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Donagh Corby

Jake Paul trolls Tommy Fury for taking cheap flight after rejecting £1million offer

Jake Paul has trolled Tommy Fury for being spotted flying on a budget airline ahead of his brother Tyson's world heavyweight title fight.

Paul and Fury are currently in advanced talks for a December fight date, with the Love Island star having recently turned down two offers for a fight from the social media sensation.

The most recent one saw Paul make Fury an offer of £1million, which the Brit has dismissed as "not worth discussing", and they are now at loggerheads.

Both men are signed to multi-fight deals with Showtime Boxing in the United States, and after Fury defeated Anthony Taylor on the undercard of Paul's win over Tyron Woodley, it appeared that all roads led to the fight.

But Paul's team say that he and his promotional outfit Most Valuable Promotions won't be willing to make another offer to Fury, with a second opponent lined up.

And he has taunted the Love Island star for flying with budget airline Spirit on his way to his brother Tyson's trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder.

Fury was spotted by an eagle-eyed fan standing at the Spirit Airlines desk while making a connecting flight to Las Vegas recently, and Paul has reposted the image and joked about his rival's earning power.

"This is what happens when you turn down a $1m pay day," Paul said on his Twitter and Instagram pages, posting to over 20million followers.

Fury can be seen checking bags in with Spirit employees in the photo, although the date and location are unkown.

The 7-0 boxer is in Las Vegas to support his brother as he looks to remain heavyweight champion at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

And he as said that he expects positive news within the next week over a fight, despite Paul's team insisting that they wouldn't be making another offer for the fight.

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Fury has vowed to put an end to Paul's boxing career which has seen him win each of his four fights to date.

"Jake Paul wouldn't beat the guy I knocked out in my fifth fight (0-18 Scott Williams)," he told Mirror Fighting.

"He wouldn't beat half the guys I've fought because they're proper boxers and they've been around the job.

"He's been training for three years and he's fought two UFC fighters and a basketball player so you can't compare the two.

"Everybody I come across in the street, the one question they ask me is, 'When are you knocking out Jake Paul?'. I've not had one guy coming up to me saying they want Jake Paul to beat me.

"For me it's easy money, he is what he is, he's a YouTuber and he's not a boxer.

"My team and his team are talking and going back and forth and hopefully I'll have news in a few weeks."

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