Jake Paul will reveal a ‘major update’ this afternoon ahead of his boxing showdown with Anthony Joshua with fans fearing their fight is about to be called off.
Paul and Joshua will collide in Miami on 19 December in a fully sanctioned professional bout where the two-time heavyweight champion is an overwhelming favourite.
Less than two weeks from fight night, the YouTuber-turned-fighter shared a cryptic update on social media with further details set to be revealed on Tuesday afternoon at 2pm (GMT).
‘9AM EST Tuesday. Major update. Had to be done. It is what it is.’ Paul wrote on X.
While no stranger to teasing and trolling boxing fans having become the sport’s biggest disrupter over the last five years, Paul’s post has set alarm bells ringing.
‘Just tell us you’re dropping out already bro,’ one user replied, with another writing: ‘Oh god, fight cancelled.’
‘We all knew it wasn’t going to happen; all for clout that’s it,’ wrote another fan while another added: ‘He got scared and can’t fight the big man anymore.’
Paul’s tease comes after the 12-1 fighter was given a black eye in training.
The American has invited a number of heavyweights into camp to help him prepare for the former world champion, including another British Olympian in Lawrence Okolie.
Okolie, the former cruiserweight world champion, is now chasing more gold at heavyweight.
‘I’m sparring a bunch of world champion heavyweights,’ Paul told Adin Live’s YouTube channel.
‘I think Okolie did that to me. He’s 6-foot-6 and 270 pounds.’
More to follow
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