The Pat McAfee Show<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a very tough fight for multiple rounds, but then when I figure out his pacing, his style, his speed, his footwork, he\u2019s going to get a little bit tired trying to chase me around and then I\u2019m going to set up the shot.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m not going to say exactly what, but I see what it is and I think it will end in the fifth or sixth round.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 13 pro boxing bouts, Paul has finished seven fights, with his knockouts coming against past-their-prime MMA stars (Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren), BKFC star Mike Perry, a pair of journeymen, former NBA player Nate Robinson, and influencer AnEnsonGib. Hardly the same calibre of opponent Joshua has faced in the ring, but Paul remains confident he can score a massive upset.<\/p>\n
Joshua entered the picture when Paul\u2019s original opponent, WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis, was removed from the bout due to Davis becoming involved in a civil suit in which he is accused of battery and kidnapping among other violent crimes. Going from the smaller Davis to the considerably larger Joshua necessitated major changes in Paul\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe definitely focused a lot more on the strength workouts and lifting heavier weights,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI started to eat a bit more, but I didn\u2019t want to bulk up too much. The speed is going to be the key here, but we brought in world champion heavyweight sparring partners, guys who are 270 pounds, 250 pounds, sparring them has been insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy coaches are some of the best in the world and they tell me, \u2018Look, we believe that the sparring you\u2019re doing right now is going to be harder than the actual fight night.\u2019 They don\u2019t lie to me, I trust in my coaches, and I also believe that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul\u2019s trust in his team should have him as prepared as possible come fight night, but just because they\u2019re looking out for his best interests, doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they\u2019re always looking out for his safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, sparring the heavyweights my nose has moved a couple millimeters in this camp,\u201d Paul said. \u201cA guy by the name of Frank Sanchez, he definitely cracked it a little bit, so it definitely has a slight little something in there. But yeah, it\u2019s bad. I\u2019m like Squidward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul put together a fight no one expected to happen and now he\u2019s calling his shot. Next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,701,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-337983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}