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    ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’ – Daniel Dubois defies logic with gymnastics training a secret to his success

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    How Daniel Dubois’ destiny to KO Anthony Joshua and rematch Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley was sealed after moving gyms

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    Inside Jake Paul’s training camp on £30m ranch where he almost FIRED coaches after being pushed to limit in brutal heat

    JAKE PAUL took training camp to his new £30million ranch in the sweltering Georgia heat – where he was pushed the point of almost no return. The YouTuber-turned-boxer returns on Saturday night in California against former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Jake Paul built a gym on his new £30m ranchPaul purchased the property in GeorgiaIt’s been described as ‘the middle of nowhere’Trainer Theo Chambers on the pads with PaulPaul has lived in his adopted home of Puerto Rico since 2021 – buying a £13m mansion and building his own custom £3m boxing gym. But this year he purchased a stunning 5,700 acre piece of land costing £30m – spending the fortune he made against Mike Tyson. Temperatures can soar past 30 degrees in the height of the summer in Georgia – and Paul felt every bit of it during camp. Head coach Theo Chambers told SunSport: “I like it because one thing, you can’t turn the air conditioning on outside! So I loved it. READ MORE IN BOXING”It was outside and it was hot.”Assistant trainer J’Leon Love said: “That was dope. Out in the middle of nothing, nowhere just running. “That land that he has is so far, just to get from the main road up to the driveway is three miles.”And if you know the time of year in Georgia, the heat is insane. So that was good, it was a change of environment and it was good man.Most read in BoxingJake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez JrJAKE PAUL’S controversial boxing career rolls on this weekend with the Problem Child facing boxing royalty in Anaheim, California.Paul will face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, a highly-decorated former world middleweight champion.The Mexican, 39, has fought just once in the last four years but has the best boxing resume of any fighter to step into a ring with Paul – bar Mike Tyson, who was aged 58 at the time they fought.Watch Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr LIVE on DAZN PPVINFOLATEST NEWS & FEATURESCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS”He needed that and found some fun in it at the same time. You need to keep this s*** fun so I’m looking forward to what’s going on tomorrow night.”But it was not all smiles for Paul in camp. Jake Paul’s trainer admits he refused to coach YouTube star at first… and reveals what convinced him to make U-turnIn fact, he threatened to SACK his coaches after being pushed to his absolute limit during the gruelling training camp. Love said: “Listen, if you hire me or you hire our team as a whole, I don’t care what you wanna do or what you have planned. “Once the mission is set, we dial in and do what we do and you do it, you know what I mean? That’s it.”I don’t care how much money you got. I don’t care how popular you are, how many followers you have.Temperatures soar in the Georgia heatPaul sparring boxer Steve GeffardPaul with sparring partner Steve Geffard”When we put a plan in place, that’s what we stick to and that’s what you’re gonna do.”I don’t care what you’re feeling. You’re gonna do it, so that’s how we bring it, man. “I mean and that’s why we’re able to keep climbing this pole and keep grinding and reaching these levels.”But most definitely, Jake was p****d a lot of the time during camp, ‘Man, we got this much time out.’ It don’t matter, get to it, but you get the job done.”Chambers comes from the legendary Kronk gym in Detroit – made famous by the iconic trainer Emanuel Steward. The coach has rubbed shoulders with some of boxing’s best – and expects high standards even for 11-1 Paul who only turned pro in 2020. Chambers said: “I saw the grind from Tommy Hearns, Darrell Chambers, Gerald McClellan, Milton McCrory, Lennox Lewis, Miguel Cotto.”So I personally only know one way and that’s to work hard, train hard. Boxing is more mental than it is a physical thing.”So if I’m getting fired. I know I’m doing my job.”Paul also has esteemed strength and conditioning coach Larry Wade – who has worked with several world champions – in his camp. And Wade revealed: “We want world championship performance, so we need world championship effort.”And if you don’t know that, it could be considered a physical and more so mental challenge, and that was the key.”And once he was able to grasp that, hey, we weren’t backing down, he was just forced him to just absorb it and say, ‘OK, let me get this work in.'” Paul returns for the first time since November when he beat Tyson – who controversially made a comeback aged 58. He has since dropped TWO STONE to drop back down to the 200lb cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lb to face Chavez Jr. Paul says victory could land him a shock ranking with the WBC and put him in line to challenge for Badou Jack’s world title. Trainer Chambers said: “I like to be challenged. So I like my guys to be challenged. These MMA guys, they do not stand a chance with Jake Paul.”So I would like to see him fight guys like Chavez, guys like Badou Jack.”Love, who spent years training alongside Jack, added: “I know who Badou is as a fighter, he’s a dog. “If that is something that happens in the future, wow that’d be dope and great. It’d definitely be a mission. “You know who Badou Jack is, the world knows who Badou Jack is. That would be a great challenge right there.” Paul facing off with Julio Cesar Chavez JrCredit: GettyLarry Wade, J’Leon Love, Jake Paul and Theo Chambers More

