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JAKE PAUL offered fans a glimpse into his training camp with footage of the YouTuber sparring and hitting the pads. The social media star faces ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley on Sunday, August 29 in his home of Cleveland.
Jake Paul training on the pads with coach BJ Flores
Jake Paul in sparring for his fight with Tyron Woodley
After a press tour in Los Angeles and then Ohio, Paul returned to Puerto Rico to continue preparations for what will be his fourth professional fight.
And in a video uploaded online, 24-year-old landed some eye-catching combinations on his sparring partner.
In particular, a uppercut and left hook combination won praise from his trainer, former cruiserweight contender BJ Flores.
A separate clip of Paul on the pads with Flores in Miami saw the American celebrity firing off quick combinations.
Paul comes into the fight 3-0, all by knockout, but has so far faced only limited opposition.
He has beaten internet rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, and most recently retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
Paul knocked out Askren – a training partner of Woodley’s – in the first round in April.
And it left former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic , 38, impressed, as he hailed his fellow Cleveland native.
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How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

Miocic told Paul: “Someone asked me about you in an interview and I said, ‘He’s getting better’ and that was scary.
“He’s new to this sport and he’s getting that good that fast, and when you fought Ben I thought Ben was tough, he’s fought the best and never really got knocked out.
“But it’s a fight and you were getting better, and look what happened.”
Jake Paul on stage with Stipe Miocic, middle, with Tyron Woodley, far rightCredit: Esther LinDream Team 2021/22PLAY DREAM TEAM FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON!

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COLBY COVINGTON branded Jake Paul ‘a little Disney star’ and said his training partners ‘exposed’ the YouTuber. Covington claimed members of his team at MMA Masters trained with unbeaten Paul in Miami, Florida.
Jake Paul was branded ‘a little Disney star’ by Colby CovingtonCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Tyron Woodley was beaten by Colby Covington in SeptemberCredit: Getty
And he blasted the former Disney Channel actor for picking sparring partners he can ‘beat up and knock out’ in order to ‘boost his ego’.
Covington, 33, told MMA News: “I’ve had some guys at the gym, Colby Covington Incorporated and MMA Masters, that have went (sic) to train with Jake Paul in Miami.
“They’ve all kind of said the same information, that they went there, they exposed him, they made him look bad.
“Of course, they turned the cameras off and they’re not taking pictures that day and they never invite these guys back because Jake ‘The Snake’ Paul only wants kids that he can beat up and knock out and boost his ego and his confidence.“
“He doesn’t actually want guys that are going to push him in the gym and make him better, because, like we’ve said before, he’s not a real fighter.
“He’s a little Disney star.”
‘I THINK WOODLEY COULD DO IT’
Paul faces faces ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley – who Covington beat in September – on Sunday, August 29 in his home of Cleveland.
It will be his fourth and most challenging fight to date, having so far faced only limited opposition.
Paul, 3-0 all by KO, has beaten internet rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, and recently retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
Woodley reigned as UFC welterweight champion from 2016-2018 and made four defences of his belt.
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How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match

