NATE DIAZ has fans fearing for him ahead of his fight with Jake Paul fight after footage of his boxing training emerged.
The ex-UFC star faces YouTuber-turned prizefighter Paul in his professional boxing debut on August 5 in Texas.
And a clip has done the rounds on social media of Diaz hitting pads but it left some worrying for him.
One said: “Slow and loopy is what I see, Nate has decent hands in MMA= junk hands in boxing.”
Another added: “Oh lord… He going to sleep.”
One agreed: “Jake Paul is gonna smoke Nate.”
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Influencer boxer Slim Albaher tweeted: “Jake Paul is gonna sleep him.”
It is unclear when the footage was recorded but others have thrown their support to Diaz.
One said: “Easy win for Nate.”
Another said: “Diaz is going to absolutely destroy Jake Paul.”
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Paul, 26, was beaten for the first time in February, losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia to Tommy Fury, 23.
He then snubbed a rematch to instead turn his attention to Diaz, 38, who left the UFC last year when his contract expired.
Paul said: “Nate Diaz was always the plan. I’ve always said – even in the Tommy Fury build up – that I wanted Nate Diaz after Tommy.
“And that really was regardless of the outcome, I’ve always wanted to fight Nate Diaz, so he was always next on my list.
“There’s always a bunch of options and one day you’re like, ‘I want to do this, I want to do that.’
“But I went back to the Nate Diaz idea as like the original plan and he was ready and wiling to make the fight happen and it just made more sense than the Tommy Fury rematch right away.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
