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For their big money boxing match, set to take place this summer, Jake Paul and Nate Diaz were involved in a very heated and often bizarre pre-fight press conference on May 9 at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas. During this particular event, when a reporter claimed that the YouTuber turned professional fighter, Jake Paul is not a future Hall of Fame boxer, he was having none of it and proceeded to destroy him.
The 26-year-old was quoted as saying to the reporter, “See, I’ve done more for this sport than any boxers in current history, what has Floyd Mayweather done for women’s boxing? The list goes on. I’ve changed the whole entire game, brought a new 70 million followers to the sport, I’ve put on bigger paper views than some of these Hall of Fame guys.”
“So, you wanna talk about Hall of Famers, you wanna talk about resume? Yeah, I’m building it up, buddy! I just got started in this game. This is my eighth fight, and I'm fighting Nate Diaz, one of the biggest MMA fighters in history. So yeah, that’s my resume,” remarked Paul.
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Jake Paul’s employee calls out Nate Diaz, instantly regrets it
During the press conference, another bizarre incident happened as one of Jake Paul’s employees from Betr Media, named Derek Sullivan, called out Nate Diaz of all people. He instantly regretted it as the ex-UFC fighter teared into him with harshest of words and threatened him with possible repercussions. Paul was having a good laugh at their interaction until he finally decided to jump into the conversation and said, “He works for my company. I'll handle that later, I'll fire him. I'm sorry about that Nate. Derek, shut up.”
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Jake Paul will take on Nate Diaz at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas on August 5 in a highly anticipated fight. It will be contested for 8 rounds at 185 pounds in the boxing ring this summer.
