TOMMY FURY has divided opinions after his training preparation to fight Jake Paul was questioned.
The celebrity boxing rivals are in camp after announcing the latest rescheduling of their bout, on February 26 in Saudi Arabia.
https://www.instagram.com/ifltvboxing/Bare-knuckle boxer Danny Christie and Tommy Fury[/caption]
Instagram @jakepaulJake Paul during a sparring session of his own[/caption]
Paul, 26, has set up shop in Dubai, just 700 miles away from the scene of the pay-per-view fight in Riyadh.
Meanwhile Fury, 23, has been training in Bolton at the Elite-boxing in Bolton, headed up by head coach Alex Matvienko.
And the gym welcomed in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship star Danny Christie into their doors to spar.
Fans feared Fury made a mistake by bringing the bare-knuckle boxer into sparring opposed to a more traditional style.
One said: “He should be sparring real boxers.”
Another said: “Another mistake from tommy.”
One added: “Needs to be sparring top class boxers or people above him to prepare.. hope he don’t take it lightly.”
But others suggested Christie’s style could match up well to Paul’s, who only debuted as a professional three years ago.
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One said: “Pretty obvious why he’s chosen him for sparring you divs.
“He will be quite similar to Paul in terms of technical ability quite crude and power reliant. Maybe a bit better technically than Paul if anything tbh he’s decent.
“Will show tommy and his team ways to deal with that unpredictable unschooled if you style. Of course he’s sparring with other people, deary me.”
Another argued: “Christie and Paul are similar styles! Good choice imo! Unorthodox!”
One commented: “I’m a fan of this. Good little fighter is Danny and absolutely relentless. Good sparring for Tommy that.”
Jake Paul and Tommy Fury facing off for the first timeGetty