Paul-Woodley kickoff press conference

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Undefeated YouTuber Jake “The Problem Child” Paul (3-0, 3 KOs) faced off with his next opponent, five-time UFC champion Tyron Woodley, at the historic 5th Street Gym in Miami on Thursday ahead of their summer clash on SHOWTIME PPV.

JAKE PAUL

“I told him I’ll pay you double your purse if you beat me. But if you lose, you have to pay your purse to my charity. He lacks confidence. Why wouldn’t you take that bet as a fighter if you knew you were going to win? To make double the money? This is the biggest payday of your life and you can make double? Put your money where your mouth is.

“He’s a good striker. He’s known for knocking people out. But I think when I beat Tyron, people have to put respect on my name. But that’s not what I’m here for to be honest. I already know how good I am. I know that this is going to be another easy fight. That’s why SHOWTIME is in business with me. You’re looking at the future of boxing.

“He’s not as good as me and he’s playing catch-up. We see holes in his whole entire game and he has try to learn how to box. He’s stiff. Muscles don’t fight and he’s going to be out of his element. This is boxing. This isn’t MMA. You can’t learn how to box in this amount of time. Now we’re going to show him the reins. The Disney kid is going to beat up the five-time UFC champion of the world. It’s going to be hilarious.

“I haven’t even shown my fighting abilities at all. I haven’t even made it past two rounds in my professional career. I haven’t been hit in the face. Nobody can even see if I have a chin or my inside fighting game. I haven’t even warmed up yet. And by the way, I’m the type of fighter that gets better the longer the fight goes on. I get better in sparring so I haven’t even been able to warm up and I’m excited to show my ability if he can make it out of the first round.

“I’ve predicted every single one of my fights. I said Ben Askren, first round. I said Nate Robinson, first round. He got to the second. I said in my first pro fight, first round. I don’t think Tyron will make it out of two rounds. You might not even get to see my boxing abilities in this fight to be honest.”

TYRON WOODLEY

“I’ve always wanted to box my whole life but never did it. This is my opportunity. This is a kid that’s a power-puncher. He’s got a lot of strength behind him. This is going to be a big platform to showcase what I can do in a boxing ring. And he’s a fighter. He can fight. At the end of the day, you can watch him and the timing, the rhythm and the footwork is there.

“He hasn’t fought very long. But the little action that I have seen was clean. Good defense. Nate was rushing him, he protected himself and he came out of his shell and cracked him.

“He’s trying to downplay his ability. He’s a fighter. Don’t let him play you by saying, ‘I’m just a YouTuber.’ Last week, he was a fighter. When he was saying nobody wanted to fight him, he was a fighter. You’re not a YouTuber anymore. You’re not on Disney. It’s been a long time since he was on Disney. That’s like me saying I’m just a collegiate wrestler and I don’t punch people.

“I just want to have fun. I want to train hard. I want to get better. I want to go out there and do things on my terms and be the one to call the shots. I want to go out there and make history. I always make history. I may not always get the credit for it but I’m always the first. Fighters always hit me up asking what they should do, what they’re doing wrong. Now it’s time for me to go do it myself.”

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  • If Jake fought a real prospect he would get his ass kicked. #FACT.

    • Jennifer, like his brother said most prospects get fed low quality opposition before being tested. Prospects don’t normally fight other prospects early in their career

      • They, don’t like fact and reality get in the way of blind hatred.

        It’s really is hysterical that people keep saying “well let him right Tony Bellow and he’ll get KTFO”… No shit? A 3 fight pro with zero ama fights vs the former world champion? Wow, bold prediction.

        I have this Paul kid but he def has some talent and skills and 100% has natural power. A lot of top level fighters couldn’t knock someone out cold regardless of how much of a skill difference. You just have it or you don’t and this little douche bag def has it.

        Is he ever going to beat a world champ? Probably not, but if he keeps this up for 4 or 5 more years and guys to about 25 more fights under his belt he could definitely be a legit contender. He’s still only 24 years old. By 29 if he takes it serious and is managed right and he keep his life together, he can definitely succeed for a long time in this sport. And he’ll make a ton of money from people want to watch him get beat.

  • When is he going to fight someone his own size and age? I’m guessing never.

  • First thing I noticed was Dave Portnoy’s puss right in the middle of the screen. What’s he doing there?

  • Peter Mcneeley was undefeated with all knockouts when he fought Tyson look what happened to him. It’s about competition.

    • He wasn’t undefeated and he didn’t have all knockouts apart from that I agree.

    • I paid for that fight.. I was so mad.. 30 seconds! Iron mike mauled him

  • Just a sign of how far “boxing” has fallen. There are dozens of actual competitive fights to be made in each division yet the public is offered up this circus disguised as a prizefight.

  • These kind of fights are now overshadowing real fights. What a rubbish state of affairs, when novelty boxers make more out of one fight than 99% of boxers make in their whole careers.

  • Jake “winner take all” Paul. I like that he just speaks his mind and doesn’t care who it is about. Loved when he ripped on Dana White for underpaying UFC fighters.

  • This will be a classic zone battle.

    Zone 1: the ring – both fighters have moved from the cage to the ring. Advantage Paul. Woodley moved from cage fighting to boxing, this is fight one a new zone. Paul has moved from the YOUTUBE cage to the boxing scene like a crocodile to land, an apex predator in both.

    Zone 2: the mind, Woodley is on a losing streak- Paul is on a winning streak. Advantage Paul.

    Zone 3: Soul, Woodley has arguably lost his spirit. Paul is showing a visible ascendency.

    Zone 4: power – equal.

    Zone 5: The ring, Woodley has more experience in fights.

    Zone 6: stardom Woodley has been a champ but so was Askern – Advantage Paul.

    Zone winner: Paul TKO DEC.

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