FIFA-PLAYING sensation AnEsonGib has slammed Paul brothers Logan and Jake for giving YouTuber boxers a bad name.
The Brit was one of the pioneers of the new wave of online gamers lacing up boxing gloves and settling scores in front of millions.
I have heard what we are doing is a disgrace to the sport but what am I doing wrong?
AnEsonGib
Gib boxed in two amateur fights in 2018 – both on the undercards of friend KSI’s bouts with Joe Weller and Logan Paul 1 – and makes his pro debut on January 30 against Logan’s younger sibling Jake.
KSI and Logan made their professional bows in November, with the Englishman scoring a points win on US soil in a gruelling back-and-forth brawl.
But a large spread of boxing fans, former fighters and industry names slammed the invasion after Logan Paul spoke of becoming a heavyweight world champion with just three years of training.
And hard-grafting Gib blames his rival’s big brother and his ridiculous boasts for his blood, sweat and tears getting questioned.
Speaking to SunSport at Bones Adams’ gym in Las Vegas, Gib said: “I have heard what we are doing is a disgrace to the sport but what am I doing wrong?
“I have put in all of the work, I have been training non-stop for three months, I have left home and travelled halfway around the world to try to train as best I can. I am sparring, running, getting hit – a lot – so where is the disrespect?
“Logan deserved the stick that they got because he was telling people he could be heavyweight champion of the world. Logan saying that did not help us.
“Logan and his trainer Shannon Briggs saying he would be a world champion in three years was awful.
Jake Paul was talking about fighting major A-list Hollywood celebrities like Justin Bieber and he ended up with me!
AnEsonGib
“But as long as others are putting the work in to the craft then I don’t know why people want to criticise it.”
Gib has over 2m YouTube subscribers who tune in to see him play computer games, pull pranks or just entertain.
Jake Paul has almost 20m and was hoping to fight a huge Hollywood A-lister but Gib topped a poll he did among fans and the bout is in Miami on the undercard of three world title fights.
Super-featherweight king Tevin Farmer, middleweight boss Demetrius Andrade and super-bantamweight champ Daniel Roman are all on the blockbuster bill with the London debutant who has pulled off a major coup landing his fight.
The self-deprecated ace said: “Jake Paul was talking about fighting major A-list Hollywood celebrities like Justin Bieber and he ended up with me!
“He really wanted these big names but he could not get them. He was calling out all of these people, guys that had never even boxed before, and still got nothing.
“I knew there was a slot so I just kept calling him out and made it happen”.
Gib has been training for four years with Viddal Riley, the Floyd Mayweather-promoted cruiserweight prospect who coached KSI to defeat Logan, to settle their original draw, last year.
I was morbidly obese, belly and tits
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Jake has drafted in former three-weight world champ Shane Mosly, after ex-world champ Shannon Briggs trained his brother, and Gib insists it is another bad move from the clout-chasing siblings.
He said: “I met Viddal four years ago and I was morbidly obese, belly and tits, and he started me boxing, He tells me straight if I am doing s***. He doesn’t blow smoke up my arse.
“Do you think Shannon Briggs did that once with Logan Paul? No. Do you think Shane Mosley is doing it with Jake now? No.
“The Pauls like to get people around them that talk them up all the time, I find it odd.
“Viddal knows all of my weaknesses and strengths, what could Shane really know about Jake?”
Despite some of the vicious verbals the two teams have hurled across the Atlantic, Gib always seems to be talking trash with a smile.
Jake has tried to discredit his career and status but Gib is using that to motivate himself ahead of the DAZN and Sky Sports showdown.
AnEsonGib is aiming to put Jake Paul is in his place through hard workCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Jake and Logan Paul have given YouTube boxers a ‘bad name’Credit: Getty – Contributor
Gib said: “Jake’s profile is falling off, his videos are not doing as well any more so now he is calling himself an ‘entertainer’ instead of a YouTuber.
“I don’t hate him, he is just a man I have to beat. In the press conference he said ‘I am Jake Paul, I have everything to lose and you have nothing to lose’.
“But in my mind that makes me dangerous. If have nothing to lose then I can go in there all guns blazing.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
