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GEORGES ST-PIERRE is open to a boxing switch when his UFC contract expires after Dana White blocked his fight with Oscar De La Hoya. The UFC legend was offered as De La Hoya’s comeback opponent on September 11, but White intervened.
Boxing trainer Freddie Roach with Georges St-Pierre
Dana White blocked Georges St-Pierre from fighting Oscar De La HoyaCredit: The Mega Agency
St-Pierre, 40, is still contracted to the UFC, despite retiring in 2019 and not fighting since 2017, with De La Hoya, 48, now facing Vitor Belfort, 44.
But when his deal runs out, GSP admitted he would consider lacing up the gloves.
St-Pierre, 40, told Ariel Helwani:  “I’m cheering for Vitor, Vitor is a friend of mine.
“But if something happens and maybe Oscar wins, or something happens like that, maybe I’ll get Oscar after.
“We’ll see. I’m still under contract for, I think, another year or two with UFC. But I’m not going nowhere.
“If the idea interests me still when I’ll be 41 or 42, maybe I’ll jump back in it.”

UFC president White allowed Ben Askren – who had been retired a year – to fight YouTuber Jake Paul in April.
But Askren, who was still tied down to the UFC, was beaten in round one in the pay-per-view fight with Triller.
White has clashed with Triller in the past and more infamously with former six-weight boxing champion De La Hoya.
And his distain for the Golden Boy was so bad he flat out refused to let St-Pierre fight him, fearing his rival would win.
GSP explained: “Dana did not want it. I knew he hates Oscar but I said to him, ‘Listen, I’m going to make Oscar look bad because I’m in great shape.
“‘I’ve been staying in great shape the whole time and I’m going to do a full boxing training camp with Freddie Roach and his world champions there, so I’ll be very well prepared.’
“If the idea interests me still when I’ll be 41 or 42, maybe I’ll jump back in it.Georges St-Pierre on fighting again
“At first he says to me that the reason why he did not want it is because he thought that Oscar would basically destroy me in a boxing match.
“And I had some good arguments — I told him that I believe Oscar has more mileage than I do, he’s no longer in his prime, I stayed busy the whole time, I’m still in great shape, I’m going to be very well prepared and I’m taking this fight very seriously.
“If I do it, because it’s my name — my image is attached to it — I will do it 100 percent.
“And I told Dana, I said, ‘If there’s one MMA fighter that go to boxing and look good in this situation, it would be me.’
“And at first he refused. Then he thought about it but he came back with the argument that, oh, no, it’s not because he thinks Oscar is going to win; he thinks it’s because he doesn’t like the fact that Triller takes me and makes money off my back while I’m still under contract with UFC.”
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JAKE PAUL hopes his fight with Tyron Woodley goes ‘a couple rounds’ to avoid fans accusing him of another fix. The YouTuber is 3-0 in his career, all by knockout, and beat online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and then ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37.
Jake Paul fights ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley on August 29Credit: Alamy
Jake Paul knocked out Ben AskrenCredit: Getty
Most recently, he finished retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37, in less than two minutes with a stunning right hand.
With only a combined five rounds in three fights, Paul faces his biggest challenge to date on August 29 against ex-UFC champion Woodley, 39.
And the social media star-turned prizefighter is desperate to show fans his full boxing arsenal after some accused his last win of being ‘rigged’.
Paul, 24, 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’.
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“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.”
Paul’s unbeaten start to his career has attracted as many critics as it has done supporters.
But now, signed to American network Showtime – where Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather both starred – he knows the lights have never been brighter.
Paul said: “I think there will be a very different audience tuning into this fight that will be more boxing-purist. 
“And I think they’re going to be judging me, they’re going to be judging my skill, they’re going to be judging everything about the night. 
“They’re going to be looking at everything and thinking, ‘Hey, should I like this kid or not?’
“Even in the last fight, I knocked Ben Askren out, people were like, ‘There’s no way this is possible, it’s rigged’.Jake Paul
“So this is my make-or-break fight, the biggest moment of my life. 
“This is my time to truly, truly shine and show off my boxing ability that I’ve worked so hard to grow and to gain.” 
Despite Paul’s infancy in the sport, his career as an internet sensation with over 20MILLION subscribers leaves him the A-side attraction.
So much so, even British reality TV star Tommy Fury, brother to heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is a feature on his undercard.
Fury, 22, who appeared on ITV’s hit show Love Island in 2019, faces Paul’s sparring partner Anthony Taylor, 32.
A win for the celebrity pair sets them up for an expected pay-per-view fight of their own.
But Paul insisted being the ‘boss’ at the negotiation table is no mental advantage and is instead just happy to use his platform to benefit boxing.
‘I’M A FIGHTER’
He said: “I mean, I guess I don’t know how they look at it. For me, I don’t think it makes a difference.
“I’m going in there like I’m fighting the best fighters in the world and they should be thinking the same thing. 
“Just because I’m the boss, I don’t hold that against them.
“I want everyone to win here and at the end of the day, I want to change this sport and give fighters the biggest paydays of their lives. 
“I think everyone on the card is getting the biggest paydays of their boxing careers. And so I’m for the fighters at the end of the day. 
“There’s a lot of s*** talk and hoopla, but at the end of the day, I’m a fighter, so I’m for the fighters.” 
Jake Paul ahead of his fight against Tyron Woodley
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TYRON WOODLEY is set to pocket the biggest payday of his combat sports career for his showdown with Jake Paul.The former UFC welterweight champion will throw down with the younger Paul brother in a boxing match a week on Monday morning.
Tyron Woodley will lock horns with Jake Paul a week on MondayCredit: Rex
And The Chosen One’s clash with Paul will land him the biggest payday of his careerCredit: Getty
Woodley’s clash with the social media star turned boxer will mark his professional boxing debut, which Showtime chief Stephen Espinoza claims will see The Chosen One take home a ‘career-high’ purse.
He told MMA Fighting: “I think there are some people out there who dismissed Tyron’s claim as something for marketing.
“That wasn’t said, Tyron didn’t make that comment to market the event. That doesn’t sell pay-per-views.
“He made that comment because it’s true. I’ve talked to him about it, I’ve talked to Malki [Kawa] about it and they all confirmed it is a career-high payday.
“He is getting a guarantee that is more than he’s ever made before. That does say something.
“It says something about the business model that Jake has and it says something about sort of the business model of boxing versus MMA where there’s more of a tradition of the fighters taking home the lion’s share of the money.”

