How to watch Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury press conference, start time, streaming info
How to watch the fight week pre-fight press conference for Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury.
We are just mere days away from the long-anticipated showdown in the boxing ring between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury.
But before the two make their walks to the ring, they will take part in all of the pre-fight festivities in Saudi Arabia — which all begins with a pre-fight press conference featuring the two headliners and various other figures competing on and attending the card.
The press conference will be on Thursday, Feb. 23, and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Saudi Arabia (4:30 p.m. GMT/11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT). It can be viewed in the video player below via the Top Rank Boxing YouTube channel, as well as on Jake Paul’s YouTube channel, the BT Sport Boxing YouTube channel and on ESPN+.
When does the Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury press conference start?
The first portion of the press conference will include fighters competing on the Paul vs. Fury undercard, topped by WBC cruiserweight champion Illunga Makabu defending the title against former super middleweight and light heavyweight champion Badou Jack. Other undercard fighters participating in the presser will include Ziyad Almaayouf, Bader Samreen and Adam Saleh.
Following the undercard fighters, at approximately 7:50 p.m. in Saudi Arabia (4:50 p.m. GMT/11:50 a.m. ET/8:50 a.m. PT), there will a special media panel featuring Hall of Fame former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, current undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney and two-time welterweight world champion Shawn Porter.
This all leads up to the main event press conference at about 8:05 p.m. in Saudi Arabia (5:05 p.m. GMT/12:05 p.m. ET/9:05 a.m. PT), which will see Paul and Fury take to the stage as the hours wind down before they take to the ring.
Though all of Paul’s previous opponents have not come against true professional boxers — which has been a big piece of criticism in the YouTuber-turned-boxer’s path in the sport — WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has suggested that the winner of this fight could earn a spot in the boxing sanctioning body’s cruiserweight rankings.
Since joining professional boxing at the start of 2020, following a successful amateur bout in August 2018 against Deji Olatunji, the younger Paul brother is unbeaten through six bouts. Paul’s track record has seen him earn victories over a fellow YouTuber in AnEsonGib, former NBA star Nate Robinson and former MMA champions Ben Askren, Woodley and Anderson Silva.
Fury, the younger half-brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is 8-0 and most recently competed in April— as part of the Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte undercard — scoring a win over Daniel Bocianski.
Paul vs. Fury was originally set to take place in December 2021, but Fury was forced out of the bout and replaced by a rematching Tyron Woodley due to a reported bacterial chest infection and broken rib.
The bout had been rescheduled for this past August, but Fury reportedly pulled out of the bout due to travel issues.
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