But after losing it to Kamaru Usman, 34, he has since lost his last four on the spin, without a win in three years.
Still, he has the backing off former rival Covington, who predicted Paul will be knocked out.
He said: “I think Woodley could do it. I think he could land a knockout punch and get it done.”
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CONOR McGREGOR is set to face comedian Al Foran on September 11 in a charity wheelchair boxing match. McGregor will box Foran – an impressionist who often mimics the UFC superstar – at the Clayton Hotel in Galway.
Conor McGregor is set to face comedian Al Foran in a charity wheelchair boxing match
Al Foran often impersonates Conor McGregor in videosCredit: Instagram @alforancomedy
The event has been set up by comedian Stevo Timothy, who will box double Olympic champion Paddy Barnes in a wheelchair bout to headline the night.
All the money will go towards the the Irish Wheelchair Association.
McGregor, 33, was due to box funny man Foran in a regular bout until he suffered a horror leg break in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, 32.
The pair headlined UFC 264 on July 10, but it ended in chaos when the Irishman broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one.
McGregor as a result, was beaten by doctor stoppage and has since been handed a six-month medical suspension.
He underwent surgery immediately in Los Angeles, where he has since stayed to rest and recover with his family.
McGregor, despite his injury setback, has already started training again and was pictured working out even with a huge cast on his leg.
UFC president Dana White has predicted the former two-weight champion will be out for a year.
McGregor, who beat Poirier in 2014 but was knocked out in the rematch, called for a FOURTH bout with his rival after their unprecedented ending.
And the American is ready to oblige, but first wants to challenge lightweight champion Charles Oliviera, 31.
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Poirier told The Daily Mail: “I think I have proven myself the better fighter twice in a row here but we’ll see what happens in the future.
“I don’t know when he’s coming back, he has a long recovery, a long road ahead of him.
“I’m next in line for a title shot, it’s hard to call what’s going to happen in the future, I don’t know.”
Conor McGregor after his leg breakCredit: Instagram @thenotoriousmma
Conor McGregor pictured with comedian Al ForanCredit: Instagram @alforancomedy
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MANNY PACQUIAO has ‘no interest’ in facing Conor McGregor after fighting Errol Spence Jr, his long-time coach Freddie Roach has said. Pacquiao was last year in talks with former two-weight UFC champion McGregor, who lost his boxing debut to Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
Freddie Roach on the pads with Manny Pacquiao in 2019
Conor McGregor during his trilogy bout with Dustin PoirierCredit: Getty
But after the Irishman was knocked out in his rematch with Dustin Poirier – the man he beat in 2014 – it shelved the crossover fight.
McGregor, 33, later lost his trilogy bout with Poirier, 32, by doctor stoppage after suffering a horror leg break seconds before round one ended.
All while PacMan, 42, signed to fight unbeaten welterweight champ Spence, 31, set for August 21 in Las Vegas.
And afterwards talk of Pacquiao and McGregor boxing should be a thing of the past, if Hall of Fame trainer Roach had it his way.
He told SunSport: “That sport is a little bit different, it’s just not boxing.
“Manny does not have any interest in fighting an MMA fighter, he wants to fight the best fighters out there.
‘NOT GOING TO BE McGREGOR’
“If he can’t be at that level at boxing, then he doesn’t want to be boxing. He will retire and hopefully become president of his country.
“If there is another fight after this it’s not going to be McGregor, it’s going to be one of the best guys out there.
“It’s not going to be a guy from another sport. Manny and Georges St-Pierre are friends and so forth but the sports just do not match up well together.
“I want to see good boxing and that’s what you get from Manny Pacquiao. He’s always fought the best out there.”
Pacquiao will have been out the ring for over two years by the time he makes his return against Spence.
He has not fought since July 2019, when he beat Keith Thurman, 32, to win the WBA title.
‘COUPLE OF GUYS I WORRY ABOUT’
Despite the extensive layoff amid the coronavirus pandemic, which saw him stripped of the belt, PacMan wanted only to challenge the best in the boxing business.
And that led to talks with Spence, the unified WBC and IBF king, and undefeated Terence Crawford, 33, also a pound-for-pound star.
With the Filipino great showing no signs of slowing down, Roach is well aware of the dangers potentially ahead.
And that all starts with Spence, who is 27-0 with 21 knockouts, leaving Pacquiao ordered to fight to a strict game plan.
Roach said: “There’s a couple of guys I worry about, because they’re younger, they’re stronger and have very difficult styles.
“But Spence, I do like because he’s flat-footed, he’s heavy on his feet and he gets tired in the latter rounds.
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How the two stars stack-up head-to-headCredit: The Sun
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“I told Manny, ‘We have to start quick in this fight. We can’t stay in the pocket.
“Get off your combinations and you’re going to get right out the way because he’s going to hit you back’.
“He does have good power. There is a couple fights out there we could fight, but Manny wants to fight the best guys out there.”
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JAKE PAUL insists he will be Conor McGregor’s BIGGEST payday and claims there is a ’90 per cent chance’ the fight happens. The YouTuber has continuously pursued a mega-money boxing match with former two-weight UFC champion McGregor.
Jake Paul says he has a ’90 per cent chance’ of fighting Conor McGregorCredit: The Mega Agency
Conor McGregor has continued to be called out by Jake Paul
He recently revealed talks already underway and feels the Irishman has not got any better offers.
And his hopes of landing his dream fight were heightened when his brother Logan, 26, faced boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, 44, in June.
Paul, 24, told Maxim: “I’m sort of thinking about it one fight at a time.
“Anything is possible after my brother fought Floyd Mayweather. I could fight anybody after this.
“I think there’s a 90 per cent chance of [the McGregor fight] happening.
“That’s the biggest fight that Conor can do. It’d be the biggest payday for him.”
Paul first offered McGregor $50million in January, but that was before the Irishman was knocked out by Dustin Poirier, 32, the man he beat in 2014.
The social media star then watched from cageside at UFC 264 as the trilogy bout ended in chaos.
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McGregor, 33, broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one and was beaten by Poirier, 32, by doctor stoppage.
He is now out for six months with a medical suspension but has undergone surgery in Los Angeles.
It leaves Paul, who is 3-0, all by knockout, facing a further wait to fight McGregor.
For now he is focussing on ex-UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, 39, who he fights on August 29, in his fourth and toughest fight.
Paul said: “He’s very, very dangerous. The power always stays. We’ve seen it with Mike Tyson at [almost] 60 years old.
“He’s hitting heavy bags and knocking them off the chains.
“Tyron Woodley is still explosive and people forget in his last fight, he had Vicente Luque stumbling and wobbling across the cage [before he lost].
“People can say whatever they want, but Tyron’s been boxing and striking five times as long as I have.
‘PAY-PER-VIEW STAR’
“This is a big challenge for me and I know that going into it. We’re not taking this fight lightly at all.”
Paul has so far only beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 36.
But he already has hopes of one day challenging Canelo Alvarez, 31, boxing’s pound-for-pound No1.
Paul revealed: “He’s a killer at 168 pounds, but people forget that I naturally walk around at about 205, so there’s a big weight difference.
“There’s a big height advantage. Canelo hasn’t fought someone who has really challenged him in the last couple of fights.
“They’ve all been easy guys who just sort of fall on their ass. I just need to continue on the path that I’m on now.
“Getting experience under my belt, fighting tougher and tougher people as my career goes on, continuing to stay in the gym every single day, and continuing to be the pay-per-view star that I am and selling tens of millions of dollars in pay-per-views.
“At the end of the day, this is a business. If Canelo sees that, he’s going to want to get in on the business.”
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