The Fury Brothers Are Playing Text Tag with Jake Paul Over $5 Million

By Lewis Barnett 4 July, 2025 5 mins read 32 Views

So apparently Tyson Fury has been sliding into Jake Paul's DMs like some kind of boxing matchmaker.

Look, I've seen some weird celebrity drama unfold on social media, but this whole situation with the Fury family trying to set up Tommy's rematch against Paul feels like watching your older brother negotiate your allowance. Except we're talking about $5 million here, not lunch money.

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When Big Brother Gets Involved

The heavyweight champ literally texted Jake Paul asking "what's going on, do you want to get it on with Tommy and make the fight happen?" I mean, imagine getting that text from Tyson Fury. That's not exactly a casual "hey what's up" message.

This all stems from February 2023 when Tommy beat Paul by split decision in Saudi Arabia. It remains Paul's only loss in 13 fights, and honestly? The guy's been obsessing over it ever since. Can't blame him though - nobody likes having that one L hanging over their head.

The Money Talk Gets Real

Here's where it gets interesting. Jake Paul's promotional partner Nakisa Bidarian basically spilled the tea on social media, confirming the whole text exchange went down. But then he dropped this bomb: "Jake responded that said he offered Tommy $5 million (£3.6m) and he's not getting that money from anyone else."

Five million dollars. Just sitting there on the table.

And get this - Bidarian claims Tommy already turned down an even bigger payday. We're talking $8 million to fight Paul on Netflix last year. Instead, Mike Tyson took that deal and... well, we all saw how that went. Over 100 million people watched a 58-year-old legend get outboxed by a YouTuber.

Tommy's Been Keeping Busy (Sort Of)

Since beating Paul, Tommy's fought exactly twice. There was that controversial win over KSI in October 2023 - and I use "win" loosely because half the boxing world is still arguing about those scorecards. Then after hand surgery, he came back in May to beat some unknown Bosnian fighter in Hungary that nobody really cared about.

Meanwhile, Paul's been on a tear. Six straight wins since the Tommy loss, including his recent demolition of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The guy's ranked 14th in the WBA now and talking about cruiserweight title shots.

Jake's Having an Identity Crisis

Paul's been doing some serious self-reflection lately. After the Chavez fight, he basically admitted he was a different person when he fought Tommy: "I don't even think I was a fighter then. I was like two years, two and a half years into the sport and I didn't really know what I was doing."

He went on about not having the proper team, proper conditioning, still living like a "YouTuber, celebrity actor, whatever I was at that point." It's almost like he's trying to convince himself as much as everyone else that he's evolved.

But here's the thing - excuses don't erase losses. Tommy still has that W, and Paul knows it.

The Ego Problem

Tyson summed it up perfectly when he said there's "a lot of egos involved in boxing." No kidding. It's all "he said this, she said that, I want this, I want that." These negotiations probably read like a group chat between teenagers planning who's driving to prom.

The reality is both fighters need this rematch more than they're willing to admit. Tommy needs a big payday and relevance. Paul needs to prove his growth wasn't just marketing hype.

So here we are, waiting to see if pride and money can find common ground. With $5 million on the table and Tyson Fury playing middleman via text message, this might actually happen.

Just don't expect either fighter to admit they need it as much as they obviously do.

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