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TYRON WOODLEY has threatened to end Jake Paul’s fledgling boxing career and warned he will ‘get hurt in a way you’d never imagine’.Paul faces the ex-UFC champion on Sunday in his fourth and most challenging fight so far.
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: Esther Lin
But Woodley has predicted it could even be the YouTuber’s last, as he sent out a fierce warning ahead of what will be his boxing debut.
He told MMAFighting: “I’m just glad to be a part of it, but I’m not only here to participate.
“I’m here to f***ing take over. And you’re going to see Jake Paul get hurt in a way you’d never imagine. He may not want to do this again after this.”
Paul, 24, is 3-0 in his career, all by knockout, with wins over online rival ‘AnEsonGib, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC fighter Ben Askren, 37.
Woodley, 39, meanwhile formerly held the UFC welterweight title from 2016-2018 with four defences.
But he has lost his last four fights, without a win in three years and left the UFC this year.
How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

Since signing to face Paul, Woodley, 39, has spent time training under boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, 44, and his coach Gerald Tucker.
He has documented this in a YouTube series called ‘Champ Camp’ – but revealed he has purposely held back footage.
And Woodley said fans will be able to see just how hard he has been preparing for the bout with new video due to be released.

He said: “I’m smart too. He’s not the only smart one.
“When you see [my video blog] ‘Champ Camp’ drop Saturday, when it’s too late after the weigh-ins, you’re going to see what I’ve really been doing.
“What you guys have seeing has been sprinkles, it’s been salt baes.
“You’re going to see Jake Paul get hurt in a way you’d never imagine. He may not want to do this again after this.Tyron Woodley
“When you see the destruction and the f***ing training and the mentality and the coaching and the running every single day, all different terrains, hills, speeds, adjustments, altitudes, it’s going to be too late for him to back out of this fight.
“And that’s why in the beginning I said I wanted a ‘no bitch out’ clause.
“Because I knew if he saw how hard I really punch, and how great my mind really is for this sport — any combat sport — my IQ and just the coaches, [Paul might back out].”
Woodley has maintained he feared Paul would fail to fight him, but now insisted there is no way out.
He explained: “It’s too late. He’s going to be the biggest bitch in the industry of female dogs if he backs out of this fight now.
“So now I can talk for real. Now I can say what we really were doing. Now I can show you guys.
WOODLEY’S WARNING
“Come Saturday, if you guys are not subscribed to me on YouTube, subscribe. Saturday, I’m breaking the internet.
“I promise you, it’s going to be internet breaking. This entire camp has been a movie.
“If he tried to pull a Covid-19 [and pull out now], I’m coming to his hotel and I’m sticking a Q-tip in his nose and I’m going to do it for seven tests.
“I want to see some x-rays. I want to see some ultrasound. I want the doctor to produce the [positive test] to me personally.
“Because he doesn’t really understand that the force I punch with and the certainty of me landing and me seeing it before it happens.
“It’s not something that a sparring partner in Puerto Rico can display and mimic and perpetrate.”
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VITOR BELFORT said ‘I’d put a beating’ on brothers Jake and Logan Paul on the ‘SAME NIGHT’ if given the chance. The YouTubers have both forged out unprecedented prizefighting careers, recently becoming two of the most polarising figures in the sport.
Vitor Belfort said ‘I’d put a beating’ on Jake and Logan Paul on the ‘same night’Credit: Instagram @vitorbelfort
Logan and Jake Paul have both forged out unprecedented prizefighting careersCredit: Getty
Older brother Logan, 26, is officially 0-1, losing to online rival KSI in 2019 after they drew in a white collar bout in 2018.
But he scored a massive moral victory in June, taking boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, 44, the distance in their exhibition bout.
Jake, 24, meanwhile is 3-0, all by KO, having beaten YouTuber ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
He faces Tyron Woodley, 39, in his fourth and toughest fight to date on August 29.
Woodley has the backing of fellow former UFC champion Belfort, 44, who fancies a crack at Jake and Logan back-to-back.
