YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is set to face retired UFC superstar Nate Diaz next month. Although Diaz was no slouch on the feet, Paul is expecting to finish him in the boxing ring, predicting a historic knockout win in an interview with TMZ Sports.
“I have the biggest chip on my shoulder, the biggest chip on both shoulders, coming back with a vengeance, refilled with that hunger that I had in the beginning of the sport to prove to people what I was capable of.
Jake Paul Promises Nate Diaz Knockout
The lion lost, I retreated back into the jungle, I took notes of everything, I got better, I trained, and now this lion is going to come out and maul this dude.
He’s going to have to pay for all this hard work, all the sacrifice I’ve made during this camp. I promise, I’m going to be the first person to stop him on Aug. 5. 100 percent, he’s going to sleep.”
Paul is coming off the back of a dramatic loss against Tommy Fury, the first professional boxer he has faced in his fighting career. Paul needs to return to winning ways if he wants to preserve any of his momentum.
“I’m going to let my actions do the talking. When he gets in there with me, and he sees my speed, my power, my skill, and he can’t hit me, that is going to frustrate him.
In that moment he’ll know that he f***** up, and he’s about to get embarrassed, and there’s a difference between UFC champion and a boxer, a very skilled boxer in myself. My fists are going to do all the talking.”
With a win over Diaz, will Paul be looking for revenge against Tommy Fury? “It’s not really on my mind.I want to get through Aug. 5.
Obviously I want the Tommy rematch, there’s KSI, more and more names are going to pop up as I move up with my skill, but we’re just going to take care of Nate on Aug. 5, tuck him in real nice, put him to sleep, and see what happens after that.”
Jake Paul’s YouTube fame has translated neatly into boxing success, with Paul earning millions from his pay-per-view sales in the squared circle. He has so far faced UFC alumni like Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, and Anderson Silva.
Nate Diaz is a typical Paul opponent, a smaller, older man whose best years as a competitor are behind him. Despite this, Diaz was superhumanly durable in the Octagon, with no knockout losses on his record: just two TKOs, one a doctor stoppage.
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