Jake Paul sparring partner punches opponent during workout ahead of grudge fight
Jake Paul's former sparring partner Anthony Taylor punched his opponent Paul Bamba during their open workout in Nashville ahead of their grudge fight this weekend.
Bamba and Taylor have been engaged in an ugly war of words in recent months, with the pair going far beyond usual YouTube boxing trash talk in their discussions of one another's personal lives. And when the New Yorker attempted to push his rival at ringside during the open workouts, Taylor slipped and countered twice with a light jab.
Taylor landed cleanly in the exchange and snapped Bamba's head back, which could give him further confidence heading into the pair's long-awaited grudge fight, which has been brewing since last year. The California native is coming off the back of a win over famed influencer Salt Papi, while Bamba was defeated by former UFC journeyman Chris Avila in his last outing.
"On my mama you suck," Taylor could be seen telling Bamba as he approached the ring yesterday. Then after evading a sucker punch and landing two jabs of his own, he joked: "You missed and I punched you in your face, look at you, you suck. I already hit you with a counter, you lost already, get him out of there. You in your underwear, kick that n***** out of here."
Bamba had been working out in his underwear as part of his attempt to push the fight, and claimed that he had spent $300 on the boots. The pair have been going back-and-forth on social media since the end of last year, with their fight being officially confirmed last month for Saturday's Misfits 008 card in Nashville.
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Taylor has been around the influencer boxing scene for the past two years since teaming up with Jake Paul back in the summer of 2021 as a sparring partner ahead of his first fight with Tyron Woodley. He has been in the ring with the likes of Tommy Fury and Idris Virgo, as well as landing major wins over Salt Papi, Jack Fincham and Ashley Tebi.
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Anthony Taylor punched Paul Bamba at their open workout (Misfits Boxing/Twitter)Meanwhile Bamba is newer to the scene, a 5-3 professional boxer who shot to international fame last year when he was due to fight Tommy Fury on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather vs Deji. The Brit showed up considerably overweight for the bout, leading to a controversy that saw the American ultimately left without a fight and still awaiting payment.
Fans have been excited to see the pair, who are regulars in Twitter spaces for verbal jousts, go at it with one another. They have been building the fight all year, with promoters KSI and Mams Taylor opting to finally put it together in Nashville this weekend.
It's a do or die fight for Bamba, who lost his Misfits Boxing debut to Chris Avila back in April, while Taylor will likely be given more fights regardless of the result due to his more impressive record in the promotion. He has taken multiple losses in the space before, but bounced back and is now coming off a massive win over Salt Papi.
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