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Jake Paul responds after Tommy Fury confirms he was denied entry to US
Published 17:13 28 Jun 2022 BST
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Fury was due to travel for the upcoming press conference
Jake Paul has responded almost immediately after Tommy Fury announced that he had been denied entry to the United States. Fury was due to travel to New York for his press conference with Paul on Wednesday ahead of their August showdown at Madison Square Gardens. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/1541781160493256706Fury revealed the news in a post on social media on Tuesday
In a post on his social media, Fury revealed he had been stopped at Heathrow airport after it emerged that his ESTA had been rejected. He said: "Me and my team this morning arrived at Heathrow Airport, ready for the press conference, ready fly out, and as soon as I entered the airport I got pulled to one side and I was told by a Homeland Security officer that was there that my ESTA had been denied and that I wasn't able to travel to the USA for a reason that I apparently know.
"I can stand here and say I've done absolutely nothing wrong, I've no clue why I'm not allowed to travel to the USA.
"Like I say, I've been training for a fight this whole time and that's all I've been doing - I have no clue why they will not allow me to travel today, and neither does any of my team, or my lawyers."
https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1541774468300898305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541774468300898305%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ftommy-fury-denied-entry-jake-paul-344714
He then continued, saying: "So now I'm having to go to the embassies and all this sort of stuff trying to resolve it, and I'm in the middle of training guys. I don't know why this has happened today, it's a massive shock to me and my whole team.
"Obviously it is a matter that needs to be resolved, it's government issues, it's a lot bigger than the fight right now and I'm just trying to get it sorted."
But Paul wasn't having any of it and immediately responded, telling him that he would "do everything in his power" to 'not let him weasel his way out.'
He tweeted: "Tommy, no matter how hard u try to get out of this fight, I’m going 2 do everything in my power 2 not let u weasel ur way out.
"My team & my partners have made it clear the steps u need to take 2 solve ur latest excuse. Take them or admit ur a scared little bitch."
https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1541789264526073856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541789264526073856%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportbible.com%2F
The two are set to fight in the US on August 6.
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