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Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury: date, times, location and what are they fighting for

The You Tube star is poised for a return to the ring in December when he takes on English fighter Tommy Fury in Florida.

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Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury: date, times, location and what are they fighting for

Jake Paul shot to fame via the Vine application before becoming one of YouTube’s biggest influencers racking up over twenty million subscribers on the video platform.

The 24-year-old is establishing a career for himself in the boxing world and remains unbeaten in his four professional fights to date with the most recent being the split decision win over Tyron Woodley in August.

Fury is the half-brother of heavyweight world champions fighter Tyson Fury and is better known in the UK for starring in a series of reality television shows. Fury started his professional career back in 2018 and remains unbeaten after seven bouts winning four by knock-out and three by judges decision.

Paul-Fury (venue, time and date)

The event will take place on 18 December (2021) at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida with the action expected to get underway at 9pm local time with an undercard.

'Catchweight' bout

The "catchweright" bout will be contested at 192 pounds and is contracted for eight, three-minute rounds with the fight set to be available via the Showtime platform with tickets to the event set to go on sale on 10 November. There is no belt on the line but the fight is the culmination of plenty of 'bad blood' between both men who have hat heated exchanges via social media.