Jake Paul gives Tommy Fury deadline to ‘come out of hiding’ after lining up three new opponents for next fight
TOMMY FURY has under 72 hours left to prove he can travel to America or he will miss out on facing Jake Paul.
The two bitter rivals had agreed to a showdown in New York City at Madison Square Garden on August 6 with Tyson Fury’s brother set to earn a seven-figure purse for the first time.
Now the pair's grudge match is on a knife-edge after TNT was prevented from boarding a flight to the Big Apple to take part in a press conference by Homeland Security.
The 23-year-old was held at Heathrow and is yet to visit the US Embassy to try and resolve the situation.
Now Paul, 25, is close to scrapping his plans with Fury and moving on to a new opponent as he claims he has the choice of three other men to face instead.
He took to Twitter last night to state: “Tommy is officially out by Wednesday morning if he doesn’t go to the Embassy or come out of hiding. Three other opponents lined up. I’m built different.”
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It remains to be seen who Paul could take on instead.
UFC legend Anderson Silva will be unable to compete after he agreed to fight in the same week on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s next exhibition bout.
Nate Diaz would love to fill the void, but he still has one fight left on his UFC deal with Dana White refusing to let him leave early.
And Paul has also ruled out a clash with former world boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez, despite their previous trash talking, saying: “Was near the top of the list but unfortunately he is going through rehab. Hopefully in the future.”
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Paul had previously stated that Team Fury have been twiddling their thumbs after Tommy was stopped at Heathrow Airport and have yet to travel to the United States Embassy.
He wrote across the video: "Tommy Fury is avoiding going to the embassy to get his visa.
"It's been 36 hours with no action from his side. And per Tommy Fumbles' style, he missed the press conference in NYC."
Fury was denied entry to America just days after brother Tyson was with alleged Irish mob boss Daniel Kinahan.