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The YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul is set to face the former UFC fighter Nate Diaz in a big money boxing match, live on DAZN PPV, from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on August 5. It is going to be an equal collaboration between Most Valuable Promotions of Paul and Real Fight Incorporated of Diaz, wherein the boxers will use 10-ounce gloves to compete for 10 rounds in the 185-pound division.
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During one of his training sessions on July 22, Saturday, in preparation for the highly anticipated bout, Jake Paul looked more muscular in physique than his last match against Tommy Fury, a split decision loss earlier in the year. This led to fans accusing the 26-year-old of using steroids to bulk up, which made him post a recent Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) Test result on Twitter, to prove that he didn't consume any banned substance while quashing the speculations altogether.
Notably, Nate Diaz is so confident about giving a noteworthy performance in his debut boxing match that he called for the upcoming encounter to be a 10-round spectacle instead of the eight rounds agreed upon initially. In response, Jake Paul accepted the challenge from the 38-year-old, making it his first-ever 10-round bout in the squared circle.
Jake Paul tries to crack-up Nate Diaz in the build-up to their boxing match
In a recent video posted on YouTube, Jake Paul dressed and acted like Nate Diaz, to mock his look and speech impediment. During the aforementioned clip, he was quoted as saying, “I’m going to beat that white boy’s ass! I always go hard, you know. I’m just a fighter, so when I get in there I ain’t no punk, you know. I’m coming for his head, and I always run triathlons before my fights and shit. F*** you Jake Paul!”
