TOMMY FURY has been assured Jake Paul “can’t punch properly” as coach Shane McGuigan told him how to win the grudge fight.
The celebrity boxing pair are set to finally meet in the ring on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
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Fury has been forced to pull out twice before due a rib injury in December 2021 and US visa issue last August.
Before he was denied access into America, the boxer linked up with McGuigan with his dad John and brother Tyson also unable to travel.
The esteemed British trainer will not be involved in the latest rescheduling of the fight, but has backed Fury to win.
McGuigan told SecondsOut: “I feel like he had a good jab, he had good feet and really that is enough to beat Jake Paul, in my eyes.
“A guy who is explosive, throws a good right hook over the top but really leaves his feet behind him, is not programmed to punch properly.
“Reasonably fast hands and it’s all in rotation but he doesn’t move his feet, and track and punch, he’s boxing guys that are static and standing there.
“So, yeah I think if he sticks to the jab, gets himself moving and doesn’t trade up with him just busts him up with the jab for three or four rounds, he should beat him.”
Fury, 23, becomes the first opponent Paul, 26, will face with a recognised professional boxing record.
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And McGuigan believes his experience around two-time champion Tyson, 34, sets him up for success in the Middle East.
He said: “Well, understanding boxing you’ve got to say that Tommy Fury knows a lot more about boxing than Jake Paul.
“Because he understands it, he’s been around it, he’s seen it first-hand what you have to do to win world title fights.
“How you have to spar and how you have to go through these training camps.
“Not just setting up a ring in your house, eating cereal and whatever and going and doing a little session, and then going out and making a little YouTube video and going back and doing another little session.
“That’s not how world champions train, at least he’s been round a gym that knows what you need to do to win these fights.
“Jake Paul’s a good athlete and he’s getting success through his athletic prowess but not necessarily through his boxing technical ability. So it does lie in Tommy’s favour.”
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