Tyron Woodley might be facing Jake Paul today, but he’s already looking to his future in boxing. Woodley told The MMA Hour that he expects some big names to reach out.
“After this fight, you don’t know who’s going to call me on Monday. So at the end of the day, I’m just going to keep my doors open.”
Tyron Woodley Already Looking to Boxing Future: “You don’t know who’s going to call me on Monday”
Woodley also described his feelings heading into his boxing debut, prompted by one of his coach’s wives. “I said, ‘It’s funny you say that. Because the way I feel is that if I would’ve had this knowledge,like, I ain’t never ran this much in my life. Ever.
God, stuff I didn’t even think was physically possible for me to do at 25. I said, ‘If I would’ve had this level of expertise with the striking and everything making sense, if I would’ve had this level of running, if I would’ve had this level of just dedication’…
I said, ‘There was a time when nobody could beat me. Imagine if I would’ve had that then. I would’ve not been just top five pound-for-pound.
I would’ve been the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. I wouldn’t have lost a second of a fight.’ And you know what she told me? ‘It ain’t over.’
Woodley knows that his reputation in mixed martial arts suffered thanks to his four-fight losing streak. Tyron Woodley remains committed to victory in the ring, and sees Jake Paul as a stepping stone to greater things.
“I see a kid who’s going to come out and this is his one chance,” Woodley said. “Like, think about this, if you got a chance to go one-on-one with Michael Jordan for all the marbles, you’re turning up.
Who cares? You’re going to give everything you got. That’s the danger.
That’s all I see. I don’t see sh*t else. I don’t see experience. I don’t see alpha male. I’m not going to say I really saw fear, but I saw maybe uncertainty that he bit off a little bit more than he can chew.
Because he could’ve picked the other two [opponent options], you know what I mean? And he would’ve gotten paid the same money for either one.
But he picked a person that, if he loses, OK, he lost to a five-time champion. Look at his [Instagram] handle — five years ago I was doing this and he was doing that. He’s already hedging his bet.
He’s already getting back-pocket excuses set. He’s already ready for it. He already put the rematch clause in from the genesis. From the top of the top of the f*cking announcement, you’re already going to say, ‘If you beat me up, I want a chance to get it back?’ Who’s not confident? I’m excited.”
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