earn.”
Paul, 26, is reported to have the flexibility to set off a rematch and has already expressed curiosity in a single. Fury informed Good Morning Britain that he “positively” needs the rematch and believes he’ll even be capable of cease Paul inside the gap the subsequent time round.