22 July 2023 , 14:29
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Jake Paul has posted proof he is not taking performance-enhancing drugs ahead of his fight with Nate Diaz.
Paul and Diaz will clash in Dallas on August 5 as the YouTuber looks to bounce back from his defeat by Tommy Fury earlier this year. Diaz will be making his professional boxing debut having left the UFC after his contract expired last year.
Paul has been plagued with accusations of drug-taking throughout his short boxing career but has always denied cheating. He and Diaz are both enrolled in VADA testing for their bout and Paul posted a letter from the organisation on social media.
The letter states Paul was tested on July 6 and that his test was negative; he and Diaz will continue to be tested until their bout, and afterwards before the final results are released. Paul insists he was also going to fight Diaz, despite being contracted to a rematch with Fury.
“Nate Diaz was always the plan after Tommy," he said. "That was what I said. Even in the build-up to Tommy, I was like it's Nate Diaz after Tommy Fury. So that was always the plan… This is a big fight. This is a fight that I've wanted for a long time. [Nate] got out of his UFC contract and this is probably the biggest fight of the year, only topping me versus Tommy.
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"I want to make big events, big fights happen and strike while the iron's hot. He was a free agent. Let's run it. Make it happen. Settle the shit talk. I'm ready for war. I'm excited to be here. Thank you for having me out, Dallas. I love y'all and I'm going to do what Conor McGregor couldn't do, and I'm going to knock this man out.”
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Diaz has praised Paul for making his way in the world of boxing, saying: "Post UFC, my plan was always to fight the biggest names and the best fighters there are. I've been trying to get out of the UFC for a long time because I knew I knew that I would work. What fighters worked and what I should do. I have a long road but he was doing the biggest and the best things for fighting and in fighting and I was glad. I had a worthy opponent to make an attack on, as soon as I got out.”
“He's doing a good job. He's been punished like he said. As far as the fighter, he's young, he's motivated. He's working hard. I can see that. I'm sure everybody can see that. That’s kind of motherfucker’s unstoppable. That’s why I wanted to fight Connor and the [reason] I took time off from my fights, when I was fighting was because I wanted top guy and they were trying to give me some fucking lame ass motherfucker. [I want to fight the] best of the best and I think you did a great job and [I want] motherfuckers know that I do a great job too.”