Tommy Fury last night toppled Jake Paul in a megamoney boxing showdown in Saudi Arabia. 

The undefeated professional boxer moved to 9-0 and will earn a place in the WBC cruiserweight rankings.

Fury won a split-decision in the fight as he survived a knockdown in the eighth round to go to the scorecards.

Both men earned huge fees from the fight with purses expected to be in the millions for the clash at the Diriyah Arena.

While the interest in the fight was huge, Ally McCoist couldn't help but think of the journeymen boxers struggling to earn a fraction of the fees in their own careers.

On talkSPORT, he said: "I've got to say, I feel so sorry for all the good professional journeymen boxers out there that have spent their entire lives and entire careers working and working and working to get fights and go through and learn their trade.

"All of a sudden these guys are coming in - and I get it, I understand there is money in it and it's finance - I don't sit comfortable with it to be honest with you."

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Quizzed on whether he'd watch a rematch, he admitted: "It's a funny one guys. I probably would watch it. I wanted to watch last night, I wanted Tommy Fury to win. I wanted him to win for the sake of boxing and boxers."

On Fury's emotional reaction after the win, McCoist added: "I don't have any doubt that was because he felt the pressure on him from his family and boxing as a whole that he had to win that fight."

After his split decision victory, Fury told BT Sport Box Office: “For the past two and a half years, this is all that’s consumed my life. 

“Tonight I made my own legacy. Molly, this fight was for you and for you, Bambi, I love you.

“I had a dream and a vision that I would win this fight and no one believed me. I had pressure on my shoulders and I came through. This to me is a world title fight – I’ve trained so hard for this. This was my destiny, we did it.”

Paul said: “I felt flat, I got sick twice in this camp and injured my arm. It wasn’t my best performance, but I’m not making excuses and I’ll come back stronger.

“All respect to Tommy – he won. I deserve a rematch, I don’t know if I agree with the judges.

"I’ve already won in life – I have an amazing family, amazing friends and I’ve made it further than I ever thought I would.”