He told SunSport: “I hope Tyron Woodley does good, but that kid Jake is doing good business, he’s getting good traction, I respect that. 
How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

“I’d fight him and his brother in the same night, I’d put a beating on him and his brother in the same night, there’s no doubt about it.” 
Belfort, having not fought in MMA since 2018, is now in the business of spectacle bouts himself.
The American-based Brazilian, 1-0 as a boxer after his 2006 debut, faces six-weight boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya, 48, on September 11.
It will mark De La Hoya’s comeback after 13 years out of the ring, when Manny Pacquiao, 42, battered him into submission.
Belfort hopes to one day merge the rules of boxing and MMA into a unified sport, but for now will settle for a super-fight in the sweet science.
I’d fight him and his brother in the same night, I’d put a beating on him and his brother in the same night, there’s no doubt about it.Vitor Belfort on Jake and Logan Paul
He said: “The future of combat sports in the merge between these two amazing combat sports.
“Right now, we are boxing under boxing rules, and I accept it. But in the future, I want to mix boxing with the martial arts aspect.
“But until that gets done, I’m the guy with the fastest hands and most knockouts in UFC and MMA history.
“So fighting the best boxers of all time, Oscar De La Hoya, it’s a legendary fight, a generational fight and it’s going to be epic.
“This is once in a lifetime.”
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MIKE TYSON has backed Jake Paul to beat Tyron Woodley, who the heavyweight legend fears is just looking for one more payday.Paul faces the ex-UFC champion on August 29 in his fourth and toughest fight to date.
Jake Paul has been backed to beat Tyron Woodley by Mike TysonCredit: Instagram
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: Getty Images
Tyson, one of the most celebrated punchers of all time, has taken a liking to the YouTuber.
He even had him on his undercard in November when Paul knocked out ex-NBA star Nate Robinson.
And Tyson, 55, has predicted Woodley, 39, will suffer a similar fate and enjoy a cash out while doing so.
He said on his podcast: “I’m proud of them. Are they gonna fight? He’s fighting an experienced fighter. That’s so cool.
“I don’t know. Paul’s a real good striker, and I think people do him a disservice when they go in there and say, ‘He’s blonde-haired and blue-eyed, he’s a white b***’, and I think that also builds their courage up and causes them to get knocked out.
“Jake’s gonna beat him. Woodley’s not a puncher like that, that’s why he wants to fight this guy, to get his last payday probably.”
How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

Paul, 24, knocked out online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ before doing the same against Robinson, 37.
Most recently he beat retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren – a friend and training partner of Woodley’s – in his last fight in April.
Paul has not been taken past round two, and fans even accused his KO against Askren of being ‘rigged’.
It left the American social media sensation pleading with Woodley to go ‘a couple rounds’ in their fight.
“Jake’s gonna beat him. Woodley’s not a puncher like that, that’s why he wants to fight this guy, to get his last payday probably.Mike Tyson on Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley
Paul told SunSport: “I’ve said it, I wouldn’t mind going a couple rounds with this guy.
“To show my inside fighting, to show my work to the body, to show how I set shots up, to show my head movement, defence.
“To show that I can take a hit. I haven’t been able to show any of this, so I really wouldn’t mind it going a couple of rounds because then I think the boxing community will be like, ‘Oh, damn this kid can actually fight’.
“Even in the last fight, I knocked Ben Askren out, people were like, ‘There’s no way this is possible, it’s rigged’.
“Yeah, I want a challenge and I want a tough fight.”
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LOGAN PAUL said Tyron Woodley is ‘f***ed’ and should be ‘scared’ as his brother Jake revealed ‘a day in fight camp’.Jake, the younger Paul, faces the ex-UFC champion on August 29 in his home of Cleveland.
Logan Paul and brother Jake trainingCredit: Instagram jakepaul
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: Instagram jakepaul
YouTuber Jake Paul is 3-0 as a boxerCredit: Instagram jakepaul
And he gave fans an insight into his training camp, with Logan sending a warning to Woodley.
