Jake Paul will mess with Tommy Fury mentally and beat him before the fight, says Eddie Hearn as he reveals prediction

JAKE PAUL will mentally pummel Tommy Fury into defeat before they collide in their Saudi showdown, according to Eddie Hearn.

The social media sensations will meet in a Diriyah dust-up nearly two years in the making at the end of the month.

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GETTYEddie Hearn expects The Problem Child to mentally batter Fury into defeat before they trade blows[/caption]

Problem Child Paul has played plenty of mind games with the youngest Fury brother – including revealing the birth of his child.

Fury cut a frustrated and angry figure when the pair faced off in London last week, so much so that Hearn reckons Paul may strike a telling blow before they trade heavy leather.

During an appearance on The MMA Hour, the Matchroom Boxing chief said: “The way that Jake talks about, personally, about stuff like the Tommy Fury fight, you’ve got to be careful.

“Not necessarily with Tommy Fury, but there’s a fine line in that world between something going badly wrong.

“But I think he’ll mess with Tommy mentally.

“And I just think by the time they get in the ring — if they do get in the ring — I think Tommy will be defeated.”

Fury – the 23-year-old brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson – is a perfect 8-0 in his professional career but has, so far, failed to impress boxing purists.

Hearn said of the Love Island star: “Tommy Fury’s unbelievably limited, but he is a fighter, he is a boxer.

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“All the criticism about Jake is ‘you’ve never fought a boxer’ — he’s about to.

“Not a very good one, but still a boxer.

“For Tommy Fury, it’s just a bit embarrassing if he was to lose.

“It’s embarrassing full-stop to lose to Jake, that’s the reality — for a boxer.

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“I mean, I’d be embarrassed to lose to Jake Paul, and I would.

‘”He’s still not very good.”

Paul has vowed to end Fury’s career with a viral knockout, something Hearn believes will come to fruition.

He said: “I think Jake Paul will win by knockout.”