Jake Paul is rushing through his training camp to try to do the impossible and survive a clash in which he seemingly has everything to lose, as he faces Anthony Joshua, a former heavyweight champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist. The duel on December 19 (Netflix) seems to be a foregone conclusion, but ‘The Problem Child’ is working hard to become a kind of real-life Rocky.
To that end, he has hired several important heavyweights to help him in the sparring sessions. We are talking about Jared Anderson, Frank Sanchez and Lawrence Okolie, three imposing fighters in the heavyweight category with very good resumes, who can do a lot of damage to anyone in the ring.
Former world champion Carl Froch commented about three days ago that he did not believe that Paul was sparring with these boxers despite the fact that ‘The Problem Child’ had shown a photo with Anderson, Sanchez and Okolie. “They are not sparring with Jake Paul. All they are doing is moving with him, marking him with a jab and those technical things. They are not really sparring with him. Lawrence Okolie is a pretty solid puncher, now he’s huge. Jake Paul is not at the level to spar with him. So I want to see the footage, I want to see the sparring, and then I’ll believe it,” said the former super middleweight champion
AJ gets in there with Jake Paul [in the ring] and really tries, the fight doesn’t last a minute. He could even break his neck with a right hand
According to Froch, the fight should be real between Joshua and Paul, as it is labeled as professional. The Briton is clear about what will happen and warns the American: “It has to be a real fight and every fan who understands how boxing works, knows that if AJ goes in with Jake Paul [in the ring] and really tries, the fight doesn’t last a minute. Because as soon as AJ connects that one-two… If AJ hits Jake Paul with that right hand, he could even break his neck. And that’s it. It would be the end, and it would be bad for the sport.”
Jake Paul’s broken nose
In this context, it seems that Jake Paul has listened to Froch’s opinions and in an interview has shown his war wounds, although more than scars, it is a twist. In an interview with Pat McAfee, Paul was asked about his apparently broken nose: “This is getting more and more twisted, I’m not going to lie. This morning, with the heavyweights, my nose moved a couple of millimeters in this camp. A guy named Frank Sanchez broke it a little bit, so there was definitely something small there. But yeah, it’s bad. I look like Squidward. It’s been really tough. He’s a big guy,” he explained.
A few days ago, ‘El Gallo’ was seen with a black eye after a punch that, according to him, had been thrown by Okolie. Of course, this is not a normal fight, as airing this type of setback is not normal, nor is it normal to be punching each other a few days before a fight
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