He said: “Jake’s sharp as f***, bro. Tyron’s f***ed, I’ve been saying it since day one. I’d be scared if I was Tyron.”
Jake then added: “We work too hard, we’re too dedicated, we have the best team. He’s not working like this.
“I look amazing in sparring, coming in hot, feeling great, this guy – once the ten-ounce gloves come on – I’m telling you he’s not going to last.
“I’m about to send him into retirement.”
In the video, Jake skips with his brother Logan shows off his shadow boxing and hits the pads with trainer BJ Flores.
How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

He then linked up with world champion Amanda Serrano – who fights on his undercard – with the pair training in Puerto Rico.
Jake said: “Wow, incredible sparring yesterday, my right hand might be God.
“But, today we are back at it again down in Puerto Rico, Amanda Serrano in the building, the legend.”
Jake, 24, and Serrano, 32, are then captured hitting heavy bags together and drilling pad work with coach Flores.
Logan, 26, added: “Jake, believe it or not, is a very smart boxer. He uses his brain and he’ll outbox you in a smart and strategic way.
Jake’s sharp as f***, bro. Tyron’s f***ed, I’ve been saying it since day one. I’d be scared if I was Tyron. Logan Paul
“He plays chess with his fists, not chequers.”
Jake is 3-0 in his career all by knockout with wins over online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
But he promises his return against Woodley, 39, will top the lot.
Jake said: “This fight is a dream come true, it’s a surreal moment. Going back to Cleveland, Ohio.
“Putting on for my city, I’m going 110 per cent, August 29th, I’m putting Tyron Woodley to sleep, be ready.”
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JAKE PAUL will face the biggest challenge in his professional boxing career against ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley. The YouTube star faces Woodley on August 29, in his home of Cleveland in what will be his fourth fight.
Jake Paul fights Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: The Mega Agency
With three wins, all by knockout, it has left Paul convincing fans his talent is real and respect should be put on his name.
But others are not so open to accepting the social media sensation is worth of any praise.
And predictions on Paul’s fight with Woodley reflects the dividing and differing opinons, as SunSport runs down the pick of the bunch.
KSI
The British YouTuber has long rivalled Paul, with the pair both beating each other’s brothers.
But a grudge match between them has yet to materialise and KSI – for the first time – backed his online rival to win.
KSI, 28, said on YouTube: “I think Jake Paul’s gonna win. Because every time I’ve said Jake Paul’s gonna lose, he wins.
“Same thing happens with crypto. I go, I’m feeling bullish, and then it tanks. Jake Paul’s gonna win. He’s gonna absolutely destroy Tyron Woodley.”
Prediction: Jake Paul
Jake Paul and KSI argue in the ring during a confrontation in 2020Credit: Getty Images – Getty

Jorge Masvidal
The UFC welterweight is a known admirer of Paul, who even trained with Masvidal, 36, before knocking out Ben Askren, 37, in April.
But Masvidal is a long-long friend and training partner of Woodley’s and has no doubt his boy will win.
He told said on The MMA Hour: “Woodley can throw them hands. Ben Askren never could.
“So, it’s like you’ve got a guy that can fight if it’s slinging fists.Woodley could have made his money grappling, which he did.
“He was good enough of an athlete, and he was good enough of an athlete to make his money with his hands to knock people the f*** out.”
Prediction: Tyron Woodley
Jorge Masvidal pictured with Jake PaulCredit: Instagram / @jakepaul
Mike Tyson
Iron Mike has taking a liking to Paul, who knocked out Nate Robinson, 37, on the heavyweight legend’s undercard last November.
And Tyson, 55, has the American celebrity to beat Woodley, 39, who is ‘not a puncher’.
He said on his podcast: “I’m proud of them. Are they gonna fight? He’s fighting an experienced fighter. That’s so cool.
“I don’t know. Paul’s a real good striker, and I think people do him a disservice when they go in there and say, ‘He’s blonde-haired and blue-eyed, he’s a white b***’, and I think that also builds their courage up and causes them to get knocked out.
