Anthony Taylor claims: “The real reason Tommy is out of Jake Paul fight is because he was so busy partying with his brother Tyson”
After Tommy Fury pulled out of the hotly anticipated fight with Jake Paul yesterday, on December 6, Betway Insider blog caught up with Anthony 'Pretty Boy' Taylor, the last man to fight Tommy Fury and a sparring partner of Jake Paul, for reaction to the breaking news.
Anthony Taylor: It was John Fury's decision to pull Tommy out – he should have told Tommy to suck it up
“It was big John Fury's decision to pull Tommy out – Big John's the head trainer and he decides whether Tommy fights or not. I can’t believe it. Big John should have told Tommy to suck it up. You’ve got someone like Deontay Wilder, who three weeks before his fight had his daughter going through surgery; there are people fighting all the time with broken hands before a fight, we don't see or hear them here complaining like Tommy is.
“If Mickey Theo, the guy Big John Fury has had some beef with had a son, he definitely would have made his son take this fight. I don't know why Big John is not allowing Tommy to take it. I don't care who you are, anybody in the world with a broken rib and a flu is going to fight Jake Paul for a million dollars. That’s what Tommy was getting, a million dollars. Tommy Fury in his last fight against me made $15,000 dollars and now you're telling me that you don't want to fight and make a million because you got a broken rib and a flu – it can’t be true?”
Anthony Taylor: Tyson Fury and Tommy are not cut from the same cloth – Tyson is strong paper towel, Tommy is cheap toilet tissue
“You heard what Tyson Fury said? He said Tommy can have a broken arm, broken ribs, one left leg arm tied behind his back, no hands, and on his worst day he would still turn up and beat Jake Paul – he said all of this and now Tommy is pulling out.
“I’ve been saying this for a long time – Tyson and Tommy are not cut from the same cloth. Tyson is that strong Bounty paper towel and Tommy is a cheap toilet tissue… I knew that Tommy was going to pull out."
Anthony Taylor: The real reason Tommy is out of this fight is his physical conditioning – he was too busy partying with his brother
“The real reason he’s out of this fight isn’t because of some injury, it’s because of his physical conditioning. He was so busy partying with his brother after Tyson won that fight, that he’s now in no good condition to fight. Tommy also originally thought was fighting in February, so he’s now in no condition to fight.
“Tommy is still green at this moment. And he’s still young. Jake is in the gym all the time, while Tommy’s was probably out still celebrating. Tommy did not have a really full train camp for this. He thought he was guaranteed the win because he's from a fighting family. But let me tell you, if this fight with Jake ever does get made, Tommy is in for a rude awakening!"
Anthony Taylor: As the last man to have fought him, Tommy would not have been any better than when he fought me
"There's no way Tommy was going to be any better than when he fought me anyway. It was not possible to make the big improvements they were talking about in such a short period of time. Tommy would have been the same Tommy when he fought me and I know exactly what he's all about as I was the last person to step into a room with him! So trust me on this."
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