Speaking to the media this weekend, Mike Tyson uttered the words, “Someone’s zero has got to go.”
The heavyweight boxing legend was talking about the Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury fight this Sunday evening, and he’s exactly right. After both men have led short but high profile boxing careers against some questionable opposition, finally this grudge match gets to occur. For one, they’ll establish themselves as potentially a half-decent boxer who may have a shot at building a genuine career; for the other, they’ll be dismissed as nothing but another celebrity boxer looking to cash in.
Someone’s zero has got to go—and we look at all the best bets with odds from William Hill to determine who’s it will be.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: February 25th, 9:00 P.M. (GMT)
Bookmaker William Hill has this fight being incredibly tight. Jake Paul holds a narrow lead in the odds 24 hours out from the fight, ahead by 1.91 to 2.00 against Tommy Fury. This speaks to just how tough it is to gauge where both of these boxers are at, given the type of fights and opposition they’ve been up against to date.
Paul, for example, is yet to fight a genuine boxer. His earlier fights were against fellow YouTube stars, while his most recent was against a 47-year-old ex-UFC star. Regardless, he has looked impressive, scoring four knockouts from his six fights and maintaining a clean record. If either of these two has the potential to grow into a real title threat rather than a gimmicky pay-per-view draw card, it would be Paul.
Fury, on the other hand, has been fighting real boxers. However, they’ve essentially been professional losers. The eight men he’s stepped into the ring against so far have had a combined record of 24-176-5. For those who aren’t familiar with boxing—that’s not good. Even worse, Fury hasn’t looked particularly convincing in many of these fights with only four knockouts and most recently boxing out a draw in an exhibition against Rolly Lambert.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: February 25th, 9:00 P.M. (GMT)
We say this fight will end in a knockout. There’s so much bad blood here and such a lack of genuine boxing skill that surely one man will end up on the canvas. The conservative bet is to wager on this happening either way with a bet at 1.83 for this fight to not go the distance. The slightly higher risk, yet still quite sensible wager, is to back Jake Paul to get this one done with a knockout at odds of 3.40.
