Tommy Fury has stated why Jake Paul should be looking at no-one else besides him ahead of his next fight this year.
Fury had been originally scheduled to fight Paul in December, but had to withdraw from the bout after suffering a broken rib and struggling with a bacterial chest infection.
Paul would go on to face Tyron Woodley - his former opponent - winning the fight via a sixth-round knockout as the YouTuber-turned-boxer viciously hit the former UFC champion with an overhand right.
After the fight, Paul admitted that he's looking to take a break from boxing, before potentially returning to the ring later in 2022.
With Paul hinting that he is not looking to reschedule his fight with Fury - after being frustrated with his lack of promotion and 'red flags' - the Manchester fighter has made his case why the American should change his mind.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour show, Fury said: "It has become personal, because it’s unfinished business, like I said.
“This fight should’ve happened in December, and it [didn’t]. This fight needs to happen. There’s a lot of people out there that want to see this fight.
"I do believe that out of every fight Jake Paul can take at the minute, boxing-wise, this is the biggest fight he can take. And I do believe he knows that.
"Because if I wasn’t the big name or wasn’t worthy of fighting, you know as well as I know Jake Paul wouldn’t be mentioning me, because there’s a lot of people who call Jake Paul out and there’s a lot of people who don’t get the response.
"At the end of the day, this is the fight for Jake Paul to make to prove whether or not he’s a legitimate boxer and can be a legitimate contender in this game."
Paul has routinely criticised Fury since the Briton pulled out of the fight after suffering injuries.
Fury posted an x-ray of his broken ribs, whilst admitting that he had suffered with a bacterial chest infection for a number of weeks in training.
And he responded to those who questioned the legitimatises of his injury, stating that Paul would have been one of the easier fights of his career.
He said: "Anybody for a second who thinks that this is all fake and bullsh*t, they can think again, because why on earth would I pull out of this fight? I was getting paid handsomely and I am used to fighting real fighters.
"For the rest of my career, I’m only going to go and fight killers when I get to that stage, so why would I be pulling out of this? It doesn’t make any sense.
"And for everyone who watched the first six rounds, didn’t just watch the knockout — for everyone who watched the first six rounds of that fight can understand, there’s no way that I would’ve pulled out of this fight, because that was probably the worst six rounds of boxing that I’ve ever watched."