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    Jake Paul’s trainer admits he REFUSED to coach YouTube star at first… and reveals what convinced him to make U-turn

    JAKE PAUL has put his boxing career into the hands of esteemed trainer Theo Chambers – the man who once wanted nothing to do with him.Chambers – nicknamed Third – comes from the legendary Kronk gym in Detroit made famous by iconic trainer Emanuel Steward.Jake Paul eventually convinced coach Theo Chambers to work with himChambers initially refused to work with Jake PaulJ’Leon Love, middle, introduced Chambers and Jake PaulThe coach has worked with world champions like Andre Dirrell and Cornelius Bundrage – and most importantly J’Leon Love. Love – a former super-middleweight contender from Floyd Mayweather’s Las Vegas gym – has been part of Paul’s camp since his professional debut. And the assistant coach tried to recruit Chambers to join the YouTuber-turned-boxer’s team. But Chambers told SunSport: “I said no! I was training world class fighters, ranked fighters. READ MORE IN BOXING”I mean, at the time when he said YouTube, I didn’t even know what that meant. And then when I actually found out what it meant, then I really wasn’t.”Eventually, Love persuaded Chambers to watch Paul’s 2022 victory over UFC legend Anderson Silva. And after Paul took Tyson Fury’s brother Tommy the distance a year later – despite losing a split-decision – he was convinced to accept the gig. Chambers said: “Every fight that Jake had, J’Leon was there so he would always call me before the fights. ‘Hey, watch it on TV, watch it, watch it.’Most read in BoxingJake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez JrJAKE PAUL’S controversial boxing career rolls on this weekend with the Problem Child facing boxing royalty in Anaheim, California.Paul will face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, a highly-decorated former world middleweight champion.The Mexican, 39, has fought just once in the last four years but has the best boxing resume of any fighter to step into a ring with Paul – bar Mike Tyson, who was aged 58 at the time they fought.Watch Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr LIVE on DAZN PPVINFOLATEST NEWS & FEATURESCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS”And you know, because I love J’Leon, he’s my brother and I’ve been training him since he was 15 years old, so I watched the kid.”And it ain’t so much me looking at skill-wise, it’s where’s his heart? Where’s his passion at to even be a boxer.Jake Paul vows to send Julio Cesar Chavez Jr into sad boxing retirement and goads ‘I’ll be there for you'”But when he fought Anderson Silva, that’s what let me know that he had it in him.”Then when he fought Fury, even, even in his loss with Fury with me he won. “So then when they came back around to me, ‘Would you train Jake?’ I said yes I will train Jake.”Paul parted ways with former coaches BJ Flores and Danny Smith after defeat to Fury – with Chambers hired as the replacement. He has cornered Paul to five victories on the spin since – most recently against Mike Tyson who controversially came out of retirement aged 58 in November. Paul, 28, now returns on Saturday against former middleweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39, back down at cruiserweight. Victory could see Paul handed a shock WBC ranking – putting him in line to challenge for Badou Jack’s belt. Chambers said: “I like to be challenged. So I like my guys to be challenged. These MMA guys, they do not stand a chance with Jake Paul. “So I would like to see him fight guys like Chavez, guys like Badou Jack.” Jake Paul facing off with Julio Cesar Chavez JrCredit: GettyWBC champ Badou Jack is linked with fighting Jake PaulCredit: Getty More

