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Gareth Fullerton

Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury scores as Carl Frampton admits to double gaffe

There were plenty of eyes watching Jake Paul's fight with Tommy Fury on Sunday night, whether viewers wanted to admit it or not.

The grudge match between YouTube star Paul and novice pro boxer Fury sparked massive interest.

The pair finally met inside the ring in Saudi Arabia, with the bout going the full distance eight rounds.

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And despite being knocked down in the final round, Fury emerged victorious with a split decision win. One judge scored it 75-74 in Paul's favour, with two others siding with Fury (both 76-73).

Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton was a keen spectator, and even shared his own score for the fight. And it's fair to say he had a bit of a comical nightmare.

Frampton revealed how he scored every round, with his initial card showing Fury as the eventual 75-74 winner. But that's when fans started questioning the former Belfast boxer's analysis, highlighting that he got rounds five and six mixed up after both fighters were deducted points.

Correcting himself, Frampton added another tweet saying: "Just looked at the score card again I think I scored round 5 and 6 the wrong way round. The right man still won the fight though."

But that wasn't the end of the confusion, with Frampton having to correct his scorecard a further time after noticing another error.

He added: "On further examination of my scorecard. Fury won the round where he had a point deducted for holding, meaning it was 9-9 rather than 10-8 to Paul. Which means I scored it 76-73 Fury. I'm worse than CJ Ross."

CJ Ross is the retired boxing judge who infamously scored Floyd Mayweather's win over Canelo Alvarez as a draw.

Frampton took everything on the chin, though, and fans enjoyed giving the 36-year-old some grief over his card.

One said: "Many beers you had tonight?"

Samuel added: "Love to see that...... Honesty. Made a mistake and hold your hands up. If only more people in boxing would follow the same example."

Referring to Frampton's run-in with Tommy's dad John Fury, Steve said: "John been on the phone."

And Aaron joked: "Don't let this man judge fights."

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