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Woodley is champing at the bit to get his hands on Paul and has vowed to viciously KO the 24-year-old.
He said: “You will visualize Jake Paul getting his head knocked smooth off his neck.
“Sometimes you talk yourself into a situation that you can’t back yourself out of … my mom used to say, ‘Your mouth wrote a check that your ass can’t cash.’ That’s exactly what happened.
“Now, you got a motherfer that’s going to fight you like you ain’t never been fought before.
“Ain’t no sparring you can do to mothef***ing get ready for it.”
“Ain’t no meditation. Ain’t no kumbaya. Ain’t no mama say, mama sa mama coosa.
It is a career-high payday.Stephen Espinoza on Tyron Woodley’s purse for fighting Jake Paul
“Ain’t s**t you can do. You getting your ass beat. I’m pumped up about it.”
Former Disney star Paul is currently 3-0 as a pro boxer having registered stoppage wins over AnEson Gib, Nate Robinson and Woodley’s good friend Ben Askren.
And The Problem Child has vowed to add Woodley’s name to his victim list in devastating fashion.
How Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley compare ahead of their boxing match
He said: “Tyron’s a seasoned striker who has fought the best MMA fighters in the world but will be dropped by a Disney teen star in 2 rounds.”
“Maybe this time Dana White will actually be a man of his word and put his money on his former champion instead of trying to undermine my success like a jealous ex.
“Influencer vs MMA….let’s get it on. It’s Showtime.”

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DANA WHITE said Jake Paul has ‘ZERO’ chance of beating Conor McGregor and told the YouTuber: ‘Fight a real fight’. Paul has continued to challenge McGregor in an attempt to lure the former UFC champion into the boxing ring.
UFC boss Dana White pictured with Conor McGregorCredit: Getty
Jake Paul has continued to callout Conor McGregorCredit: Getty
As a result, it has seen him publicly feuding with UFC president White.
The promoter hit out at Paul and his choice of opponents while speaking to social media stars Nelk boys.
White said: “He’s calling out Conor. Conor’s a 145-pound champion and a 155-pound champion.
“You’re f***ing way bigger than Conor.”
Asked about Paul’s chances of winning against McGregor, White said: “Zero.”
Paul, 24, is 3-0 as a boxer, all by knockout, since his professional debut in 2020 but has so far faced limited opposition.

He has beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and ex-NBA player Nate Robinson, 37, and most recently retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
Paul faces his biggest step up on August 29 against Tyron Woodley, 39, a former UFC champion.
But still White is yet to be convinced by the polarising celebrity, who has not yet fought a seasoned boxer.
He said: “The media is not really following as much as they did in the beginning.
Jake Paul entered elite company
“The stick is getting old, you know what I mean? I think for him to get the media back he’s gonna have to really fight somebody.
“Because they’re tired of it. They’re tired of the stick, ‘Hey it’s me, I weigh 190 and I want to fight these guys that weigh 170, 155, one-f***ing whatever and they are wrestling, they are 40-f***ing years old and they haven’t won a fight in three f****g years.
“If you want to be taken seriously by the media he needs to fight a real fight.”

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JAKE PAUL warned ‘it’s over’ for Conor McGregor, but said: ‘I don’t think his ego can maybe accept that.’ YouTuber Paul, who is 3-0 as a boxer all by knockout, last December offered McGregor $50million to fight him.
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Conor McGregor was offered $50m to fight Jake Paul in 2020
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But the Irishman was knocked out by Dustin Poirier – the man he beat in 2014 – a month later in dramatic fashion.
Poirier, 32, then won the trilogy bout in July after McGregor, 33, broke his tibia seconds before the end of round one.
The former two-weight UFC champion was blasted for his pre and post-fight trash talk, which included threatening to KILL his American rival.
And Paul also hit out at McGregor as he taunted the UFC poster boy.
He told MMA Fighting: “Look, he’s this guy that was the s*** for so long and was the centre of attention, and now his career has plummeted.
“He’s falling off. He’s 1-3 in five years and it seems as if people don’t really care. He’s disrespectful. Even to the point where it’s too far.

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“There’s a point in this where it’s like, cool, yeah. It’s the fight game. I said what I said, get over it.
“Talk as much s*** as you want but there’s a point where you look dumb.
“It’s not even that he’s being disrespectful, he just looks dumb with the sh*t he’s saying, threatening to kill people.
“Then he’s out partying, back to drinking, hitting the clubs in L.A. I don’t know, man.
“I think it’s over for him and I don’t think his ego can maybe accept that.”
Jake Paul entered elite company
Paul faces ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 39, in his fourth and toughest fight to date on August 29.
So far, he has only beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and most recently retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.
Paul has continued to feud the UFC roster and president Dana White and has McGregor’s old rival Nate Diaz, 36, in his nearby plans.
He said: “I think that’s a huge fight between us and I’m ready for that. Anyone, any time, any place.
“I think Nate Diaz versus Jake Paul fight is probably more interesting than a Jake Paul versues drunk Conor McGregor fight.”
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