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Kadeem Simmonds

Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury confirmed for December 18 in Tampa, Florida

A date has been set for the heavily anticipated fight between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury.

The two will clash in the ring on December 18 in Tampa, Florida, having gone back and forth for months after Paul defeated Tyron Woodley.

ESPN reporter Marc Raimondi has confirmed the two will square off in an eight-round contest, with each round lasting three minutes.

Paul took to social media platform Instagram to confirm the contest, posting a picture of a fight-card with the date, location and #PaulFury.

Social media star turned boxer Paul is undefeated at 4-0 in the ring, as is Fury, 7-0, – half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.

Last month, Tyson joked that should Tommy beat Paul, he should change his name in an interview with Boxing Social.

In response, Paul said that if he gets the better of Tommy, he should change his name to “Tommy Fumbles.” If Tommy wins, Paul would stump up an extra $500,000 of his fight purse.

"I offered Fury to change his name to Tommy Fumbles or put up $500,000 of his purse if he loses," Paul told ESPN.

"He chose to agree to change his name. Guess he puts more value on money than he does his own family name.

"Maybe he knows his family is disowning him once he loses, so money and [Tommy's girlfriend and UK TV personality] Molly [Mae-Hague] is all he's going to have left."

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