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JAKE PAUL brutally knocked out Andre August in the first round with a brutal right uppercut. The YouTuber-turned prizefighter marked a new step in his career by facing a professional boxer with more experience.
Jake Paul knocked out Andre August with a right uppercutCredit: Reuters
August was unable to beat the countCredit: Reuters
It was all over in the first roundCredit: Getty

And a perfectly-timed uppercut left August unable to beat the count and Paul handed the most legitimate win of his career.
He said: “I said first round knockout all week, I manifested this, this is the power of manifestation and I said I need to bring back the old Problem Child.
“I’ve been too nice with these people, letting them go into the later rounds. I set up my shot and he went night, night.
“I told him he was going to need a Celcius to wake up.”
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From the opening bell, Paul, 26, took the centre of the ring and got behind his jab.
He was doubling up his left hand and looking for the right behind it but August – who had 12 prior bouts – covered up well.
The little-known American, 36, also landed a couple of solid overhand rights himself but Paul took them well.
And then as the round was closing out, Paul set August up with a range-finding jab before firing over the finishing uppercut.
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Immediately the social media sensation walked over to the camera with a smirk and put his finger to his mouth.
He said: “Just silencing the critics, everyone who had something to say about me, ‘Oh, he can’t do this, he can’t sell, he’s not big, what is he doing fighting this guy? Fighting that guy,’ shut the f*** up.”
Paul teased that he has an announcement for his next fight lined up next week as he looks to face more seasoned boxers.
He was beaten by Tommy Fury, 24, by split-decision in Saudi Arabia but bounced back in August to beat ex-UFC star Nate Diaz, 38.
But Paul said on his next fight: “More boxing prospects, more experience, more time in the ring under the bright lights staying active.
“And if the money fights want to come, I’ve got smoke for them too but right now I’m focussed on being one of the best in the world and creating one of the greatest sports stories in the history of sports.
“Being able to become a world champion from Disney channel, three years ago not even knowing how to throw a jab or what an uppercut was.”
August was out for the countCredit: Most Valuable Promotions/Esther Lin
Jake Paul celebrates getting back to winning waysCredit: Most Valuable Promotions/Esther Lin More

RELATIVE UNKNOWN Andre August is set for the fight of his life tonight against YouTuber turned boxer, Jake Paul.August, 35, is just the second professional boxer that Paul has faced – but he’s more journeyman than a glamour tie for Paul to square up against.
Jake Paul and Andre August faced off before their bout tonightCredit: Getty
August has a 10-1 professional record and has won five of those by knockouts which makes him the most experienced fighter Paul has faced.
There is a mystique surrounding August, given most of his fights have been small-scale affairs so there is not actually much footage of him in action.
Despite the absence of that, his story to becoming a boxer is illuminating and he told The Daily Star all about it.
In the interview, he accredits boxing with saving his life from a world of gangs and violence.
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Talking about his experiences growing up to The Daily Star, he said: “Just extremely in the hood man, it was in the hood. It was either beat down or get laid down. You got to join us or get rolled over.
“So I had to join the gangs, you know what I’m saying? And be down with whatever area outside of town I was in and I did that. It was just for me to stay safe as well.
“Because at first I was trying to go against the grain. But yeah, that’s how it happened. [If you didn’t] You was jumped. You couldn’t trust nobody on the other side of town. So, I had to join.”
August’s home of Beaumont is one of the most dangerous areas in America and according to CrimeGrade.org, the city ranks in the lowest percentile in terms of safety.
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That means it is more dangerous than 99% of cities in America.
But, August says that boxing showed him a path to drag himself of bad situations.
He said: “It played a major role in my life. Even just keeping me away from the streets. It also brought me away from my hometown.
“It’s kind of bittersweet, but I’m away from my hometown. So I’m out here living a good life, living an ok life with the boxing world.
“I still have my other things I do besides boxing. I still work and things like that. So, I’m just a man is trying to live his dream, man. I got my kids. Just being a dad, man.”
There is a huge gap on his boxing CV between 2019 and 2023 where August did not fight sue to the pandemic and he said those days were rough: “The number one thing is the pandemic.
“The pandemic was the one that started everything. Ever since the first year and the second year the funds were getting low.
“I had to take care of my family and be a man of the house so I had to work.”
August is grateful for the exposure fighting Paul will bringCredit: Getty
To make ends mate he worked for American insurance company State Farm, before returning to achieve victory over Brandon Martin in August.
August’s background couldn’t really be any more different from the privileged start to life for the Paul brothers – who have only been making more money since going into boxing.
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But August knows the opportunity he has if he is to beat Paul, and said: “As far as me, it’s been a long time coming. So I’m here you know. I did what I did in the past as far as my amateur career.
I did have a deep career as well in my pro career. I did it with a lot of self discipline, that’s just me being out here doing what I need to do, just like right now.” More