Anderson Silva’s longtime boxing coach, Luiz Carlos Dorea, might be impressed by Jake Paul’s boxing prowess, but he’s still backing “The Spider” for a knockout. With Silva vs Paul set to take place this Saturday night, Dorea discussed the fight in a recent episode of Trocacao Franca.
“He’s doing his job right, climbing step by step, but I think this step really is too much for him. If he sees himself ready to face Anderson, we’re working hard to face a young and strong athlete. But, yes, he will have a striking specialist in front of him now. We’ve seen Jake Paul punching, he has power in his hands, but we haven’t seen him getting punched. He will [be punched] against Anderson. He will definitely be tested.”
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We expect a great win for Anderson. [Paul] is fighting a real striker now, a legend in striking, a specialist in boxing and Muay Thai. I’ve been working with Anderson for almost 20 years and we’ve always worked for MMA fights, and it’s way easier now. He already moves like a boxer. He boxes without having to worry about kicks and takedowns.”
Dorea continued, backing Silva to knock Paul out, a feat thus far unaccomplished in the YouTuber’s five-fight boxing career. “I always say that the knockout is consequence of good punches.
The knockout will be near as Anderson connects good punches. Anderson fought his entire career in five five-minute rounds, so he’s well-conditioned for eight three-minute rounds. The idea is to grow gradually. To land, hurt, and pressure the opponent. Anderson is in incredible shape and well-prepared mentally, physically, and technically. Time is on our side here.
I believe Anderson will get the knockout. I don’t know which round, but that’s the plan. We haven’t seen Jake Paul getting punched yet. I believe this fight has everything to [end by] knockout.”
Dorea also pointed out that Silva mostly fights out of love of the game, and Jake Paul is just the latest in a long line of challenges. In future could even be a big-money bout against Floyd Mayweather.
“Anderson doesn’t fight for money anymore, adrenaline and the love for the sport are his motivation. He lives in this world for many years now. I think everything is possible.
We don’t know what the future holds for us, but good things will come. The first goal now is to fight Jake Paul. I think he will be facing off with another legend in the future, Floyd Mayweather.
Anderson doesn’t have anything left to prove, just like Mayweather. That would be incredible. The greatest of all-time [in MMA] against the greatest boxer of all-time.”
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