Jake Paul suffered the first loss of his boxing career on Sunday at Diriyah Arena in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Tommy Fury defeated the YouTuber by a split decision (74-75, 76-73, 76-73) to continue his undefeated streak. Fans on Twitter had plenty to say about the highly-anticipated fight.
Those waiting for Paul to finally fail celebrated en masse after the result was announced. "Everyone arriving at Twitter to celebrate Jake Paul getting beat by Tommy Fury," one user captioned a video of a large crowd traveling down an escalator. Another said, "Jake Paul fought an actual boxer this time and lost. He should have kept fighting bus drivers and strippers."
Jake Paul & Tommy Fury
Other users also called back to Drake's massive $400,000 bet on Jake Paul to knock out Tommy Fury. He shared the bet on Saturday night. "Drake realizing the script changed for Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury," one user captioned a photo of the Toronto rapper checking his phone.
As for the reactions from the fighters themselves, Fury said that he's now cemented his own legacy separate from being Tyson Fury's brother. "For the past two years, this is all that has consumed my life. Broken rib. Denied access. Everybody thought I was running scared. Tonight, I made my own legacy. I am Tommy Fury," Fury said after the fight. "All through these past two years, I had a dream and a vision that I would win this fight. And no one believed me. Now I can stand up and everybody can take note. It's my first main event at 23 years old. I had pressure on my shoulders, and I came through."
Jake Paul gave credit to Fury, but confirmed that he wants a chance at a rematch. "All respect to Tommy, he won," Paul said. "Don't judge me by my wins, judge me by my losses. We deserve that rematch. I don't know that I agree [with the scorecards]. I got a 10-8 round twice. … So, this is definitely a humbling experience. I'll take it on the chin and we can run it back."
Reactions On Twitter
[Via]