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    Inside Jake Paul’s fight diet for Julio Cesar Chavez Jr fight with favourite dinner and cheat meal revealed

    JAKE PAUL has been training off a diet of tasty chicken and the occasional cheesecake in preparation to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The YouTuber-turned-boxer returns to the ring on Saturday night against former middleweight world champion Chavez Jr. Jake Paul’s fight camp diet has been revealedJake Paul returns against Julio Cesar Chavez JrCredit: GettyHe switched his training from his adopted home of Puerto Rico to Atlanta, Georgia where Paul recently purchased a £29million ranch.And with him all the way was personal chef Eric Triliegi – who has worked with the likes of Conor McGregor and Ryan Garcia in the past.Triliegi – an expert in helping fighters cut weight through nutrition – has the job of making sure Paul is fuelled for 12 weeks of training.He told SunSport: “For someone like Jake or an athlete it’s actually very simple. READ MORE IN boxing “We want to make sure he’s getting enough carbohydrates so he has enough glycogen storage in his muscles to be able to perform.”We gotta make sure he has enough fat so we can give him some of that good fat energy as well and then he has to have the right amount of protein so we keep him lean.”When we do the water load, we like to have him have more muscle mass because water and muscle cell combine, water and fat don’t combine.”So I like to make sure that he’s lean with muscle, got enough muscle so when the water load happens, it’s doing the right things.”Most read in BoxingJake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez JrJAKE PAUL’S controversial boxing career rolls on this weekend with the Problem Child facing boxing royalty in Anaheim, California.Paul will face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, a highly-decorated former world middleweight champion.The Mexican, 39, has fought just once in the last four years but has the best boxing resume of any fighter to step into a ring with Paul – bar Mike Tyson, who was aged 58 at the time they fought.Watch Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr LIVE on DAZN PPVINFOLATEST NEWS & FEATURESCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSPaul’s favourite fight camp meal is chicken marsala – an Italian-American dish made of shallots, garlic and a wine sauce. He has up to four meals a day – breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks mixed in with smoothies between his sessions.Jake Paul vows to send Julio Cesar Chavez Jr into sad boxing retirement and goads ‘I’ll be there for you’And if Triliegi fancies treating Paul , he serves up a sweet treat – all still healthy, of course.He said: “Honestly, I’m not big on cheat meals but I will do a no-bake cheesecake, passion fruit cheesecake, things like that. “But I use all healthy ingredients.”Paul’s last fight was up at heavyweight in November when Mike Tyson controversially came out of retirement aged 58. He jumped up to 227lb (16st 2lb) before winning on points and now drops back down to the 200lb cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lb. And Triliegi said: “The last fight camp for Tyson we were having over 3,400 calories a day – maybe a little bit more.”We were gaining weight, so it was a lot easier. Now with this, he came in camp light around 215, so the weight cut’s been real easy, real simple.”Triliegi has to make sure Paul’s calories are reduced as the fight edges closer and the weigh-in approaches.But the chef – who brought out his own book called Fight Food – even tracks the boxer’s SLEEP to help him shed the unwanted pounds Triliegi said: “I monitor everything, his sleep cycle, light, deep, in REM, his training, rest blocks.”If everything is going smoothly, he can eat the food that he wants, he can eat when he wants. “But we just monitor a little bit of the portion control. But other than that, we’re monitoring sleep, making sure he doesn’t eat too late. “If you eat too late when you go to bed instead of resting, you’re digesting so it’s taking away from the purpose of sleep so we pretty much keep track of everything.”Jake Paul’s chef Eric Triliegi even lives with the boxerJake Paul tucking into one of his meals More

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    I’m Muhammad Ali’s grandson but kept it a secret when I walked into the gym… I took beatings like everyone else

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    Cristiano Ronaldo and son Cristiano Jr show off their abs together but fans all spot shocking detail

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    Deontay Wilder shows off incredible state-of-the-art home boxing gym ahead of former world champ’s return fight

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