Floyd Mayweather will face YouTuber Deji Olatunji this Sunday in an exhibition fight that will take place at the Coca Cola Arena, in Dubai, however, the fight between Tommy Fury against Paul Bamba was scheduled on that card, which will not take place because Fury did not give the weight.
At the time of reaching the scale, the British exceeded the agreed weight by seven pounds and therefore the fight against Paul Bamba was cancelled. Despite this, Fury will still have an exhibition match this Sunday against Rolly Lambert, as they announced.
Tommy Fury clarifies what happened
Tommy Fury surprised after what happened and clarified that despite what is said, he gave the weight that was in his contract, ruling that the contract they gave him was different from that of his rival, the American Paul Bamba.
“Paul Bamba was given a contract and another was given to me. I did the weight of my contract yesterday. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve done my job. I did the weight. Paul Bamba doesn’t want to fight, he never did. I am here in Dubai, I have a new opponent and I am ready to start ”he said in a video that he uploaded to social networks.
Now, Tommy Fury is going to face the born in Cameroon, Rolly Lambert, who fights in the United Arab Emirates and who is even the cruiserweight champion of the World Boxing Association of Asia.