{"id":94646,"date":"2023-10-13T14:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94646"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:39:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:39:04","slug":"dillon-danis-asks-tommy-fury-about-boxing-rules-days-before-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/fighting\/dillon-danis-asks-tommy-fury-about-boxing-rules-days-before-paul-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Danis asks Tommy Fury about boxing rules days before Paul fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dillon Danis quizzed Tommy Fury about boxing rules just minutes before he took to the stage for press conference with Logan Paul and threw a microphone at his rival&#8217;s head, leaving a nasty cut<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MMA star Dillon Danis was filmed asking Tommy Fury about the rules of boxing\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It comes just days before he is scheduled to fight Logan Paul in Manchester\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Danis will be making his boxing debut against Paul at the AO Arena<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dillon Danis is scheduled to go head-to-head with Logan Paul this weekend in Manchester, but the MMA star has fans worried after he asked Tommy Fury what the rules of boxing were.<\/p>\n<p>The Bellator fighter will be making his boxing debut against Paul this weekend &#8211; which is set to be headlined by KSI\u00a0and Tommy Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, meanwhile, has some experience in the ring, fighting business partner KSI and, more recently, Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The build-up to the fight has been shrouded in controversy with Danis executing a staggering campaign of personal attacks on Paul, while he then struck him in the face with a microphone\u00a0at their final press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their final press conference on Thursday, Danis was filmed with Fury backstage for advice on his style.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76520291-12627631-image-a-19_1697201088656.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dillon Danis was filmed asking Tommy Fury for the rules on boxing ahead of Thursday&#8217;s press conference\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76520375-12627631-image-a-20_1697201092079.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fury told the Bellator star that he can do whatever he wants as long as it&#8217;s above the groin<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have a stance like this, sometimes I do this, is that legal?&#8217; Danis said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yeah, Tyson does it all the time,&#8217; Fury replied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I throw it like this, you can keep your elbow up right? You just can&#8217;t keep it like this,&#8217; Danis added before Fury reassured the MMA fighter that his style is legal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You can do whatever you want, as long as it&#8217;s here [the groin] and up,&#8217; Fury replied.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Danis&#8217; questions leading up to the fight, it may not even go ahead after the MMA star\u00a0launched a series of posts on social media insisting Paul had breached regulations over their bout.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to some earlier trash talk from Paul, Danis had said: &#8216;Fights off you missed weight.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Paul then replied with a video of him on the scales coming in at 194.3lbs which caught the ire of his opponent who said: &#8216;He claims he made weight, but it doesn&#8217;t count. The rules are the rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he wants to be viewed as a genuine boxer, he needs to follow the 11 o&#8217;clock deadline. Look at the time he posted. It&#8217;s not fair; I had to follow the rules, and he isn&#8217;t an exception.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76518069-12627631-image-a-21_1697201358832.jpg\" height=\"104\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76517149-12627631-image-a-22_1697201361976.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76517151-12627631-Danis_launched_into_a_tirade_of_posts_on_social_media_outlining_-a-23_1697201364771.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Danis launched into a tirade of posts on social media outlining what Paul had done wrong<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76518071-12627631-However_Paul_proved_he_had_been_on_the_scales_with_the_WWE_star_-a-24_1697201369099.jpg\" height=\"667\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, Paul proved he had been on the scales, with the WWE star coming in at 194.3lbs<\/p>\n<p>He continued in another post: &#8216;The commission&#8217;s rules state that weigh-ins are between 10 and 11. If you miss the 11 o&#8217;clock deadline, you&#8217;ve missed weight. I weighed in at 10:15, but Logan still hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The commission said that if he doesn&#8217;t arrive by the 11am deadline, the fight is off. He missed the weight, but then called misfits and changed the rules to give himself an extra hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We should be on an even playing field, he shouldn&#8217;t get special treatment. He\u2019s already got more juice than Tropicana. He missed the weight, plain and simple. They\u2019re trying to handicap me as much as possible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Danis then went on to add: &#8216;This isn\u2019t complaining. What is fair is fair. No drug tests, breaking the weigh-in rules \u2013 I ain\u2019t nobody\u2019s b****. I run the show. F***Logan Paul.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/13\/76520295-12627631-image-a-25_1697201412765.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair engaged in a verbal row before Danis connected\u00a0cleanly on Paul&#8217;s forehead with a microphone<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This fake commission is paid for by KSI and Misfits. They do whatever they say to get paid. This whole thing is a bunch of bulls***.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Danis&#8217; outburst towards Paul on Thursday sparked fears Paul may be forced to withdraw from the bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair engaged in a verbal row before Danis connected cleanly on Paul&#8217;s forehead with the microphone.<\/p>\n<p>However, KSI confirmed to Mail Sport that Paul was \u2018fine\u2019 and able to fight on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12627631\/Dillon-Danis-asks-Tommy-Fury-boxing-rules-Logan-Paul.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dillon Danis quizzed Tommy Fury about boxing rules just minutes before he took to the stage for press conference with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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