13 January 2023 , 11:26
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Andrew Tate has been warned he would be knocked out quickly by Jake Paul if the pair were to meet in the ring.
Controversial kickboxer Tate, 36, has been linked with a fighting return since enjoying a surge in his internet fame in the past year. The American-born Brit competed in MMA and kickboxing during his combat sports career, but the new wave of influencer boxing has linked him to fights against Paul, brother Logan and KSI.
Finishing his kickboxing career with a record of 76-9, Tate was a four-time world champion but never competed for major promotions like Glory or K1. 'Cobra' and Paul teased a potential fight when they squared off in a boxing gym last November, but the clash is unlikely to happen anytime soon after Tate was arrested in Romania.
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And in breaking down Tate's skills, former UFC champion Henry Cejudo said on his YouTube channel: "I'm just not sure how good he really is. You put a guy like Andrew Tate with Jake Paul, I think Jake Paul gets it done pretty fairly quickly. Jake Paul goes high-low, low-high, he's been able to develop those two-three combinations and if he can beat a guy like Anderson Silva convincingly like he did, then I think it would be easy work with Andrew Tate.
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"No hate on Andrew Tate because I don't know him, I think he's a personality and he's been controversial in the past. I think his best weapons are his knees and his feet. I think his hands are suspect, he doesn't get his head off the line as he throws strikes. His defensive skills are also suspect and that will eventually cost him if he decides to fight."
Jake Paul and Andrew Tate faced off last November (@jakepaul/Instagram)
The internet rivals have been backed to meet in the ring (@jakepaul/Instagram)Tate retired from fighting after suffering an eye injury but has insisted that wouldn't stop him from making a return to the ring. Paul is looking to settle his rivalry with Love Island star Tommy Fury next month before setting up a fight with KSI, who fights Faze Temperrr on Saturday, in December.
Cejudo criticised the final fight of Tate's kickboxing career, which took place in 2020 against debutant Cosmin Lingurar. Tate was being tested by the 19-year-old before eventually stopping him in the second round. Cejudo said of the fight: "For this guy to have more than 80 fights [Tate] and he's going up against a guy that is making his debut, that's ridiculous. This is what boxing and kickboxing tend to do, they pad your record like you won't believe."