“Jake’s gonna beat him. Woodley’s not a puncher like that, that’s why he wants to fight this guy, to get his last payday probably.”
Prediction: Jake Paul
Jake Paul pictured with heavyweight legend Mike TysonCredit: Social Media – Refer
Dana White
The UFC president has feuded with Paul in recent months with verbal jabs being thrown both ways.
Woodley, who left the UFC this year after four straight losses, also never saw eye-to-eye with the boss, but still White has tipped his former champ to win.
He told the Real Quick With Mike Swick podcast: “You tell me when is the last time you saw Woodley look like Woodley?
“I’d have to go with Woodley by knockout. Listen, man, Woodley should knock him out.
“But, again, the Tyron Woodley that you talk about, that was the champ, isn’t the same f***ing guy he was four years ago.”
Prediction: Tyron Woodley
UFC president Dana White with Tyron Woodley
Israel Adesanya
UFC middleweight champion Adesanya was a guest commentator the night Paul knocked out basketball player Robinson.
And it has been enough to convince him Woodley suffers a similar fate.
Adesanya, 32, said on The MMA Hour: “Jake most likely. Tyron’s just small. Yeah, and I mean, Tyron, on the trailer, they called him an expert striker.
“I’m like, since when? Expert striker, yeah, I was like, ‘Since the f*** when?’ He’s got a right hand that he, you know, looks for.
“So, when you have one thing to look for, it’s easier to avoid that. And, yeah, Jake’s big. Jake’s actually a good boxer. So, yeah, if I was gonna bet, I’d bet on Jake Paul.”
Prediction: Jake Paul
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya with Jake Paul
Logan Paul
Not surpassingly, Logan, 26, has backed his younger brother to win, but reckons another highlight-reel KO is on the cards.
He said: “I think he’s gonna knock out Tyron Woodley in round one. Like round one fight, Jake Paul to the moon.”
Jake, 24, responded: “I think so too.”
Prediction: Jake Paul
Jake Paul pictured with older brother LoganCredit: Social Media – Refer to Source
Georges St-Pierre
The UFC legend and former two-weight champion failed to pick a decisive winner, but for sure did not rule out Paul beating Woodley.
St-Pierre, 40, told MMA Fighting: “He could, definitely.
“It’s a different sport. In MMA I would say no, but in boxing he’s much bigger than Tyron Woodley, and also he trains very hard.
“I’m not saying that’s what’s going to happen, but I think he definitely can do it. I’m not one of the haters, and [Paul] actually is a very nice guy.”
Prediction: Sitting on the fence
UFC champion Georges St-Pierre refused to rule out Jake Paul beating Tyron WoodleyCredit: Getty
Tommy Fury
Fury, 22, has been embroiled in a viral feud with Paul for weeks and will even feature on his undercard.
The British light-heavyweight will fight Paul’s sparring partner Anthony Taylor, 32, and win sets them up for a grudge match.
Fury has backed Paul to beat Woodley by default, believing matchmakers would not have allowed him to face any sort of threat.
He said: “He has earned a lot of money and if there was any chance of Tyron Woodley beating Jake Paul that contract wouldn’t have got signed.
“Why would Jake Paul put himself in a position where he is going to get knocked spark out?
“He is not going to fight anybody who will test him because he doesn’t need to.”
Prediction: Jake Paul
Tommy Fury backed Jake Paul to beat Tyron WoodleyCredit: Getty
Stephen Thompson
Wonderboy Thompson twice fought Woodley – both while in their primes – drawing the first but losing the second.
And he believes his former opponent will be able to beat Paul on points in the eight-round attraction.
Wonderboy, 38, told James Lynch,: “Tyron. No, I think you know, Jake Paul is very smart. I think his defence, his movement is very, very good.
“I think it will be a decision.”
Prediction: Woodley
Tyron Woodely drew and beat Stephen ThompsonCredit: Getty – Contributor
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