Tommy Fury suffers blow as Jake Paul gives next fight date

Tommy Fury's hopes of rescheduling his fight with Jake Paul have suffered another blow after the American has stated when he'll next fight.

Fury and his team had been hoping they could reorganise after the original fight had to be cancelled following the Manchester-born boxer was forced to pull out.

Fury suffered with a chest infection and a broken rib just a week before the fight, with Tyron Woodley replacing him - who was downed by Paul in a brutal knockout.

After the victory, Paul confirmed he would take a break from boxing after fighting four times in 13 months.

Fury has made it clear that he wants to face Paul in a rescheduled fight and told the MMA Hour show after the YouTube star's victory over Woodley: Honestly, it was appalling to watch. And even the commentators, I don’t know what round it was, said, ‘This is getting hard to watch now.’

"And they were joking between themselves during the fight saying, ‘Oh, I wonder who won that round? Well, nobody. Nobody threw a punch. Nobody.’

"It looked like they were trying to shadowbox in front of each other. No one wanted to commit. No one wanted to do anything.

"That fight was just really about one punch. But as far as the six rounds go, that was the worst six rounds."

Paul wore a t-shirt on the night mocking Fury which read 'Tommy, this could have been you'.

Now, Paul has told the MMA Hour show that he will not fight until August or September. Paul also told Volume Sports: "He (Fury) just wants the payday.

"But I said it before, I don’t wanna take the fight with him, he doesn’t deserve it. I’d rather fight Tyson Fury.

"I’ll fight his brother or his dad before I’ll fight Tommy."

Fury added that he's looking to fight three or four times this year, and he may have to