Jake Paul didn\u2019t make any new friends in Paris as he prepares to face France\u2019s Cedric Doumbe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Problem Child\u201d returns to the boxing ring for the first time since having his jaw broken by Anthony Joshua 12 months ago when he faces Doumbe on Dec. 24 at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Paul and Doumbe had their first chance to talk trash and face off at a press conference Tuesday, and the French fans in attendance were more than happy to give Paul a piece of their mind.<\/p>\n
Greeted by a chorus of boos, Paul immediately fired back, referencing the recent riots that occurred in Paris as a result of civil unrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are y\u2019all booing, Paris?\u201d Paul said. \u201cYou should boo yourself. Didn\u2019t this place burn down? This could have been a Zoom call. Why the f*ck are we here? What is this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy great grandpa died in World War 2. Boo yourselves, we saved your b*tch-asses. Shut the f*ck up, Paris. Without me and my family, y\u2019all wouldn\u2019t f*cking be here. Shut y\u2019all b*tch-ass up.\u201d<\/p>\n
On several occasions throughout the press conference, Paul was greeted by loud chants of \u201cF*ck you,\u201d to which he replied in kind.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mom did,\u201d Paul said. \u201cShut the f*ck up, France. We\u2019re trying to have a press conference here. I\u2019ve seen who you root for. I\u2019ve heard boos way louder than this. Please.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Doumbe had the chance to speak, he downplayed the threat that Paul presents. Though Paul has more boxing experience and will have a noticeable size advantage on fight night, Doumbe has excelled in both kickboxing and MMA, and he expects Paul to be easy work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do nothing,\u201d Doumbe said. \u201cI just watch video, I just watch this clown fight. I don\u2019t really do nothing. I have everything to beat this guy. This guy is a joke. He\u2019s a very great YouTuber, but he\u2019s not a fighter. He\u2019s not even a good boxer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need to lose weight to face this guy. \u2026 I\u2019m not training to beat him. I\u2019m training to lose weight and to step up to the scale. I\u2019m not training to avoid any of his skills. He doesn\u2019t have anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doumbe joked that since Paul and Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian are calling the shots for the Dec. 24 event, he\u2019s essentially getting paid to beat up his boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank Nakisa, he\u2019s the boss, and Jake, he\u2019s the boss, too,\u201d Doumbe said. \u201cI want to thank Nakisa because that\u2019s the first time I will face my boss and knock him out. My boss pays me to knock him the f*ck out, that\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following the initial portion of the press conference, reporters were given the opportunity to ask questions, which included one about Paul\u2019s \u201cBefore I rest\u2026\u201d list that he recently shared on social media.<\/p>\n
Paul\u2019s list included several well-known combat sports stars including Canelo Alvarez, Conor McGregor, Ryan Garcia, Darren Till, and Nate Diaz, but Doumbe was not mentioned. He explained his reasoning for the matchup.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has all of these fans, he\u2019s a big name he\u2019s a world champion,\u201d Paul said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best kickboxers, one of the best MMA fighters. He\u2019s young, still on top, he has a big following, and I have said it before and I\u2019ll say it every single time: I\u2019ll fight anyone, anytime, anyplace, and this is the fight that lined up and made the most sense. He\u2019s Muslim, we\u2019re going to Dubai, it\u2019s going to be a movie.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t get better than this. I\u2019m very excited. He\u2019s the perfect opponent for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the most part, Paul mixed in praise for Doumbe while also sneaking in disses at his opponent and the Paris fans. On the other side, Doumbe continued to show little respect for Paul\u2019s fighting skills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhich round I will choose to knock him out?\u201d Doumbe said. \u201cI used to knock people out in the second round, because first round, warm up, second round, my shape, my conditioning, everything is good. But my coach told me that he wants a small death. He wants me to play with him and to show him what is the real boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don\u2019t know, I have two options: I knock him out in the second round or I knock him out in the seventh or eighth round. I don\u2019t know, I will see.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing is for sure, Paul should be glad his fight with Doumbe is happening in Dubai and not Paris, because the crowd had little interest in hearing what he had to say and would likely be even more volatile on fight night.<\/p>\n
\u201cActions speak louder than words, they\u2019ll see, Dec. 24,\u201d Paul said. \u201cJust like their city burned down, I\u2019m going to burn this guy to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul didn\u2019t make any new friends in Paris as he prepares to face France\u2019s Cedric Doumbe. \u201cThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,1920,1347,5963,7613,85],"class_list":["post-959681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-latest-news","tag-pfl","tag-pfl-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}